Egyptology News 17th-18th April 2013

Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Have a good weekend everyone!

Amun in the form of a Ram, Kawa, Nubia.
c.680BC.  1931.553. Ashmolean Museum

Fieldwork

The British Museum website has new pages re the BM and Sudan Archaeological Research Society excavations at Kawa http://bit.ly/ZAGZYd 

Free online

RT historyancient Free online: Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III. British Medical Journal http://ow.ly/k9FwH 

Edition 8 of Egyptological's Magazine is now up at http://www.egyptological.com . The contents list is on the home page. Sorry it took so long :-)

Books 

Audio: Peter Lacovara talking about his book "Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile" (AUC 2012). 3 mins. Emory http://bit.ly/YwZuq9

Book review: T. M. Hickey, Wine, Wealth, and the State in Late Antique Egypt. University of Michigan Press 2012. BMCR http://bit.ly/15owQzd

Conferences

American Research Centre in Egypt Annual Conference 2013, 19th-21st April. Em Hotep bit.ly/11k7Y67

Museums and exhibitions

Curating Ancient Egypt at the Manchester Museum. Ancient Egypt in Vancouver http://bit.ly/175da1f   

Exhibition. El Louvre organiza la primera muestra mundial sobre el dibujo en el antiguo Egipto 19/04-22/07. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/12n0xNW  

Via Gwyn Ashworth-Pratt. Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photos of the Middle East at the Queen's Gallery. Culture24 http://bit.ly/ZaANyT 

‘Echoes of Egypt’ reveals ancient culture’s impact across the millennia. Yale News http://bit.ly/15iunpX 

Heritage Management 

Egypt's Jewish community to refuse Israeli financial help for renovation of Egypt's ancient Jewish synagogues. Ahram http://bit.ly/110wetF

Research

More re scan of Amunet. "Egyptian Mummy from OHS Collection Undergoes CT Scan." Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/ZtrCxY

Egyptomania 

Egyptianized 1920s cinema reopens in Paris (with pics) IHT http://nyti.ms/XRizZe . Also a great video (in Spanish) at http://on-msn.com/ZBw3Th