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| Beautifully preserved Faiyum Neolithic basket British Museum Registration number: 1927,0312.10 BM/Big number: EA58696 |
Fieldwork
Halfway into the Spring season at
Gebel el Silsila, with some lovely photographs from the project team. http://bit.ly/10pL8HY
Más hallazgos, Oxirrinco: un posible
nilómetro, cripta con pinturas coptas, una esfinge y peces sagrados. Vanguardia
http://bit.ly/125x8We
Research
Un uovo di struzzo mette in discussione la datazione delle piramidi di Giza? (dating of pyramids) Sotterannai do Roma http://bit.ly/19hNGwX
Heritage Management
Local cemetery expansion in Akhmim threatens site of Ramesses II, forcing authorities to place items in storage. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/12nokwH
As Egypt's tourism industry languishes, antiquities under threat. Gadling http://aol.it/10I9jak
National Geographic releases documentary behind CINTEC's Pyramid of Djoser project. World Architecture News http://bit.ly/13ejG1F
Useful overview of the new theory re
why pyramids are collapsing. Structural Engineering Mag http://bit.ly/YG1WQH
More Coptic Manuscripts (Sahidic
fragments) from Monastery of Apa Shenoute (White Monastery) at Gallica. Alin
Suciu http://bit.ly/138sjdX
Un uovo di struzzo mette in discussione la datazione delle piramidi di Giza? (dating of pyramids) Sotterannai do Roma http://bit.ly/19hNGwX
Karnak Project. Dépouillement
exhaustif des documents et inscriptions de Karnak collationnées sur l’original.
CFEETK http://bit.ly/10tu7wy
Heritage Management
Local cemetery expansion in Akhmim threatens site of Ramesses II, forcing authorities to place items in storage. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/12nokwH
As Egypt's tourism industry languishes, antiquities under threat. Gadling http://aol.it/10I9jak
National Geographic releases documentary behind CINTEC's Pyramid of Djoser project. World Architecture News http://bit.ly/13ejG1F
Conferences
The Institute of Archaeology Annual
Conference will take place 20-21 May on the topic of 'Forming Material Egypt'
UCL http://bit.ly/18AUOqF
5th International Fayum-Conference,
29 May – 1 June 2013, Leipzig. http://nadine-quenouille.de/fayum/
Overview of aspects of “Dialogue of
Civilizations” conference that looked at 5 ancient cultures. National
Geographic http://bit.ly/13PinZ9
Museums and exhibitions
Grand Egyptian Museum pushing
forward with the allocation of a 4-year O&M consultancy contract Yahoo http://yhoo.it/10VAzfQ
In Spanish. Traveling exhibition, El
Museo de Abu Simbel, with a copy of the RII temple. http://bit.ly/12rdN3p and http://bit.ly/10KCN7B
Travel and Tourism
Egypt tourism still struggling
despite upswing: Industry insiders. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/13bLNhL
Some common sense comments and
advice about visitor safety in Egypt. Via @maraegypt. Mara House Luxor http://marahouseluxor.com/is-it-safe-to-go-to-egypt/ …
Travel: Tourists chanting/meditating
to what they believe is enlightenment through mystical experience. Egypt Today http://bit.ly/11l71Ku
Online resources
Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online
provides vetted and standardized architectural drawings of various sites. AWOL http://bit.ly/18F425f
Miscellaneous
A Dec 2012 article, but it makes
still-relevant points about Egypt's ongoing environmental issues. Egypt Today http://bit.ly/ZYW7fX
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