Copied from @egyptologynews. Not a lot of news over the last few days, but some very disturbing and upsetting news about continued looting of sites.
Via EEF. Careless fieldwork activities in Lahun may have resulted in destruction of burials and theft of coffins. http://bit.ly/10ssSjm
Hawass says Egypt faces permanent loss of heritage unless President controls illegal development, looting. TheExpress http://bit.ly/Y76D24
Monica Hanna has warned that Antinoupolis is being destroyed by residents amid government failure to protect it. http://bit.ly/WSRwae
More re the distressing damage to the site of Antinoupolis, with photos. Kristian Strutt http://bit.ly/XZJOOT
Research and development in a museum context? It is one of the big themes at #MuseumNext Amsterdam - http://www.museumnext.org/2010/blog/rd-for-museums
Dimensions of Ancient Egypt. Newly developed virtual reality 3-D reconstructions of Karnak. Harvard Gazette http://hvrd.me/13M0Q7p
Looking at the past analysis of Philadelphia's museum mummy PUM1, first autopsied in 1972. With archive photos. http://bit.ly/X7otWb
New book: Hieroglyphic Egyptian. An Introduction to the Language and Literature of the Middle Kingdom by D.L.Selden. http://bit.ly/ZzmCp4
A 'teaser' page for upcoming film about "Cleopatra's Needle" on London's Embankment. If you like close-ups of stone, that is. http://eyeontheneedle.wordpress.com
The website for the ongoing project Egyptian Coffins in Provincial Collections of the UK Project is up: Bristol Univ. http://bit.ly/YgRs3u
A closer look at the stela of Nakhtmontu and its gilded Egyptianizing frame commissioned by the Prince of Wales: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/18052/egyptian-style-frame
Archaeology, palaeontology, history and oasis culture in Bahariya Oasis. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/WYv6K9
The mummy named Padihershef that lives in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital has undergone analysis. http://bo.st/Zl4Dog
Stone Age Skeletons Unearthed In Libya's Sahara Desert Spotlight Gender Divide Huffington Post http://huff.to/13I6XsX
Via @portableant: Job: Project Curator: Archaeology, The British Museum, UK, England, London http://bit.ly/Zk5LZr
Via @alicewilliams86. New Book: Museums and Communities. Curators, Collections and Collaboration. Bloomsbury http://bit.ly/12ziECU
More re analysis of Qubbet el-Hawa remains. Even Egypt’s Ancient Rulers Suffered From Hunger And Disease. redOrbit http://bit.ly/15BDOhq
900KM Project: grappling with Egypt’s baffling urban condition. Cairobserver http://bit.ly/X1KG85
Via EEF. Careless fieldwork activities in Lahun may have resulted in destruction of burials and theft of coffins. http://bit.ly/10ssSjm
Hawass says Egypt faces permanent loss of heritage unless President controls illegal development, looting. TheExpress http://bit.ly/Y76D24
Monica Hanna has warned that Antinoupolis is being destroyed by residents amid government failure to protect it. http://bit.ly/WSRwae
More re the distressing damage to the site of Antinoupolis, with photos. Kristian Strutt http://bit.ly/XZJOOT
Research and development in a museum context? It is one of the big themes at #MuseumNext Amsterdam - http://www.museumnext.org/2010/blog/rd-for-museums
Dimensions of Ancient Egypt. Newly developed virtual reality 3-D reconstructions of Karnak. Harvard Gazette http://hvrd.me/13M0Q7p
Looking at the past analysis of Philadelphia's museum mummy PUM1, first autopsied in 1972. With archive photos. http://bit.ly/X7otWb
New book: Hieroglyphic Egyptian. An Introduction to the Language and Literature of the Middle Kingdom by D.L.Selden. http://bit.ly/ZzmCp4
A 'teaser' page for upcoming film about "Cleopatra's Needle" on London's Embankment. If you like close-ups of stone, that is. http://eyeontheneedle.wordpress.com
The website for the ongoing project Egyptian Coffins in Provincial Collections of the UK Project is up: Bristol Univ. http://bit.ly/YgRs3u
A closer look at the stela of Nakhtmontu and its gilded Egyptianizing frame commissioned by the Prince of Wales: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/18052/egyptian-style-frame
Archaeology, palaeontology, history and oasis culture in Bahariya Oasis. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/WYv6K9
The mummy named Padihershef that lives in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital has undergone analysis. http://bo.st/Zl4Dog
Stone Age Skeletons Unearthed In Libya's Sahara Desert Spotlight Gender Divide Huffington Post http://huff.to/13I6XsX
Via @portableant: Job: Project Curator: Archaeology, The British Museum, UK, England, London http://bit.ly/Zk5LZr
Via @alicewilliams86. New Book: Museums and Communities. Curators, Collections and Collaboration. Bloomsbury http://bit.ly/12ziECU
More re analysis of Qubbet el-Hawa remains. Even Egypt’s Ancient Rulers Suffered From Hunger And Disease. redOrbit http://bit.ly/15BDOhq
900KM Project: grappling with Egypt’s baffling urban condition. Cairobserver http://bit.ly/X1KG85
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