Yesterday's news from the world of Egyptology, copied over from Twitter.
Via Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt: Antinoupolis Project blog. Visit to the Via Hadriana, Deir El Sombat and rock-cut coptic church http://kdstrutt.wordpress.com
Via Maria Nilsson @DrMariaNilsson: Book Review: The Murder of Cleopatra http://rogueclassicism.com/2013/03/02/rcreview-the-murder-of-cleopatra/
Egyptian minister and German foundation sign MoU to complete database for Akhenaten Amarna museum in Minya. allAfrica http://bit.ly/Za3lKH
Nothing to do with Egypt, but very cool! Desert finds on Arabian Peninsula challenge horse taming ideas. BBC http://bbc.in/XClkIa
Not specific to Egypt but relevant: Agriculture and parting from wolves shaped dog evolution, study finds. Physorg http://bit.ly/13htPzg
Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. A Guide. J.J. Shea, State University of New York, Stony Brook http://bit.ly/160XXPa
Available to read online: World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization (with 3 chapters on AE). http://bit.ly/eZvAwV
The last week of the Saqqara.nl dig diaries: http://www.saqqara.nl/news/mission-digging-diary/2013-digging-diaries/2013-03-01 …
Linking Things on the Web: Pragmatic Examination of Linked Data for Libraries Museums + Archives. Library of Congress.http://bit.ly/ZcI4jw
TV (UK): Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. 9pm BBC2 15th March 2013. C21 Media http://bit.ly/XiLIuc
The latest email update from Barry Kemp and Anna Stevens with a few of the photos that were attached. Egyptology News http://bit.ly/YWvVBj
Article about excavation and restoration at Theban Tomb 39 in Luxor. With lovely photographs. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/WiotSB
The Limestone quarries in the Theban Mountains, with photographs. Sirius Project http://bit.ly/12lqzDJ
New book available for pre-order: Late Roman Glassware and Pottery From Amarna and Related Studies. Faiers, J. EES http://bit.ly/WAmN7e
Comprehensive website, in Spanish, about Heracleópolis Magna (Nen-nesu). Plenty of maps and photos. http://bit.ly/M7R6gb
Book review: 3 volumes on the Popes of Egypt from the beginning of the Church ending at end of 2011. Montreal Review http://bit.ly/XzQ3rq
Treasures in the wall: The story of the Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection of Hebrew manuscripts from Cairo. New Yorker http://nyr.kr/Z32KJs
Mummification Museum Lecture notes - Amenhotep on the hill (and the pyramid of a vizier as well). Luxor News blog http://networkedblogs.com/IQmbV
Almost a ghost story from Manchester curator Campbell Price: The mystery of the spinning statuette. http://bit.ly/XTfKTR
Finaliza la quinta campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas de la Univ de Jaén en Qubbet el-Hawa (Asuán). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Vp2rMv
Conferencia: El proyecto Djehuty y los secretos de la necrópolis tebana. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Zcxbhw
Egyptian Minister Hopes for Improvement of Tourism Ties with Iran. FARS News http://bit.ly/WjE18m
More Arsinoe: Researchers vow to prove remains found in Turkey ARE those of Cleopatra's murdered sister. Daily Mail http://bit.ly/Xb8DYv
How to find postgraduate funding - good advice from @Swanseauni recruitment officer Mark Skippen. http://gu.com/p/3e35k/tw
Via Alice Williams @alicewilliams86. Details of the Friends of the Petrie Museum's new photo competition 'In and Out of the Nile Valley' - closes 1st May. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie/pdfs/PMF_Photo_Comp_2013_poster.pdf …
Via Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt: Antinoupolis Project blog. Visit to the Via Hadriana, Deir El Sombat and rock-cut coptic church http://kdstrutt.wordpress.com
Via Maria Nilsson @DrMariaNilsson: Book Review: The Murder of Cleopatra http://rogueclassicism.com/2013/03/02/rcreview-the-murder-of-cleopatra/
Egyptian minister and German foundation sign MoU to complete database for Akhenaten Amarna museum in Minya. allAfrica http://bit.ly/Za3lKH
Nothing to do with Egypt, but very cool! Desert finds on Arabian Peninsula challenge horse taming ideas. BBC http://bbc.in/XClkIa
Not specific to Egypt but relevant: Agriculture and parting from wolves shaped dog evolution, study finds. Physorg http://bit.ly/13htPzg
Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. A Guide. J.J. Shea, State University of New York, Stony Brook http://bit.ly/160XXPa
Available to read online: World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization (with 3 chapters on AE). http://bit.ly/eZvAwV
The last week of the Saqqara.nl dig diaries: http://www.saqqara.nl/news/mission-digging-diary/2013-digging-diaries/2013-03-01 …
Linking Things on the Web: Pragmatic Examination of Linked Data for Libraries Museums + Archives. Library of Congress.http://bit.ly/ZcI4jw
TV (UK): Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. 9pm BBC2 15th March 2013. C21 Media http://bit.ly/XiLIuc
The latest email update from Barry Kemp and Anna Stevens with a few of the photos that were attached. Egyptology News http://bit.ly/YWvVBj
Article about excavation and restoration at Theban Tomb 39 in Luxor. With lovely photographs. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/WiotSB
The Limestone quarries in the Theban Mountains, with photographs. Sirius Project http://bit.ly/12lqzDJ
New book available for pre-order: Late Roman Glassware and Pottery From Amarna and Related Studies. Faiers, J. EES http://bit.ly/WAmN7e
Comprehensive website, in Spanish, about Heracleópolis Magna (Nen-nesu). Plenty of maps and photos. http://bit.ly/M7R6gb
Book review: 3 volumes on the Popes of Egypt from the beginning of the Church ending at end of 2011. Montreal Review http://bit.ly/XzQ3rq
Treasures in the wall: The story of the Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection of Hebrew manuscripts from Cairo. New Yorker http://nyr.kr/Z32KJs
Mummification Museum Lecture notes - Amenhotep on the hill (and the pyramid of a vizier as well). Luxor News blog http://networkedblogs.com/IQmbV
Almost a ghost story from Manchester curator Campbell Price: The mystery of the spinning statuette. http://bit.ly/XTfKTR
Finaliza la quinta campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas de la Univ de Jaén en Qubbet el-Hawa (Asuán). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Vp2rMv
Conferencia: El proyecto Djehuty y los secretos de la necrópolis tebana. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Zcxbhw
Egyptian Minister Hopes for Improvement of Tourism Ties with Iran. FARS News http://bit.ly/WjE18m
More Arsinoe: Researchers vow to prove remains found in Turkey ARE those of Cleopatra's murdered sister. Daily Mail http://bit.ly/Xb8DYv
How to find postgraduate funding - good advice from @Swanseauni recruitment officer Mark Skippen. http://gu.com/p/3e35k/tw
Via Alice Williams @alicewilliams86. Details of the Friends of the Petrie Museum's new photo competition 'In and Out of the Nile Valley' - closes 1st May. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie/pdfs/PMF_Photo_Comp_2013_poster.pdf …
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