I've been in Switzerland for my birthday, so apologies for the rather long post, taken from my Twitter account.
Via Maria Nilsson @DrMariaNilsson
Using Inscriptions from the Antiquities Market: Polarized Positions and Pragmatic Proposals | http://asorblog.org/?p=4282
Museums should engage tourists with content rather than brand for the sake of themselves and the sector. The Guardian http://bit.ly/Z6g9Qr
In French: British Council seminar shows the role played by the Delta in Egypt at different times. Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/12twPoW
New Book: Icons of Power – Revelations though ancient Egyptian art, Anthony Spalinger, Charles Univ. Scoop NZ http://bit.ly/ZDv9Fs
Aidan Dodson, President of the EES: "L’Egypte risque de perdre une partie de son histoire" Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/YBSFHj
A new interactive map of the ancient Mediterranean http://www.ancient.eu.com/map/
Job: The EES is looking for a new Fieldwork & Engagement Manager to bethe Society's main representative in Egypt.http://bit.ly/Xiv5yk
Significant evidence of 17th Dynasty found by Djehuty Project in Luxor. EurekAlert http://bit.ly/XXhvSS and PhysOrg http://bit.ly/Z6F4EC
Rus Gant, Giza 3D and George Reisnser’s Legacy: An Em Hotep – Pyramidales Interview. http://bit.ly/Y0LfOH
Museums Association survey of UK public attitude to museums suggests they are some of the most trusted organisations http://bit.ly/1016tdP
New Book: "Jean-François Champollion. Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du musée Charles X." Kheops http://bit.ly/Xttvfq
Freemasons and Ancient Egypt at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. http://bit.ly/12p18xd
Via Neal Spencer @NealSpencer_BM 4 Apr
A chronology (with posters) of every temporary exhibition @britishmuseum 1838-2012 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/research_publications_series/research_publications_online/chronology_of_exhibitions.aspx …
Free online: The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli. Itamar Singer. BMSAES, 6 (2006), 37-58 @historyancient http://bit.ly/XRBy59
Off-topic "The life of man: solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short". Thomas Hobbes, born today 1588. History Today http://bit.ly/ZgIR8o
Pre-healthcare modern Egypt. With help on hand from health barbers and folk healers, health aid was never far away http://bit.ly/10y4qh6
Summary of Aidan Dodson's lecture at the AUC on the royal family after the death of Ramses II. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/Zb8kZQ
Exhibition: "Echoes of Egypt:Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs" at Yale Peabody Museum. With photos. http://bit.ly/14SjvPg
Farro or emmer wheat, once a staple in AE being cultivated once again. Offers an insight into its uses. Oxford Press http://bit.ly/XhcsLk
Forthcoming: Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories, Camilla Di Biase-Dyson. Brill http://bit.ly/10BugA6
New Book: The Life of J.D. Åkerblad, Egyptian Decipherment and Orientalism in Revolutionary Times, F.Thomasson. Brill http://bit.ly/WcRe0U
In Spanish: Egypt to ask tourists to donate a dollar for each night spent in Egypt to fund Grand Museum. Vanguardia http://bit.ly/Zd5zhy
Curse of Tutankhamun, 90 years on. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/ZbVdI3
New project explores influence of Egyptian archaeological finds in sculpture 1907 to 1939 and Petrie's responses. UCL http://bit.ly/10f0m5J
Elimination of Mubarak's police services left aan open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal. USA Today http://usat.ly/10waUho
Curator's Choice: Amber Druce picks a tomb painting from Pharaoh Reborn. Culture24 http://bit.ly/14N3udt
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Leather from Ancient Egyptian Chariot. AUC Egypt http://bit.ly/XyaQye
Via Chris Naunton @chrisnaunton 4 Apr
New book L'Egypte Dessinee by B Cassiers on 18/19/20th cen artists who painted Eg monuments w new works by the author http://www.lycaons.eu/images.html
Russian photographer apologizes for climbing Great Pyramid of Giza (with photos). NY Daily News http://nydn.us/YK9G4w
China specialist Prof Anthony Barbieri-Low receives Mellon New Directions Fellowship to research Egypt. Noozhawk http://bit.ly/10ew9Up
90th anniversary of the curse of Tutankhamen – how a modern myth was born. Univ Manchester http://bit.ly/YUtI9M
Manchester Mus holds 2 important objects that provide evidence for use of masks in ancient Egypt. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10Gr0VR
Reassembling of the Two Colossi of Amenhotep III at North Gate of his Funerary Temple, West Bank, Luxor.. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/12lPoLJ
Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary temple project. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/10zeBBk
Article re recent conference. Thonis-Heracleion, sunken gateway to Egypt in 1st mill.BC. With photos. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/X9qCjQ
Update from the Tell Basta Project http://tellbasta.tumblr.com/post/46430050559/heart-of-glass …
Object biography #12: A wooden shabti of King Seti I (Acc.no.13906) by Campbell Price. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10gddTT
New book on Cleopatra argues that the “Queen of Kings” did not take her own life. Smithsonian Mag http://bit.ly/173Rnbb
Birds in ancient Egyptian society: some brief notes. Joyce Filer's blog http://bit.ly/10n95BB
Part 2 of Dean Kalimniou's look at the Greek connection in Sudan, focusing on the survival of the Greek language http://bit.ly/14uivk0
Part one of Dean Kalimniou's look at the Greek connection in Sudan http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/greeks-in-sudan-part-one …
Progress by the EES Minufiyeh Survey team in the Delta http://minufiyeh.tumblr.com/post/46785854575/progress …
Interview re new book: The Archaeology of Race – The Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie. UCL http://bit.ly/13Ut7tj
Ancient Kingdoms in the land of war - the archaeology of Sudan. New York Times http://nyti.ms/YV55Xg
With security ebbing and prices rising, the sustained drop-off in Egypt tourism has hurt the impoverished. NY Times http://nyti.ms/Yw7paI
Djehuty Project: Arqueólogos españoles descubren en Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor, cuatro tumbas de la dinastía XVII. ABC.es http://bit.ly/Z7KmFG
La campaña 2013 de excavaciones de la UJA, Asuán, constata la complejidad de la estructura de las tumbas. europapress http://bit.ly/ZaePfn
Book review by Tim Reid: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt, James Hamilton-Paterson and Carol Andrews, Penguin http://bit.ly/12iTrw5
Egypt revolution brings golden age for tomb raiders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21960373 …
EES Delta Survey dig diary is being started up again for the new season http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/
Priceless Egyptian treasures feared destroyed in Cuming Museum (South London) museum fire. http://bit.ly/YxutIj
New York Prosecutors Seek to Forfeit Ancient Egyptian Artifacts. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http://bit.ly/104kqVA
Site of Al Bordan site destroyed by illegal construction in spite of intervention by police and archaeologists. http://bit.ly/ZXQcoJ
Travel. Siwa, the field of trees. With photos. Alrahalah http://www.alrahalah.com/2013/03/siwa-the-field-of-trees/ …
It's a boy: Albany museum's mummy's true identity revealed. http://bit.ly/14ijeF1
Seizure of 5 Egyptian artifacts dating back to 2,000 B.C. on their way from Dubai to a Michigan antique dealer. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/22/55962.htm …
2,400-Year-Old Myths of Mummy-Making Busted http://www.livescience.com/28097-herodotus-mummy-evisceration-wrong.html …
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Via Maria Nilsson @DrMariaNilsson
Using Inscriptions from the Antiquities Market: Polarized Positions and Pragmatic Proposals | http://asorblog.org/?p=4282
Museums should engage tourists with content rather than brand for the sake of themselves and the sector. The Guardian http://bit.ly/Z6g9Qr
In French: British Council seminar shows the role played by the Delta in Egypt at different times. Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/12twPoW
New Book: Icons of Power – Revelations though ancient Egyptian art, Anthony Spalinger, Charles Univ. Scoop NZ http://bit.ly/ZDv9Fs
Aidan Dodson, President of the EES: "L’Egypte risque de perdre une partie de son histoire" Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/YBSFHj
A new interactive map of the ancient Mediterranean http://www.ancient.eu.com/map/
Job: The EES is looking for a new Fieldwork & Engagement Manager to bethe Society's main representative in Egypt.http://bit.ly/Xiv5yk
Significant evidence of 17th Dynasty found by Djehuty Project in Luxor. EurekAlert http://bit.ly/XXhvSS and PhysOrg http://bit.ly/Z6F4EC
Rus Gant, Giza 3D and George Reisnser’s Legacy: An Em Hotep – Pyramidales Interview. http://bit.ly/Y0LfOH
Museums Association survey of UK public attitude to museums suggests they are some of the most trusted organisations http://bit.ly/1016tdP
New Book: "Jean-François Champollion. Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du musée Charles X." Kheops http://bit.ly/Xttvfq
Freemasons and Ancient Egypt at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. http://bit.ly/12p18xd
Via Neal Spencer @NealSpencer_BM 4 Apr
A chronology (with posters) of every temporary exhibition @britishmuseum 1838-2012 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/research_publications_series/research_publications_online/chronology_of_exhibitions.aspx …
Free online: The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli. Itamar Singer. BMSAES, 6 (2006), 37-58 @historyancient http://bit.ly/XRBy59
Off-topic "The life of man: solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short". Thomas Hobbes, born today 1588. History Today http://bit.ly/ZgIR8o
Pre-healthcare modern Egypt. With help on hand from health barbers and folk healers, health aid was never far away http://bit.ly/10y4qh6
Summary of Aidan Dodson's lecture at the AUC on the royal family after the death of Ramses II. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/Zb8kZQ
Exhibition: "Echoes of Egypt:Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs" at Yale Peabody Museum. With photos. http://bit.ly/14SjvPg
Farro or emmer wheat, once a staple in AE being cultivated once again. Offers an insight into its uses. Oxford Press http://bit.ly/XhcsLk
Forthcoming: Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories, Camilla Di Biase-Dyson. Brill http://bit.ly/10BugA6
New Book: The Life of J.D. Åkerblad, Egyptian Decipherment and Orientalism in Revolutionary Times, F.Thomasson. Brill http://bit.ly/WcRe0U
In Spanish: Egypt to ask tourists to donate a dollar for each night spent in Egypt to fund Grand Museum. Vanguardia http://bit.ly/Zd5zhy
Curse of Tutankhamun, 90 years on. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/ZbVdI3
New project explores influence of Egyptian archaeological finds in sculpture 1907 to 1939 and Petrie's responses. UCL http://bit.ly/10f0m5J
Elimination of Mubarak's police services left aan open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal. USA Today http://usat.ly/10waUho
Curator's Choice: Amber Druce picks a tomb painting from Pharaoh Reborn. Culture24 http://bit.ly/14N3udt
Archaeologists Uncover Rare Leather from Ancient Egyptian Chariot. AUC Egypt http://bit.ly/XyaQye
Via Chris Naunton @chrisnaunton 4 Apr
New book L'Egypte Dessinee by B Cassiers on 18/19/20th cen artists who painted Eg monuments w new works by the author http://www.lycaons.eu/images.html
Russian photographer apologizes for climbing Great Pyramid of Giza (with photos). NY Daily News http://nydn.us/YK9G4w
China specialist Prof Anthony Barbieri-Low receives Mellon New Directions Fellowship to research Egypt. Noozhawk http://bit.ly/10ew9Up
90th anniversary of the curse of Tutankhamen – how a modern myth was born. Univ Manchester http://bit.ly/YUtI9M
Manchester Mus holds 2 important objects that provide evidence for use of masks in ancient Egypt. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10Gr0VR
Reassembling of the Two Colossi of Amenhotep III at North Gate of his Funerary Temple, West Bank, Luxor.. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/12lPoLJ
Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary temple project. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/10zeBBk
Article re recent conference. Thonis-Heracleion, sunken gateway to Egypt in 1st mill.BC. With photos. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/X9qCjQ
Update from the Tell Basta Project http://tellbasta.tumblr.com/post/46430050559/heart-of-glass …
Object biography #12: A wooden shabti of King Seti I (Acc.no.13906) by Campbell Price. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10gddTT
New book on Cleopatra argues that the “Queen of Kings” did not take her own life. Smithsonian Mag http://bit.ly/173Rnbb
Birds in ancient Egyptian society: some brief notes. Joyce Filer's blog http://bit.ly/10n95BB
Part 2 of Dean Kalimniou's look at the Greek connection in Sudan, focusing on the survival of the Greek language http://bit.ly/14uivk0
Part one of Dean Kalimniou's look at the Greek connection in Sudan http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/greeks-in-sudan-part-one …
Progress by the EES Minufiyeh Survey team in the Delta http://minufiyeh.tumblr.com/post/46785854575/progress …
Interview re new book: The Archaeology of Race – The Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie. UCL http://bit.ly/13Ut7tj
Ancient Kingdoms in the land of war - the archaeology of Sudan. New York Times http://nyti.ms/YV55Xg
With security ebbing and prices rising, the sustained drop-off in Egypt tourism has hurt the impoverished. NY Times http://nyti.ms/Yw7paI
Djehuty Project: Arqueólogos españoles descubren en Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor, cuatro tumbas de la dinastía XVII. ABC.es http://bit.ly/Z7KmFG
La campaña 2013 de excavaciones de la UJA, Asuán, constata la complejidad de la estructura de las tumbas. europapress http://bit.ly/ZaePfn
Book review by Tim Reid: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt, James Hamilton-Paterson and Carol Andrews, Penguin http://bit.ly/12iTrw5
Egypt revolution brings golden age for tomb raiders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21960373 …
EES Delta Survey dig diary is being started up again for the new season http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/
Priceless Egyptian treasures feared destroyed in Cuming Museum (South London) museum fire. http://bit.ly/YxutIj
New York Prosecutors Seek to Forfeit Ancient Egyptian Artifacts. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http://bit.ly/104kqVA
Site of Al Bordan site destroyed by illegal construction in spite of intervention by police and archaeologists. http://bit.ly/ZXQcoJ
Travel. Siwa, the field of trees. With photos. Alrahalah http://www.alrahalah.com/2013/03/siwa-the-field-of-trees/ …
It's a boy: Albany museum's mummy's true identity revealed. http://bit.ly/14ijeF1
Seizure of 5 Egyptian artifacts dating back to 2,000 B.C. on their way from Dubai to a Michigan antique dealer. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/22/55962.htm …
2,400-Year-Old Myths of Mummy-Making Busted http://www.livescience.com/28097-herodotus-mummy-evisceration-wrong.html …
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