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  • EVENT: Training, Cheating, Winning, Praising: Athletes and Shows in Papyri from Roman Egypt

    What's New in Papyrology
    G.W. Schwendner
    13 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    Training, Cheating, Winning, Praising: Athletes and Shows in Papyri from Roman Egypt6.00pm - 7.15pm, followed by a drinks receptionWednesday, 20 June 2012 The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AHThree Short Lectures on the ‘Olympic’ tradition in Roman and Byzantine Egypt as revealed by new and old texts from Oxyrhynchus.In the second and third centuries AD the cities of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire developed a mania for grand public competitions in athletics, musical performance and chariot-racing. This exuberant tradition, which was explictly…

  • NOW THAT WE HAVE TASTED HOPE: Voices from the Arab Spring - MarketWatch (press release)

    EGYPTOLOGY - Google News
    16 May 2012 | 6:16 am
    NOW THAT WE HAVE TASTED HOPE: Voices from the Arab SpringMarketWatch (press release)The foreword is written by Diana Abouali, an assistant professor at Dartmouth College, and the introduction is by Elliott Colla, coeditor of the e-magazine Jadaliyya and author of Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity.and more »

  • In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt pharaonic treasures

    Egyptology News
    13 May 2012 | 7:49 am
    Ahram OnlineGoogle / Associated Press Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak's 29-year regime and security fell apart in many areas as police simply stopped doing their jobs. The pillaging comes on top of a wave of break-ins last year at archaeological storehouses - and even at Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, the country's biggest repository of pharaonic artifacts.Horrified archaeologists and antiquities authorities are scrambling to prevent smuggling, keeping a…

  • New Xulon Book Delves into Faith, Focuses on Abrahamic Roots

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    16 May 2012 | 3:15 am
    Lia D's new book, Achad-Ankh-Quest will prompt historians and archaeologists to reexamine the established historical timeline of ancient Egypt and the early Hebrews.

  • A Mummy Switcheroo?

    Luxor, Egypt News
    15 May 2012 | 6:52 pm
    Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it came to spiritual life.
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  • NOW THAT WE HAVE TASTED HOPE: Voices from the Arab Spring - MarketWatch (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 6:16 am
    NOW THAT WE HAVE TASTED HOPE: Voices from the Arab SpringMarketWatch (press release)The foreword is written by Diana Abouali, an assistant professor at Dartmouth College, and the introduction is by Elliott Colla, coeditor of the e-magazine Jadaliyya and author of Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity.and more »

  • New Xulon Book Delves into Faith, Focuses on Abrahamic Roots - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

    16 May 2012 | 3:22 am
    New Xulon Book Delves into Faith, Focuses on Abrahamic RootsVirtual-Strategy MagazineLia D's knowledge base spans numerous subjects, including Theology, Egyptology and languages. She is self-taught and has spent many decades satisfying an unwavering passion for Scriptures and varied academic research arenas. The author's social work and more »

  • Egyptian Mythology will be the subject of expert for the AAG - Greenwich Post

    15 May 2012 | 11:02 pm
    Egyptian Mythology will be the subject of expert for the AAGGreenwich PostPat Remler's career in Egyptology has included research for television documentaries, including the recent National Geographic special "The Secret of the Great Pyramids." She is the author of Egyptian Mythology A to Z and a photo contributor to

  • A New, Virtual Tour Of Giza Lets You Sidle Up Close To The Pharaoh - Co.Design

    10 May 2012 | 9:05 am
    Co.DesignA New, Virtual Tour Of Giza Lets You Sidle Up Close To The PharaohCo.DesignThat's sure to freak out parents whose budding Egyptologists are lobbying for Cairo-based study abroad programs. Rest easy, 'rents. With new 3-D software, developed by the French firm Dassault Systèmes, Harvard University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Tour the Pyramids OnlineDiscovery Newsall 2 news articles »

  • Remembering Carter: The man who found King Tut's tomb - Ahram Online

    10 May 2012 | 8:49 am
    The GuardianRemembering Carter: The man who found King Tut's tombAhram OnlineWednesday was the 138th birthday of celebrated Egyptologist Howard Carter, who unearthed the tomb of Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamen. Ahram Online remembers the intrepid archaeologist When Howard Carter left his home in Kensington in London at the tender Google marks Howard Carter's birthdayInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.amall 23 news articles »
 
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  • In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt pharaonic treasures

    13 May 2012 | 7:49 am
    Ahram OnlineGoogle / Associated Press Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak's 29-year regime and security fell apart in many areas as police simply stopped doing their jobs. The pillaging comes on top of a wave of break-ins last year at archaeological storehouses - and even at Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, the country's biggest repository of pharaonic artifacts.Horrified archaeologists and antiquities authorities are scrambling to prevent smuggling, keeping a…

  • Police arrest illegal excavators in Luxor, Aswan

    13 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    Egypt Independent  Tourism and antiquities police in Upper Egypt have seized 17 artifacts while on a mission targeting illegal excavators in Luxor and Aswan.A security source said police had received a tip that illegal excavators were searching for ancient relics in Luxor and Aswan.Two such attempts were foiled in Esna, south of Luxor and a third attempt was foiled in Aswan.The same source said the relics belonged to the Roman era.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • University of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012

    13 May 2012 | 7:32 am
    University of Basel  (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe)A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including KV64). With photos, including a lovely coloured fragment of 18th Dynasty glass from KV64, the tomb whose discovery was announced in January..Preliminary Report on the Work Carried out During the Season 2012In the undecorated tombs KV 26, KV 29, KV 30, KV 31, KV 32, KV 33, KV 37, KV 40, KV 59, KV 61, and KV 64 in the Valley of the KingsThis year’s season of the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings started…

  • Much needed makeover for three goddesses

    13 May 2012 | 7:19 am
    Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)The temples of the Karnak complex stand majestically on the east bank of the Nile at Luxor, their awe-inspiring architecture flaunting the great and noble civilisation of ancient Egypt. We know from historical records that Karnak's vast medley of temples, chapels, columns, pylons, obelisks and above all the sacred lake have fascinated visitors for at least 2,000 years.To the south of the Amun-Re temple complex, beneath the tenth pylon, stands the ruined temple of the mother goddess Mut. Since its construction by Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1388-1360 BC) the temple…

  • WWII archaeology in the Western Desert

    13 May 2012 | 7:07 am
    The Telegraph, UK (Richard Alleyne)With two photographs.  A friend who is an expert on aviation history says that this plane has actually been known for some time, and that removable odds and ends have been taken from it as souvenirs.  The eternal story of the Western Desert - pristine archaeology being denuded by tourists and collectors.WWII fighter plane hailed the 'aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb' found preserved in the Sahara.A Second World War aeroplane that crash landed in the Sahara Desert before the British pilot walked to his death has been found almost…
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  • New Xulon Book Delves into Faith, Focuses on Abrahamic Roots

    16 May 2012 | 3:15 am
    Lia D's new book, Achad-Ankh-Quest will prompt historians and archaeologists to reexamine the established historical timeline of ancient Egypt and the early Hebrews.

  • Tour the Pyramids Online

    11 May 2012 | 6:11 am
    The most realistic and complete virtual rendition of Egypt's Giza Plateau is now available online, allowing anyone with a computer to wander the necropolis, explore shafts and burial chambers, and enter four of the site's ancient temples, including Khufu's and Menkaure's pyramids.

  • Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen 1.0

    10 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen is a fun game where you try to find dig team isolated in the tomb of the lost queen.

  • Google Doodle: Howard Carter and the pharaoh's curse

    9 May 2012 | 2:16 pm
    When archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun , he may have anticipated he'd be bringing unprecedented knowledge about the Egyptian culture to the world.

  • Nile: New Audio Interview With Karl Sanders

    9 May 2012 | 1:26 pm
    Steel And Fire recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE .
 
 
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  • Giza 3D: Peter Der Manuelian and Mehdi Tayoubi

    Vincent
    10 May 2012 | 6:58 am
    Yesterday the Giza 3D Project was launched at a gala event at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Peter Der Manuelian After the event I caught up virtually with Peter Der Manuelian, Giza Archives Director at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University, and Mehdi Tayoubi, Vice-President Digital & Experiential Strategy at Dassault Systémes to find out a bit more about the project. Welcome Peter and thank you for taking the time out for this interview. Giza Archives: The online repository of archaeological data from the Harvard…

  • Giza 3D – Virtually Exploring Giza

    Vincent
    9 May 2012 | 3:22 am
    World leading 3D software company Dassault Systémes and Harvard University last night officially unveiled Giza 3D to the world at a gala event at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). It presents the results of over a 100 years of work by the MFA and Harvard University expedition led by George Reisner in the first half of the 20th century. A computer generated avatar of renowned Egyptologist George Andrew Reisner Almost forty years of archaeological data collected from those expeditions has, over the past ten years, been laboriously digitised to form the Giza Archives. This includes: 1,300…

  • The Pyramids: Between Life and Death

    Vincent
    16 Apr 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Behenu's Pyramid Texts A workshop on pyramids is to be held at Geijersalen, Engelska Parken, Uppsala University over two days, May 31st and June 1st. Speakers will include such notables as Denis Searby, Peter Jánosi, Miroslav Barta, Tarek el-Awady, Jaromir Krejci, Mark Lehner, Catherine Berger, Harold Hays, Roman Gundacker, Nils Billing and Erika Meyer-Dietrich. There are some very interesting topics on the programme, such as Erika Meyer-Dietrich’s session: Sonic acting in the pyramid of queen Neith – statements about sound in ritual texts from the time of Pepi II and Catherine…

  • Pottery Sherds Add 1500 Years to the Age of the Meidum Pyramid Field

    Vincent
    23 Mar 2012 | 3:45 pm
    Polish researcher Teodozja Rzeuska says her research indicates that the Meidum necropolis was used as late as the New Kingdom period, extending its history by over 1500 years. After early publications by pioneering archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie and others, Rzeuska says that it became “dogma that in Meidum the dead had been buried only in the early reign of the fourth dynasty.” Her research re-analyzed the pottery, other artifacts and dated excavation reports to completely reshape the chronology of the site. This new study calls for a reexamination of the many reports based…

  • Archaeology Hangout this Friday Night

    Vincent
    29 Feb 2012 | 2:44 pm
    You may have noticed that the activity here on Talking Pyramids has died down a bit over the past few months. My ever faithful and trusty assistant Bennu has continued posting lots of news items every day on Twitter, which you can read in the side bar on Talking Pyramids. GooglePlus The reason for the slow down of posts here on Talking Pyramids is partly due to GooglePlus. Since June last year I’ve been spending a lot of time trying out the new service by Google called GooglePlus. In case you’re not familiar with it, GooglePlus, or G+ for short, is a little bit like a…
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    The Eloquent Peasant

  • On Howard Carter’s birthday: recent research on Tutankhamun and the restoration of his damaged artefacts

    Margaret
    9 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    As most of you’ll have noticed from the Google doodle posted today, May 9th 2012 is the 138th birthday of Howard Carter, the archaeologist celebrated for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun. While many know him for that achievement, his original training was as an artist and some of his most notable work may actually be the incredible artistic records he produced, some of which may be viewed here. While other Egyptologists such as Champollion and Petrie were famed for their scholarly advances, Carter superseded them in the public imagination with a discovery borne out of perseverance and a…

  • Reports of Looting in El Hibeh

    Margaret
    9 Mar 2012 | 2:47 pm
    Update March 12th: The El Hibeh expedition has put together a press release and the looting was featured on Egyptian television last night on Al Qahera Al Youm. Update March 10th: Excavator of the site Carol Redmount is posting to a newly founded Facebook group ‘Save El Hibeh Egypt’. For those without Facebook access, Glenn Mayer has posted her appeal in the comments on this page. This Egyptian news video (click here to view) reports on looting in El Hibeh. Photographs of ransacked tombs and scattered human remains are shown from the 7.20 mark. These heartbreaking images bear…

  • The Women of Egypt and Egyptology: ancient, past, and present

    Margaret
    8 Mar 2012 | 5:59 am
    In honour of international Women’s Day, an offering of a brief post celebrating the women of Egypt. Women in Egypt were probably better off than in other ancient cultures, as they could travel and conduct business freely, retain control of their dowries, divorce their husbands, and inherit property, but their lot was still not an equal one and the rudimentary medicine of the age meant childbirth could often spell a death sentence. Nevertheless, there are many inspiring women of the age, not least the dazzlingly influential queens of the New Kingdom. Queen Ahhotep was praised by her son King…

  • ‘When belongings are snatched by the deprived…’

    Margaret
    10 Aug 2011 | 4:19 pm
    Here in the UK these days, most people are preoccupied by the widespread unrest in our cities. Now I don’t write about politics, but I do research and write about social differences in ancient Egypt. I find it interesting to note that the debates we’re having today about criminality, deprivation, & social responsibility can also be found in ancient Egyptian poetry dating back to almost 4000 years ago. Despite the vast inequality in ancient Egyptian society between pharaohs and peasants, despite corporal punishment being commonplace and literacy rare, an Egyptian poet was still…

  • The Pharaohs go north

    Margaret
    15 Jul 2011 | 11:49 am
    Siltstone head of Thutmoses III For the past three and a half months, I’ve been privileged to be working as a trainee curator in the ‘Future Curators’ programme at the British Museum, where I’ve had the opportunity to work on the UK touring exhibition Pharaoh: King of Egypt. Developed in partnership with Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums and the Great North Museum: Hancock, the exhibition explores both the ideals and the realities of ancient Egyptian kingship. The exhibition includes extraordinary objects, such as the sed-festival label of King Den, one of the…
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    Luxor News - Jane Akshar

  • Theban Mapping Project Library - Luxor

    12 May 2012 | 5:28 pm
    Dr Kent Weeks talked about the new library he has founded in Luxor. The Theban Mapping Project Library is open every day 3-8 and everyone and anyone is welcome to use it. Aimed at local Luxor people 3- 80+ who want to study or learn or just enjoy a book. Kent very much hopes that local women will use it and has a number of Arabic books on childcare, pregnancy and nutrition.He is particularly proud of the Egyptology and site maps given by the Getty Institute and World Heritage Fund. He hopes that tour guides and trainee tour guides will use it to develop their knowledge but also…

  • Macquarie Ancient Language School

    11 May 2012 | 6:32 am
    I am always plugging the Manchester online courses but for all you people from "down under" here is a local opportunity.The Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University will be holding its next Ancient Languages School (MALS) from 2nd-6th July.This week long school offers classes on Middle Egyptian (at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels) and, for the first time, we are very happy to be offering courses in both Hieratic and Demotic. In the case of Demotic, this will be the only such opportunity to receive tuition in this stage of the Egyptian language and its script…

  • Me on Egyptian TV!!!

    9 May 2012 | 7:37 am
    After attending the meeting of the presidential candidate Mohammed Morsy I was interviewed by the TV. ‫محمد مرسى - لن ينال المسيحيون حقوقهم إلا بالشرعية‬‎ - YouTube: - Sent using Google Toolbar

  • Al-Ahram Weekly | Heritage | Much needed makeover for three goddesses

    8 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Al-Ahram Weekly | Heritage | Much needed makeover for three goddesses: Meanwhile on Luxor's west bank restorers and workmen are hard at work at the temple of the goddess of rebirth and femininity, Isis, at Deir Al-Shelwit, four kilometres south of Medinet Habu. A development project similar to that at the Mut Temple is now being conducted by the MSA in collaboration with ARCE at the Isis Temple so that it too can be opened to the public next year.Today the Isis Temple can be seen in ruins. It includes a small main building, the ruins of a decorated propylon and a well enclosed by a brick…

  • Who will be Egypt's President? - The Egyptian Gazette

    8 May 2012 | 1:50 am
    Very interesting article about the presidential race and the views of voters. I did a straw poll of various drivers, staff and relatives  and no one candidate got everyone's vote. Everyone seemed to have a different favourite. Who will be Egypt's President? - The Egyptian Gazette: According to a survey made a few days ago by the Cabinet’s Information Centre, Moussa and Abul-Fotouh are both in the lead, on 11 per cent each, while Shafiq is in third place (6 per cent) and Morsi fourth (only 2 per cent).But the survey stresses that 24 per cent of voters are still undecided,- Sent using…
 
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    What's New in Papyrology

  • EVENT: Training, Cheating, Winning, Praising: Athletes and Shows in Papyri from Roman Egypt

    G.W. Schwendner
    13 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    Training, Cheating, Winning, Praising: Athletes and Shows in Papyri from Roman Egypt6.00pm - 7.15pm, followed by a drinks receptionWednesday, 20 June 2012 The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AHThree Short Lectures on the ‘Olympic’ tradition in Roman and Byzantine Egypt as revealed by new and old texts from Oxyrhynchus.In the second and third centuries AD the cities of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire developed a mania for grand public competitions in athletics, musical performance and chariot-racing. This exuberant tradition, which was explictly…

  • Conference: I PAPIRI DI ESCHILO E DI SOFOCLE

    G.W. Schwendner
    7 May 2012 | 11:08 am
    Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Dottorato di Ricerca in Filologie e LinguisticaI PAPIRI DI ESCHILO E DI SOFOCLEconvegno internazionale di studiFirenze, 14-15 giugno 2012 - Salone delle Feste, Hotel Astoria - via del Giglio 9, Firenze Giovedì 14 giugno 2012 ore 9.15                        Saluto del Magnifico Rettore prof. Alberto TesiSaluto del Preside della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia prof. Riccardo Bruscagli ore 9.30                …

  • GAGOS, T. (ET al.), Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology

    G.W. Schwendner
    6 May 2012 | 11:43 am
    Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of PapyrologyEditor: Traianos GagosAssistant Editor: Adam HyattAdditional Editors: Arthur Verhoogt, Terry WilfongTitle Author(s) PDF download (if available) Front Matter — Dedication — Table of Contents —  Preface   GAGOS, Traianos; HYATT, Adam; VERHOOGT, Arthur; WILFONG, Terry Organization of the Congress — List of Participants — Congress Program — List of Abbreviations — Bureaucracy and Power in Diocletian's Egypt: The World of P.Panop.Beatty 1   ADAMS, Colin E.P.A Nun's Dispute with Her Mother…

  • L. Popko, N. Quenouille, M. Rücker, Von Sklaven, Pächtern und Politikern. Beiträge zum Alltag in Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom. Doulika Erga zu Ehren von Reinhold Scholl

    G.W. Schwendner
    28 Apr 2012 | 10:02 am
    Von Sklaven, Pächtern und PolitikernBeiträge zum Alltag in Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom. Doulika Erga zu Ehren von Reinhold Scholl [Of Slaves, Tenants, and Politicians. Studies on Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome]Ed. by Popko, Lutz / Quenouille, Nadine / Rücker, MichaelaSeries: Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte 33hrsg. v. J.-L. Fournet / B. Kramer / W. Luppe / H. Maehler / B. McGing / G. Poethke / F. Reiter / T. S. Richter), Berlin u.a. 2012.DE GRUYTERPublication Date: April 2012ISBN: 978-3-11-028071-5Rudersdorf, Manfred,…

  • DECIMO SEMINARIO PAPIROLOGICO FIORENTINO

    G.W. Schwendner
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:24 am
    Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”Biblioteca Medicea LaurenzianaAccademia Fiorentina di Papirologia e di Studi sul Mondo Antico DECIMO SEMINARIO PAPIROLOGICO FIORENTINO Papiri inediti delle collezioni fiorentine Il seminario si terrà a Firenze dal 17 al 25 settembre 2012, presso l’Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli” (Borgo degli Albizi 12). Il lavoro dei partecipanti si svolgerà su testi inediti delle collezioni fiorentine.I partecipanti saranno impegnati nel restauro dei papiri e saranno loro fornite le necessarie istruzioni tecniche per operare sul materiale.
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    Egypt at the Manchester Museum

  • ACCES Seminar in Swansea: More than Musty Mummies – Novel Approaches to Egyptology and the Public

    Campbell@Manchester
    15 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    On Friday the 15th of June, the Association of Curators for Collections from Egypt and Sudan (ACCES) will hold a free seminar at the Egypt Centre in Swansea. More Than Musty Mummies: Novel Approaches to Egyptology and the Public Often display of mummies is seen as the obvious way to get the public involved in Egyptology. This seminar intends to highlight some of the more innovative approaches to inspiring the public with all things Egyptological. Sessions include: Thomas Cadbury and Jenny Durrant  A learning process:  The creation and use of a new Ancient Worlds gallery at the Royal Albert…

  • Object biography #5: A double-sided painted mummy portrait (Acc. No. 5381)

    Campbell@Manchester
    10 May 2012 | 10:14 am
    Acc. no. 5381 © Paul Cliff This delicate wooden panel (41 x 32.5 cm) is one of 13 painted mummy portraits in the Manchester Museum. Such panel portraits were produced during the Roman Period (c. 55-220 AD) and are amongst the most evocative images to have come from Egypt. Most were painted using an encaustic method, in which pigment is mixed with hot wax and applied directly onto the surface of thin wooden panels. The panels were attached over the head of the mummy, held in place with bandages around each edge. Whether they were painted during life, and if they were displayed prior to being…

  • Curator’s Diary 7/5/12: CT-scanning the mummies (I)

    Campbell@Manchester
    7 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    Mummy 1767 is prepared for CT-scanning Last week I followed in a proud Manchester Museum tradition when I accompanied four of our mummies to the Manchester University Children’s Hospital to be CT-scanned. The use of Computed Tomography (CT) has become an established method of non-invasive investigation of Egyptian human remains. The current work is part of a wider programme of investigation, using state-of-the-art methods, undertaken on the Museum’s Egyptian mummies by Prof. Rosalie David, former Egyptology curator at the Museum and authority on mummy studies, and Prof. Judith Adams,…

  • MAES Lecture 14th May 2012: Egypt’s Developing Delta – Tombs, Treasure and Railways!

    Campbell@Manchester
    5 May 2012 | 11:20 am
    Manchester Ancient Egypt Society will host its annual AGM and a lecture by Dr. Penny Wilson of Durham University on Monday the 14th of May 2012, at Days Inn, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester, 7.15pm The lecture will look at the political and social development of major cities and archaeological sites in the Delta from the Late Period through to the modern day. The capital cities of Tanis and Sais introduced the notion of city-states and temple burials to Egypt, while the move to the western side of Egypt, especially at Alexandria opened Egypt to the trade networks of the Aegean…

  • Curator’s Diary 26/4/12: Ancient Egypt for the visually impaired

    Campbell@Manchester
    30 Apr 2012 | 5:09 am
    On Thursday I met with a group of around 30 visitors from Henshaws, a charity that provides support for blind and visually impaired people. I confess to a little trepidation at the task of describing in sufficient detail objects that I am used to presenting in primarily visual terms – through photos or line drawings. We tend to speak of Egyptian ‘visual culture’ rather than ‘tangible culture’, and most museum displays assume that objects – because they are usually behind glass – are only viewed by sight. But what if you are blind or visually impaired? The selection of objects…
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    Living in Egypt

  • Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, But Do Watch This Video

    13 May 2012 | 6:55 pm
    There is a video that I think everyone who has an interest in the Egyptian political scene in either the short run or in the long run should spend an hour and a half to watch. Mahmoud Salem, a blogger also known as Sandmonkey (see his blog at http://www.sandmonkey.org), spoke at the Washington Institute for Middle Eastern Affairs a few days ago. Aside from being an extremely astute and acute observer of our political scene, Mahmoud is a highly entertaining speaker. His description of Am Moussa as "that sandwich that you find in your fridge at 3:30 AM when you are hungry but you can't remember…

  • The Importance of "No"

    10 May 2012 | 12:02 pm
    The word "No" carries a lot of interesting baggage in Egyptian life. One of the things that I often tell newcomers to Egypt is to remember that in a strange way telling someone "no" or giving unpleasant information is almost considered rude. There are millions of apophrycal tales of asking directions in Egypt that detail how the askers ended up traveling many miles in strange places at the direction of well-meaning people who simply don't want to disappoint the askers by telling them that they have no idea how to get somewhere. We have a custom that I call the Egyptian No, wherein someone…

  • Exploring The Nile in The Garden

    30 Apr 2012 | 4:50 am
    I'm no longer young by any means, although I am very active, especially on horseback. My own children are in their late twenties and early thirties now. No grandchildren so far, and perhaps there never will be. I was one of those odd people who really, truly wanted to have children. There were other things that I wanted to do, of course, but many of them were compatible with being a mom. Not everyone feels that way, has a really deep desire to be a mother, and probably it should be a requirement for being a mother, because it is, without any doubt at all, the most difficult of the many jobs…

  • Looking For Perspective

    17 Mar 2012 | 6:01 am
    When I moved to Egypt, in many ways it seemed to be country frozen in time. That changed irrevocably in January 2011, and since then I've seen friends complaining that they feel they've aged about 10 years in a few months. It is really hard to keep track of where Egypt seems to be going and how it's going to get there. I read the news from a million sources religiously and find that most of the mainstream media get a pretty limited view. News seems to come from statements from people and institutions which can tell you what they want you to know, but not necessarily what it means or feels…

  • The Day of Long Marches

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:16 am
    A thoughtful protester waves a flag exemplifying the hope and worries of us all I had a lot of reasons to move to Egypt and a lot of reasons to stay here after my husband died. One quite significant reason was the sunshine. I'm one of those solar powered people who do infinitely better when there is bright sunlight, a commodity that is rarely in short supply here. It is mirrored in the smiles of the people of Egypt and just seeps into your soul. But in the days leading up to January 25, sunlight of almost any sort was in short supply. Rainclouds were blowing in from the north coast and…
 
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    Pyramidales

  • Quand la 3D redonne vie au plateau de Guizeh

    10 May 2012 | 10:58 am
    Dans une surprenante symbiose du réel et du virtuel, les espaces archéologiques majeurs du plateau de Guizeh peuvent désormais être visités ou redécouverts avec l'outil de la 3D interactive et "immersive", grâce à une superbe réalisation dont les techniciens de Dassault Systèmes, passés maîtres en la matière, ont le secret. Pyramidales s'est déjà fait l'écho de cette technique appliquée à

  • Construction de la pyramide de Khéops : le "système de la pyramide interne", selon Marco Virginio Fiorini

    4 May 2012 | 2:45 pm
    arco Virginio Fiorini a déjà été présenté dans Pyramidales. Un chapitre du livre récent de cet architecte italien (Nel cantiere della Grande Piramide, Ananke, 2012, 184 pag.) a en effet été publié en exclusivité ici, avant même la parution de l’ouvrage. En préambule à l’exposé de sa théorie sur la construction de la pyramide de Khéops, et parfois au détour de certains développements, l’auteur

  • Un panoramique à 360° sur les pyramides de Guizeh, par AirPano

    27 Apr 2012 | 2:33 am
    Faute d'avoir eu l'autorisation de survoler les pyramides de Guizeh en hélicoptère, sécurité du territoire oblige, Sergey Semenov a eu recours, après maintes négociations avec les autorités locales, à un mini-hélicoptère telécommandé, avec matériel photo embarqué. Le résultat est stupéfiant !  Cliquer sur la photo ci-dessous pour accéder à la vidéo.

  • Archéologie égyptienne : à l'aide de l'observation satellitaire, une mission italienne découvre 56 bateaux de l'ère pharaonique

    8 Apr 2012 | 11:57 am
    Une exclusivité (pour la France) Egypt-actus et Pyramidales © Diego Baratono, Egypt-actus et Pyramidales L’égyptologue italien Diego Baratono, chercheur indépendant originaire de Agliè Canavese (Piémont), connu des lecteurs de Pyramidales pour sa théorie du "troisième niveau" relative à la topographie du site de Guizeh, adresse aux lecteurs d’Egypt-actus et de Pyramidales - en exclusivité pour

  • "À quoi servaient les cinq plafonds plats de la Chambre du Roi ?", par Philippe Lheureux

    15 Mar 2012 | 10:54 am
    Philippe Lheureux apporte des compléments à la théorie du "mécanisme d'ouverture de la pyramide de Khéops", qu'il a développée dans un ouvrage et sur son site internet. Ces compléments peuvent être consultés ICI (document pdf)
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