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Luxor News (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Nicole aka glyphdoctor has written a really interesting article http://www.glyphdoctors.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=1184 I encourage you to have a read of it. I felt one of her points about Egyptian workmen recognising changes in the soil better than a graduate student was so relevant. Some of these guys have worked on digs for decades as had their fathers [...]
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Prague Daily Monitor A new exhibition at the Liechtenstein Palace presents the most precious ancient Egyptian artifacts discovered by Czech Egyptologists. Arranged by the Czech Egyptology Institute, the exhibition showcases various pieces that were found more than 20 years ago, when it was legal to take discovered artifacts out of Egypt , as well as color photographs and films depicting the...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
... has quit the practice where it shared the finds with the home countries of the exploration teams. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
The first five articles have been published in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (open version). The UEE, published by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA, is a world-wide cooperation of Egyptologists, archaeologists, linguists, art historians, geologists and all other disciplines that are involved in research in Egypt. The UEE has been endorsed by the International...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Rosetta Stone is on display at the British Museum in London and is the most significant find in the history of Egyptology. Found by Napoleon's men and later handed over to the English the Rosetta stone is a slab of black granitic stele that records a decree issued in Memphis in 196BC in hieroglyphics and Greek. This allowed scholars to decipher the hieroglyphs. F has bought a book on hierogly...
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Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Czech Egyptologists have an impressive international reputation, so much so that a new exhibition opened in Cairo this week charting the work Czechs have been doing in the field over the past five decades. The opening, which has received plenty of coverage here in the Czech press, was even attended by President Václav Klaus. Away from the pyramids and back in Prague, I paid a visit to the Czech
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Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
The history of the country’s accomplishments in the field of Egyptology hits an important milestone this year as the Czech Institute of Egyptology turns 50. The birthday of the institute, located in Prague, will be celebrated with a series of exhibitions in Egypt as well as in the Czech Republic. President Václav Klaus will open one exhibit in Cairo April 7. Two others are also planned...
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The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
If you need to boost your hopes of archeological discoveries some day filling in early Christianity’s documentary gaps, just read the news from the last few days: The Prague Post looks back on 50 Years of Czech Egyptology and ends with a hopeful look forward, based on new excavations in the Black desert, “a virgin area [...]
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Luxor News (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
—–Forwarded Message —– From: “gdc” Welcome to another installment of my annual report on Egypt activities. Every year just when I think it is getting harder to find out what really is going on in Egyptology, I uncovered the sordid truth which I pass on to you. In a change of pace from regular years, this [...]
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
The American University of Beirut's board of trustees has unanimously voted to elect Peter F. Dorman as the 15th president of AUB, the university announced on Friday. Dorman is professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute and in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Like Egyptologists deciphering inscriptions inside a tomb, the men peered closely at markings covering the door and traded opinions in bursts of Pashto.These were not scholars discussing hieroglyphics unearthed in a pyramid, but volunteer health workers in a residential area of downtown Kandahar.
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Cheryl Johnson has switched off the soaps and ditched the lowbrow novels. These days, she prefers to watch documentaries on Egyptology or spend her time reading Jane Austen and Fyodor Dostoevsky. The 37-year- old mother of one says her personality has been transformed since she had a kidney transplant
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Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Cheryl Johnson has switched off the soaps and ditched the lowbrow novels. These days, she prefers to watch documentaries on Egyptology or spend her time reading Jane Austen and Fyodor Dostoevsky. The 37-year- old mother of one says her personality has been transformed since she had a kidney transplant
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What's New on the FAIR Website (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
Book of Abraham 201: Papyri, Revelation, and Modern Egyptologyby Mike AshTwo years ago Kevin Barney and I gave a FAIR presentation entitled The ABCs of the Book of Abrahamor the "Book of Abraham for Dummies." In that presentation we talked about the history of the papyri, how they got to Joseph and what happened to them after Joseph died. Kevin also provided a bibliography of the scholarly approaches...