{"id":740339,"date":"2013-03-04T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=b55f534b23387c3e01976b0f55ff160f"},"modified":"2013-03-04T06:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T11:35:20","slug":"news-for-3rd-march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/740339","title":{"rendered":"News for 3rd March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday's news from the world of Egyptology, copied over from Twitter.<\/b>


Via Kristian Strutt \u200f@kdstrutt: Antinoupolis Project blog. Visit to the Via Hadriana, Deir El Sombat and rock-cut coptic church http:\/\/kdstrutt.wordpress.com<\/a>

Via Maria Nilsson \u200f@DrMariaNilsson:  Book Review: The Murder of Cleopatra http:\/\/rogueclassicism.com\/2013\/03\/02\/rcreview-the-murder-of-cleopatra<\/a>\/

Egyptian minister and German foundation sign MoU to complete database for Akhenaten Amarna museum in Minya. allAfrica http:\/\/bit.ly\/Za3lKH<\/a>

Nothing to do with Egypt, but very cool! Desert finds on Arabian Peninsula challenge horse taming ideas. BBC http:\/\/bbc.in\/XClkIa <\/a>

Not specific to Egypt but relevant: Agriculture and parting from wolves shaped dog evolution, study finds. Physorg http:\/\/bit.ly\/13htPzg <\/a>

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 <\/a>

Available to read online: World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization (with 3 chapters on AE). http:\/\/bit.ly\/eZvAwV <\/a>

The last week of the Saqqara.nl dig diaries: http:\/\/www.saqqara.nl\/news\/mission-digging-diary\/2013-digging-diaries\/2013-03-01<\/a> \u2026

Linking Things on the Web: Pragmatic Examination of Linked Data for Libraries Museums + Archives. Library of Congress.http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZcI4jw<\/a>

TV (UK): Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. 9pm BBC2 15th March 2013. C21 Media http:\/\/bit.ly\/XiLIuc<\/a>

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 <\/a>

Article about excavation and restoration at Theban Tomb 39 in Luxor. With lovely photographs. Past Horizons http:\/\/bit.ly\/WiotSB <\/a>

The Limestone quarries in the Theban Mountains, with photographs. Sirius Project http:\/\/bit.ly\/12lqzDJ <\/a>

New book available for pre-order: Late Roman Glassware and Pottery From Amarna and Related Studies. Faiers, J. EES http:\/\/bit.ly\/WAmN7e <\/a>

Comprehensive website, in Spanish, about Heracle\u00f3polis Magna (Nen-nesu). Plenty of maps and photos. http:\/\/bit.ly\/M7R6gb <\/a>

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<\/a>

Treasures in the wall: The story of the Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection of Hebrew manuscripts from Cairo. New Yorker http:\/\/nyr.kr\/Z32KJs <\/a>

Mummification Museum Lecture notes - Amenhotep on the hill (and the pyramid of a vizier as well). Luxor News blog http:\/\/networkedblogs.com\/IQmbV <\/a>

Almost a ghost story from Manchester curator Campbell Price: The mystery of the spinning statuette. http:\/\/bit.ly\/XTfKTR<\/a>

Finaliza la quinta campa\u00f1a de excavaciones arqueol\u00f3gicas de la Univ de Ja\u00e9n en Qubbet el-Hawa (Asu\u00e1n). Ushebtis http:\/\/bit.ly\/Vp2rMv <\/a>

Conferencia: El proyecto Djehuty y los secretos de la necr\u00f3polis tebana. Ushebtis http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zcxbhw <\/a>

Egyptian Minister Hopes for Improvement of Tourism Ties with Iran. FARS News http:\/\/bit.ly\/WjE18m <\/a>

More Arsinoe: Researchers vow to prove remains found in Turkey ARE those of Cleopatra's murdered sister. Daily Mail http:\/\/bit.ly\/Xb8DYv <\/a>

How to find postgraduate funding - good advice from @Swanseauni recruitment officer Mark Skippen. http:\/\/gu.com\/p\/3e35k\/tw<\/a> 

Via Alice Williams \u200f@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<\/a> \u2026


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Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s news from the world of Egyptology, copied over from Twitter.Via Kristian Strutt \u200f@kdstrutt: Antinoupolis Project blog. Visit to the Via Hadriana, Deir El Sombat and rock-cut coptic church http:\/\/kdstrutt.wordpress.com Via Maria Nilsson \u200f@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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-36AX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}