{"id":746737,"date":"2013-04-16T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=4f55e0e60add3ba0cbb12aa12647c34c"},"modified":"2013-04-16T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T10:46:27","slug":"egyptology-news-15th-and-16th-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/746737","title":{"rendered":"Egyptology News 15th and 16th April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"><b>Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><br \/><br \/><b>I've tried a new layout to make navigating the stream of links more manageable.&nbsp; <\/b><br \/><b><br \/><\/b><br \/><br \/><table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hgvWfoQgmjE\/UWXsLlJOkCI\/AAAAAAAAL2k\/sOyc9EUpTF4\/s1600\/StSimenon.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hgvWfoQgmjE\/UWXsLlJOkCI\/AAAAAAAAL2k\/sOyc9EUpTF4\/s1600\/StSimenon.jpg?resize=320%2C212\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Painted ceiling, Coptic Monastery of St Simeon, Aswan <br \/>(7th Century AD)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><br \/><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><b>Fieldwork<\/b><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><span class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><strong class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\"><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Gebel el Silsila Survey Project: Start of a new season: <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/start-of-new-season.html\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/K0zLrZC9wo\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/start-of-new-season.html\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/gebelelsilsil<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">aepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/start-<\/span><span class=\"invisible\">of-new-season.html<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div>Ian Shaw's email re the postponement of the 2013 season of the Gurob Harem Palace Project posted on Egyptology News blog at <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/111Pto6\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gcJWHwI8hg\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/111Pto6\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/111Pto6<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <br \/><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Vast Kushite royal palace (5000 sq m) found on Nile betwn 3rd &amp; 4th cataracts in Sonijat, Tergis, Sudan. Archaiologia <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YAL3oB\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cyYhcjprG1\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YAL3oB\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/YAL3oB<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><b>Looting and the black market<\/b><\/div><br \/>Young Egyptians start \u201cStop the heritage drain\u201d campaign to prevent loss of Egypt's heritage. Daily News Egypt <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/17yTxQn\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/L8gJyTBy4n\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/17yTxQn\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/17yTxQn<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <br \/><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Egyptian authorities seized 5 AE coffins, 63 statues and c.5000 coins in Beni Suef governorate. Xinhuanet via MENA <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/130XY6M\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bWYQKf80f2\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/130XY6M\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/130XY6M<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/17BTlzI\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OXDtlMECAP\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/17BTlzI\"><span class=\"js-display-url\"><\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><b>Museums<\/b><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><span class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\">Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Presents Recently Acquired Royal Ushabti of the Viceroy of Kush, Hori. With photo. SFGate <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zxo1e1\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/onz2FPF8zz\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zxo1e1\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/Zxo1e1<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Egypt's Minister of Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim, inaugurated Assiut's first national museum.  allafrica .com <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/10VevDG\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lFvr4Gb9x6\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/10VevDG\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/10VevDG<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">HMNS Ancient Egypt Hall has partnered with multiple museums to create  \"permanently changing\" display. culturemap <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZUqOOq\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qVaSiARsb7\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZUqOOq\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/ZUqOOq<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Will a museum studies degree help you get a job in a museum? UCL Museums and Collections <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14s8zJ0\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/MHlx3l0RCV\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14s8zJ0\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/14s8zJ0<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><b>Research<\/b><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Mummy of an AE woman, believed to be at least 2,500 years old, has been scanned in Ohio. Columbus Dispatch <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/128uGk2\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BW0ABMVFkS\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/128uGk2\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/128uGk2<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div>More re Nature article: Mummy genetics study may enable widespread genome mapping of Ancient Egyptians. Huff Post <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/17BTlzI\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OXDtlMECAP\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/17BTlzI\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">huff.to\/17BTlzI<\/span><\/a><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">What links the evolution of language to the collection of baboon figurines at the Petrie Museum of Egyptology? UCL <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XOFjZP\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/tuccpnoaH5\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XOFjZP\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/XOFjZP<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><strong class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\"><\/strong><strong class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\">&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">The digital Gurob Ship-Cart Model, an open access digital  supplement to Shelley Wachsmann's book. vizin .org <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/15dwCuE\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/o7Xydv96YK\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/15dwCuE\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/15dwCuE<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Biblical Blame Shift - Is the Egyptologist Jan Assmann Fueling Anti-Semitism? Chronicle of Higher Education <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/15ab3e5\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OnAljWNJDs\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/15ab3e5\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/15ab3e5<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\">Essay on Margaret Benson, first woman to gain right to excavate in Egypt, in 1895: <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.williamhpeck.org\/margaret_benson\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ARcVYsUinm\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/www.williamhpeck.org\/margaret_benson\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">williamhpeck.org\/margaret_benson<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><b>Tourism<\/b><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><\/div><div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div>Egypt lifts ban on Luxor ballooning, although company that owned crashed balloon still grounded. IOL News <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZukQVt\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KxJbrqnhbK\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZukQVt\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/ZukQVt<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\"> <\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<div class=\"js-tweet-text\"><br \/><\/div>Strike in front of the Karnak temple in  Luxor has ended after officers heard the strikers' demands. Daily News Egypt <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/159NphX\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IMdLZFzFOP\" rel=\"nofollow\"  title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/159NphX\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">bit.ly\/159NphX<\/span><span class=\"invisible\"><\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/><br \/><\/div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#8217;ve tried a new layout to make navigating the stream of links more manageable.&nbsp; Painted ceiling, Coptic Monastery of St Simeon, Aswan (7th Century AD)FieldworkGebel el Silsila Survey Project: Start of a new season: http:\/\/gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/start-of-new-season.html&nbsp;\u2026&nbsp;Ian Shaw&#8217;s email re the postponement of the 2013 season of the Gurob Harem Palace Project posted on [&hellip;]<\/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-746737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-38g9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746737","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=746737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}