Talking Pyramids

Office Hieroglyphs continues and today Susan looks at the name Senusret, well the usret part anyway. View some nice photos of the White Chapel of Senusret I, one of which includes the cartouche of Senusret.

What’s New in Papyrology? The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, that’s what. Read about the rubbish mounds of Oxyrhynchus, the historical significance of the papyri and the papyri of the National Library of Wales. They include a receipt for an instalment of poll tax, an order to supply a baker with the herb ‘fenugreek’, and a letter written by a man named Demetrianus.

Mummies 3D – Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs pieces together the archeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies, Jane Akshar reports on the Mummification Museum Lectures – TT28 Amenhotep Huy Dr Francisco Martin Valentine 12/12/09

And more on the Rosetta Stone saga.

Today’s Christmas gift suggestion is Mark Lehner’s excellent book on pyramids, the Complete Pyramids:

• The Oxyrhyncus Papyri comprise 3 ancient Egyptian fragments of papyrus, dating from 113 AD to the 4th century: http://bit.ly/7fpmVK #
• Temple of Karnak, White Chapel of Senusret I in the Open-Air Museum: http://bit.ly/6aA5Ip #
• PHOTO: Detail from White Chapel of Senusret I: http://bit.ly/5zXLRj #
• Office Heiroglyphs: Senusret and the concept of honorific transposition: http://bit.ly/748jXI #
• "Stars of the Pharaohs" shows how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar, and align huge buildings: http://bit.ly/8AjXsC #
• Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology degree programmes at Swansea University:http://bit.ly/4oDtLM #
• Mummies 3D – Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs pieces together the archeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies: http://bit.ly/7QpcZH #
• As cSRO is launching the Egypt Content (Alexandria) there will be some nice "Silk Road Legend Carnival"! http://bit.ly/741fTg #
• The Heritage of Egypt Magazine is looking for writers (graduates only please): http://bit.ly/7DjZ5Z #
• Mummification Museum Lectures – TT28 Amenhotep Huy Dr Francisco Martin Valentine 12/12/09, from Jane: http://bit.ly/8DWgRh #
• RT @AnthonyEccles: http://twitpic.com/tlr71 – A detail of a Siwa wedding dress…. #
• The Rosetta Stone: Clarification from Hawass, from David Gill: http://bit.ly/73FNe0 #
• David Gill from Looting Matters has written a few posts about the matter of the Rosetta Stone: The Times Responds: http://bit.ly/6RbM8b #
• How Long Did Horemheb Reign? "The Valley of the Kings Since Howard Carter" symposium & the clearing of KV57: http://bit.ly/8Zx6xP #
• The Helen H. Berkeley Gallery of Ancient Art will bring together works from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome: http://bit.ly/8EGd4R #
• The Oriental Institute's Splendors of the Nile group continues their journey through Egypt: El Kab: http://bit.ly/8Nq7ot #
• What's New in Papyrology? Papyrus Oxyrhynchus Papyri: http://bit.ly/8OOLYx #
• Giza: An Interactive Panorama over at Talking Pyramids: http://bit.ly/4r4XwC #

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