Weekly Updates from Bennu on Twitter
Every day Bennu reports on the latest news and information related to ancient Egypt. Once a week these updates are compiled and posted here.
Daily News from September 17th – September 23th 2009
- EES is running a members' tour to Egypt in March 2010. The itinerary can be downloaded here: http://is.gd/3zKOQ #
- Trove of King Tut artifacts – The Denver Art Museum will host the touring exhibit of items from pharaohs' tombs: http://is.gd/3zJtL #
- Dignitaries to attend Pharaohs reception: http://is.gd/3zJiQ #
- New Exhibit, Lecture Series Examines Origins of Early Writing: http://is.gd/3zHI7 #
- Anubis beckons one and all to the AGO – Public tickets for King Tut exhibition on sale starting Tuesday, September 22: http://is.gd/3zHxL #
- Ancient Art from Around the World auction opens with a fine selection of Ancient Egyptian art, Sunday, Oct. 4: http://is.gd/3zGRb #
- Carlos Museum receives an endowment for Egyptian acquisitions that will enhance its Egyptian art collection: http://is.gd/3zGEm #
- Salima Ikram Talks about the Secrets of Animal Cults in Egypt: http://is.gd/3zFSp #
- Islamic Monuments Reopen with Ceremony at the Citadel, from Zahi Hawass: http://is.gd/3zEVU #
- The Oriental Institute and Your Tax Dollars at Work: http://is.gd/3zEPk #
- Exclusive Interview: Dr David O'Connor of the Abydos Expedition: http://is.gd/3zEIU #
- VOCAB: (MdC): Hry sStA, (English): one who is over the secrets, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/iqr2q #
- Zahi Hawass explains that Ibsha is Not Prophet Abraham! http://is.gd/3zEwE #
- Farouk Hosny lost. Instead, Irina Bokova (Bulgaria) was chosen as candidate to the post of Director-General of UNESCO: http://is.gd/3zEh0 #
- SLIDESHOW & AUDIO: Arkansas Arts Center prepares for major Egypt exhibit: http://is.gd/3zCkH #
- RT @bloomsbury: Origins and meanings – Shomarka Keita – ancient Egypt
Thurs 01 Oct
UCL Art Collections,
6:30 PM,
http://bit.ly/CvVZo # - RT @whatsonchicgoIL: #chicagoevents Nov 28, 2009: The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt at Oriental.. http://bit.ly/6VM5T #
- RT @WhatsOn_London: Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life: Wed 23 September. http://tinyurl.com/ng7bbb #whatson #
- RT @NatGeoChannel: It is thought that at any one time 20-30,000 builders worked on Khufu’s pyramid at Giza. http://ow.ly/qj94 #
- Landscape Archaeology. Egypt and the Mediterranean World – Cairo, 19th-21st September 2010: http://is.gd/3xu8W #
- Exact Date Pinned to Great Pyramid's Construction? http://is.gd/3xt5r #
- 3-D Stereoscopic Animation – Giza Pyramids: http://is.gd/3xs5b #
- Egyptologists Debate Book's Claims of Amara and Akele-Gezai Founding Ancient Gebts: http://is.gd/3xr6P #
- Free Egyptology Lecture: South Asasif Tombs Project at UA Book Store – Tuesday, September 22, 2009. 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM: http://is.gd/3xqX9 #
- Free talk: Bioarchaeological Investigations at Tell el-Amarna: Unexpected Results from an Ancient Egyptian Capital City: http://is.gd/3xqog #
- Egyptology as a Career Choice: http://is.gd/3xq30 #
- SCA Youths Travel to USA, from Dr Hawass: http://is.gd/3xppx #
- VOCAB: (MdC): sStA, (English): secret, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/im7zy #
- A new business venture – Keith Amery Middle East Ephemera: http://is.gd/3xmp2 #
- Egypt Unwrapped: Secrets of the Sphinx, Monday September 21 9P: http://is.gd/3xmg2 #
- The Abydos Boats Project, from Kate: http://is.gd/3xmaa #
- Spotlight on exhibits and the DNA of Tutankhamun: http://is.gd/3xm30 #
- RT @C2CAM: Upcoming: Ancient Egypt & the Pyramids – Air Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 Professor at the University of Calgary.. http://ow.ly/15Q50U #
- RT @dw_english: Egypt and Bulgaria neck-and-neck for UNSECO post http://bit.ly/1pFyZa #
- RT @NatGeoChannel: Over a hundred pyramids have been found in Egypt. The Pyramid Code tonight at 8P et/pt http://ow.ly/qiK0 #
- VOCAB: Chart 27, which recaps last week's vocab tweets is now up on Flickr: http://is.gd/3v6bu #
- Two fetal coffins from the era of King Tut may be close to yielding their secrets: http://is.gd/3uZeI #
- What's New in Papyrology? ONOMASTICON OASITICUM, Revised edition: http://is.gd/3uZ4w #
- Test your knowledge of the Art of Ancient Egypt with these online flashcards: http://is.gd/3uYL1 #
- Part 2 : The 'Death in Sakkara' Gallery, By Dr Joann Fletcher: http://is.gd/3uYEi #
- Part 1 : The 'Death in Sakkara' Gallery, By Dr Joann Fletcher: http://is.gd/3uYDg #
- Become an 'Egyptologist' at Dansville Library: http://is.gd/3uY7C #
- Conference 'The court of Osiris. The balance of Maat. " Susana Alegre in Valencia, Thursday 22 October, 2009: http://is.gd/3u7Qt #
- Arkansas Arts Center uncrates Egyptian artifacts: http://is.gd/3sPIn #
- VOCAB: (MdC): sm, (English): sem priest (funerary priest) (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/icj36 #
- Unesco undecided on new leader: http://is.gd/3sOFz #
- RT @pennmuseum: Dig into ancient Egypt–day long symposium on site of Abydos Saturday, from 9:30am: http://tinyurl.com/lx4ku4 #
- Zahi Hawass Debates New Discovery in Egypt! http://is.gd/3qAlu #
- More coverage of the UNESCO Directory General Election and the Candidates: http://is.gd/3qpuR #
- EES Centenary and Excavation Funds Awards 2009 Details and Application forms available at the EES website: http://is.gd/3qp3Z #
- Egyptian antiquities from a family collection: http://is.gd/3qoGF #
- Two scholarships available for online MA in coptic studies: http://is.gd/3qoAR #
- Members of UNESCO's governing executive board consider their votes for the next director-general this week: http://is.gd/3qmI8 #
- The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts:
http://is.gd/3qkpK # - The streets are getting cleaner in Giza but for how long: http://is.gd/3qka3 #
- Cairo Sinking in 25000 tons of garbage after the month-long strike by garbage collectors: http://is.gd/3qk3A #
- Mayans 'played' pyramids to make music for rain god: http://is.gd/3qjJY #
- Look upon wonders of King Tut – Indy exhibit is packed with history, but do research before you go: http://is.gd/3qjGn #
- Tutankhamen treasures to go to New York City: http://is.gd/3qjAn #
- VOCAB: (MdC): Xry Hbt, (English): lector priest, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/i74z4 #
- In Egypt, few revel in the country’s 6251st year: http://is.gd/3okvP #
- UNESCO first round of voting results just in: Farouk Hosny, the Egyptian candidate as expected had most vote: http://is.gd/3okp6 #
- Web site which lists museums with Egyptian collections, large and very small, world-wide, from Bob Partridge: http://www.desheret.org #
- Young Egyptologists wanted for an international 4-part series about Ancient Egypt documentary – Nov 2009-Jan 2010: http://is.gd/3obYO #
- Dr Zahi Hawass Shows New Artifacts Discovered in the Valley of the Kings, from Keith Payne of Heritage Key: http://is.gd/3obDC #
- Penn Hosts Symposium on Egyptian Archaeological Dig: http://is.gd/3oaK2 #
- New Egyptologist, 'Closer' Finale: Nefertiti Resurrected & Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer: http://is.gd/3o992 #
- VIDEO: The New Inscribed Finds from the Valley of the Kings: http://is.gd/3o4Zk #
- King Tut returns to nyc after more than 30 years! opens april 2010: http://is.gd/3o5Ed #
- beautiful the old houses of Rosetta – a photo slideshow: http://is.gd/3o5nU #
- "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" to Arrive in New York City in April 2010: http://is.gd/3o5g5 #
- CNN Interview with Hawass About the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue: http://is.gd/3o5ek #
- VIDEO: The New Inscribed Finds from the Valley of the Kings: http://is.gd/3o4Zk #
- RT @SSEAToronto: The Friends of Ancient Egypt lecture tonight at ROM!
"QASR IBRIM AND THE NUBIAN DARK AGE"
Speaker: Dr. Pamela Rose 7:00 pm # - RT @bknowledge: Motorized Stargate Pyramid http://tinyurl.com/klggjj – Where do I place my order!!!
# - Watch the slide show of the investigation of tomb KV35 with commentary: http://is.gd/3o3kz #
- VOCAB: (MdC): Xr, (English): under; carrying, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/i2nml #
- There may be another Tutankhamun around the corner: http://is.gd/3lPgN #
- The house of Min contracting Imet monument Tell Faraoun reinterpreted: http://is.gd/3lNVw #
- Trip to Tell el-Amarna organised by the Bloomsbury Summer School: http://is.gd/3lNIQ #
- Long Island's Pharaoh 'Phraudster'
Ex-museum big nailed in Egypt-art theft: http://is.gd/3lHLf # - Egypt Scrambles to Conserve Valley of the Kings: http://is.gd/3lHko #
- Ancient Egypt exhibit readied at Ark. Arts Center: http://is.gd/3lHgX #
- Press Release – Islamic Monuments to Reopen in Cairo, fro, Zahi Hawass: http://is.gd/3lG3Y #
- VOCAB: (MdC): Hry-tp, (English): chief, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/hyquz #
- The Oriental Institute published digital editions of eleven more volumes of Egyptological scholarship: http://is.gd/3lFiM #
- Open Access Journals: i-Medjat: http://is.gd/3lFcb #
- A baboon, buried 3,500 years ago at Hierakonpolis, Egypt's first city: http://is.gd/3lF8R #
- Tomb KV35 – ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings….in lego: http://is.gd/3lEnr #
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