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Weekly Updates from Bennu on Twitter

Bennu180 Weekly Updates from Bennu on TwitterEvery 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 June 20th – June 26th 2009

  • Twitter and Archaeology: a great collection of archaeological groups and projects using Twitter from Kris Hirst: http://is.gd/1eWx8 #
  • PHOTO: Decorated carttonage from the new excavations at Saqqara:http://is.gd/1eWc4 #
  • New chief for Egyptology museum in Berlin to replace Dietrich Wildung who retires at the end of this month: http://is.gd/1eWaw #
  • Mummy Portrait Encaustic on Wood Fayum Egypt Roman Period 2nd Century CE – http://snaptweet.com/d37c1 from @mharrsch: #
  • Egypt at the Manchester Museum – Curator’s Diary, Friday 26th June 2009: http://is.gd/1enlD #
  • Emmy winning, self-styled archaeological “rocks star” dedicated his life to antiquity: http://is.gd/1dtmP #
  • Egyptian mummies have been exposed to radiographic study since 1896 and CT scans for more than 20 years: http://is.gd/1dsWI #
  • VIDEO: Ten Videos on Tutankhamun: http://is.gd/1drPI #

  • VIDEO & PHOTOS: Crystal-clear 3-D images from Meresamun’s historic scans, the face of a 2,800-year-old Meresamun: http://is.gd/1drhO #
  • VIDEO & PHOTOS: Dazzling King Tut show set to open at San Francisco’s de Young Museum: http://is.gd/1drbj #
  • Mummy Meresamun’s Face Recreated With CT Scans: http://is.gd/1dr8f #
  • Excavations at the Tombs of the Nobles on Luxor’s West Bank stumbles upon what it believes is the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet: http://is.gd/1dqS6 #
  • The Egyptian government is studying plans to move the historic Cairo cemetery to a location outside the Egyptian capital: http://is.gd/1dqJm #
  • Saving the Serapeum at Saqqara, with Dr Hawass: http://is.gd/1dqq8 #
  • Why not eat like king Tutankhamun, too? http://is.gd/1dqkI #
  • The Beautiful has Come.Portrait Masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum of Berlin – 23 June – 20 September 2009: http://is.gd/1dqi5 #
  • A Nubian King’s Burial Chamber exhibition presents the world’s only fully accurate recreation of a Nubian burial interior http://is.gd/1dqdS #
  • Now it’s Australia’s turn. After 2000 years, University of Sydney’s Nicholson Museum scans their mummy – Horus is a boy! http://is.gd/1dozd #
  • Dazzling King Tut show set to open Saturday at San Francisco’s de Young Museum: http://is.gd/1cW18 #
  • Heart of Osiris – Ancient Egypt inspires school production: http://is.gd/1cVS5 #
  • Saving the West Bank temples in Luxor, from Jane Akshar: http://is.gd/1cUaw #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): stp, (English): choose, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/8biph #
  • PHOTO: Hieroglyphs at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts intrigues small boy: http://is.gd/1cpO6 #
  • Wacky gilded pyramid house in Illinois: http://is.gd/1cpe8 #
  • King Tut Opens at the de Young Museum on Saturday. The exhibition will run from June 27 through March 28 : http://is.gd/1clni #
  • Journey to the exhibition Treasures of Tutankhamón in Barcelona, July 18: http://is.gd/1ck3D #
  • VIDEO: 3000 year of Mummy: It’s a Man: http://is.gd/1cjfx #
  • Gold, animals and other items from the Late Period found in a hole discovered on the south side of Djoser’s pyramid: http://is.gd/1cj1L #
  • Press Release – New Discoveries at Saqqara – Deep hole full of animal remains found on the south side of Step pyramid: http://is.gd/1cix2 #
  • More on the Brooklyn Museum Mummies (with more new photos): CT scans reveal shrouded secrets of 2,000-year-old mummies: http://is.gd/1bNKA #
  • Oriental Institute’s John Callaway dead at 72: http://is.gd/1bMEk #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): xrw, (English): voice, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/88fsi #
  • Conference: “Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology” takes place in Moscow on September 29-October 4, 2009: http://is.gd/1b7Dv #
  • Trade artifacts from Egypt are to be scanned at the Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source: http://is.gd/1b1sp #
  • VIDEO: Philadelphia also scanned their mummies recently: http://bit.ly/12w1S2 #
  • Dr. Hawass receives honorary doctorate from a Thailand University & an award of recognition from Koosang Koosom Magazine: http://is.gd/1aSCq #
  • Background information and photos of the Coffin and Mummy Board of Pasebakhaemipet: http://is.gd/1afvI #mummyCT #
  • PHOTO: Mummy of the Lady(she is now a man as of a few minutes ago) Hor Encased in Cartonnage 37.50E: http://is.gd/1ae9W #mummyCT #
  • Some background – When Demetrios was CT scanned in 2007: http://is.gd/1acq4 #mummyCT #
  • The Brooklyn Museum Mummies visit to the hospital – Read the live reports, view the live photos now and hear the audio: http://is.gd/1a8f9 #
  • RT @brooklynmuseum: traffic but not too bad – Wowzer listening to 1010 wins! They interviewed the docs! http://is.gd/1a8f9 #
  • Egypt was the best place to live in the ancient world, according to ‘The Pharaohs’, a new book by Dr Joyce Tyldesley: http://is.gd/1a5Db #
  • Solar Pyramid electric car may attract cosmic rays for its power??? icon smile Weekly Updates from Bennu on Twitter http://is.gd/1a3Oo #
  • Golden opportunity – Egypt shares riches of boy pharaoh Tut at Children’s Museum: http://is.gd/1a1Bb #
  • RT @brooklynmuseum: Tues 6/23 I’ll be w/ curators & conservators as we live tweet taking 4 mummies to the hospital for CT scanning! #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): xrw, (English): voice, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/85129 #
  • More on Meresamun – The Oriental Institute in the News: http://is.gd/19AYQ #
  • On Meresamun – Cold case techniques bring mummy’s face to life: http://is.gd/19AXg #
  • PAINTING: ‘pyramids’, by Richard Rush: http://is.gd/19AK4 #
  • Mummies Discovered in the Tomb of Amun-em-Opet: http://is.gd/19whl #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): xAst, (English): foreign land, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/81k3u #
  • Mummies Around the World, an article by Dr Joann Fletcher: http://is.gd/18yLw #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): Htp, (English): offering, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/7ym1d #
  • Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Medicinal Practices, Page presents her 4 month research over 13 consecutive posts: http://is.gd/17Kjz #
  • Whistle Collections – Pharaohs Brass Whistle: http://is.gd/17IYO #
  • Curator Renee Dreyfus’ top 10 picks from the Museum’s exhibition “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs”: http://is.gd/17Is1 #
  • PHOTO: Ancient stone statues are installed in preparation for the “Egyptian Sunken Treasure” exhibition in Yokohama: http://is.gd/17GOM #
  • Predynastic Egyptian pottery – Cincinnati Art Museum’s most ancient artwork: http://is.gd/17GL5 #
  • VIDEO: New details of the Boy King: http://is.gd/17GDZ #
  • VIDEOS: Guest Curator Bill Peck discusses World of the Pharaohs exhibition. @ArkArtsCenter http://is.gd/16I9w #
  • VOCAB: (MdC): Hqr, (English): ruler, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/7ucos #
  • Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word and Reality, Wednesday September 16, 2009 from 10:00am – 5:00pm @brooklynmuseum http://is.gd/16G2q #
  • Latest Discoveries in the Necropolis of King Pepy I at Saqqara, 3:00 p.m. @metmuseum – Free admission: http://is.gd/16FVC #
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