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 June 27th – July 3rd 2009
- Common Plants of the Western Desert of Egypt, from Andie Byrnes: http://westerndesertflora.geolab.cz/ #
- DOWNLOAD: The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (JAEI) PDF, from Andie Byrnes: http://is.gd/1mFVi #
- Culture Minister approves program to train museum staff nationwide: http://is.gd/1mEWR #
- VOCAB: (MdC): nHH, (English): eternity, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/92y2l or http://twitpic.com/92y5b #
- ‘Excavating Egypt’ shatters art museum records: http://is.gd/1lMp3 #
- The Pyramid Farm is one way to address the needs of a swelling population on a planet with finite farmland: http://is.gd/1lMc3 #
- A 2,500 year old Egyptian mummy, discovered by a Jesuit missionary and archaeologist in 1850, returns to Stonyhurst: http://is.gd/1lKzM #
- Egyptologist Kara Cooney looks at the proliferation of pyramids & gathers threads woven through ancient civilizations: http://is.gd/1lmm7 #
- PHOTO: A Beautiful Mosaic in the New Library of Alexandria: http://is.gd/1lm3x #
- What’s New in Papyrology? Many new papyri available online: BASP Vol. 43: http://is.gd/1lm0g #
- Egypt, a reflection of the Cosmos, an article on archaeoastronomy in ancient Egypt: http://is.gd/1llKX #
- VOCAB: (MdC): iwnw, (English): Iunu (Heliopolis), (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/906vx #
- Proposed collections of museums return to their place of origin: http://is.gd/1kTLc #
- Ancient Egypt inspires fashion: http://is.gd/1kT9q #
- EVENT:Friends of Ancient Egypt Event – Rediscovering the Egyptian Collection at the ROM, October 22 – 7pm-9pm: http://is.gd/1kRUF #
- Tut dazzles crowds at de Young: http://is.gd/1kRQ9 #
- Lapis Lazuli: Ancient Gemstone: http://is.gd/1kQHv #
- Scots cafe owner claims to have uncovered secret of the pyramids: http://is.gd/1kQnX #
- PHOTO: The Egyptian Chameleon Cat: http://is.gd/1kP1e #egypt #cat #
- Zahi Hawass reports on the discovery of the 26th Dynasty fortified garrison town at Tell Dafna in the northeastern delta: http://is.gd/1kOfY #
- VOCAB: (MdC): wsir, (English): Osiris, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/8wc04 #
- PHOTO: Seven photos of the recent discoveries at Saqqara: http://is.gd/1jteW #
- Christine Lilyquist, curator in Egyptology at the Met Museum for 38 years is one of many to accept voluntary retirement: http://is.gd/1js3k #
- It might sound like something from a horror movie but an Egyptian mummy has returned to its Belfast resting place: http://is.gd/1jrZU #
- King Tut’s menagerie: Animal gods in ancient Egypt: http://is.gd/1jrsR #
- Zahi Hawass, Mark Lehner, Edgar Cayse and the Hall of Records under the Sphinx: http://is.gd/1jqN0 #
- What’s New in Papyrology – Forthcoming: Early Christian Books in Egypt Roger S. Bagnall: http://is.gd/1jpKz #
- What’s New in Papyrology – The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology, by Roger S. Bagnall: http://is.gd/1jpHF #
- PHOTO: 44 photos of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: http://is.gd/1jpiI #egypt #cairo #museum #
- VIDEO: A Day in the Life of the Egyptian Desert Survey: http://is.gd/1jpsr #
- Faith and Values: Monastery at foot of Mount Sinai still can inspire: http://is.gd/1jph3 #
- Philae and the End of Ancient Egyptian Religion: A Regional Study of Religious Transformation (298-642 CE): http://is.gd/1jpdf #
- Egypt restores eight smuggled artifacts from Switzerland: http://is.gd/1jpa6 #
- VOCAB: (MdC): wr, (English): great one, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/8t8j5 #
- Archaeologists have discovered parts of what was a city of great commercial importance dates from the XXVI Dynasty: http://is.gd/1iq2e #
- VIDEO: Jean Pierre describes his theory through advanced 3D animation and reconstruction of the Khufu pyramid: http://is.gd/1infH #
- An Egyptian mummy who had been in storage at the Ulster Museum, Belfast is refurbished and ready to receive visitors: http://is.gd/1ilgB #
- Did you know Charles Piazzi Smyth has a pyramid grave? http://is.gd/1ik5K http://is.gd/1ikki #
- PHOTO: The remains of the huge wall at Taposiris Magna: http://is.gd/1iifS #
- VOCAB: (MdC): Dd, (English): stability, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/8peds #
- Art patrons invited to unravel Egyptian-themed mystery North Bank Artists Gallery presents interactive exhibit: http://is.gd/1hjxo #
- PHOTOS from Tutankhamun – and the Golden Age of Pharaohs: http://is.gd/1hhA2 #
- VIDEO: The new King Tut exhibit is now open to the public at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum: http://is.gd/1hhwv #
- Archaeologists uncover secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza: http://is.gd/1hhq0 #
- Who’s in the Alexander Sarcophagus?Not Alexander the Great, though he battles heroically in its high-relief friezes: http://is.gd/1hfZ4 #
- REVIEW: Alain Delattre, Papyrus coptes et grecs du monistère d’apa Apollô de Baouît conserveés: http://is.gd/1hfWU #
- REVIEW: J. H. F. Dijkstra, Philae and the End of Ancient Egyptian Religion: http://is.gd/1hfRU #
- VIDEO: Lady Hor, an ancient Egyptian mummy at New York’s Brooklyn Museum, is actually Sir Hor, CT scans reveal: http://is.gd/1gQZ1 #
- VOCAB: (MdC): rdi, di, (English): give; cause, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/8najo or http://twitpic.com/8naml #
- “The Beautiful Has Come. Portrait Masterpieces from Egyptian Museum in Berlin” opened at the Hermitage Museum on 23 June: http://is.gd/1gs8d #
- Why the Library of Alexandria was built, and its innovative book acquisition policy, so reminiscent of Google: http://tr.im/pXGF #
- Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I: http://is.gd/1gqJv #
- The Shop Comes To The Village, from Maryanne Stroud Gabbani: http://is.gd/1gq9H #
- Profit, not learning, drives ‘Tutankhamun’ and will tarnish the reputation of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: http://is.gd/1goCI #
- Jane Akshar reports back on her recent visit to the Valley of Kings and KV57 Horemheb: http://is.gd/1gonR #
- Zahi Hawass, The man behind Egypt’s boy king: http://is.gd/1gnXe #
- Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project Programme – September 20 – 24: http://is.gd/1fvbZ #
- PHOTOS:Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Giza pyramids: http://is.gd/1f9kz #
- Egyptian Blue Paint Traces Found on Elgin Marbles: http://is.gd/1f98N #
- GAME: Senet Online – Glen from Paleogot has improved his Senet game (or Sinat as he calls it), play it online here: http://is.gd/1f8BG #
- We’ll soon find Cleopatra, Dominican archaeologist says: http://is.gd/1f815 #
- Excavate your inner pharaoh: http://is.gd/1f7ps #
- Technology unlocks more King Tut mysteries: http://is.gd/1f3qg #
- KV57 Horemheb open but who knows for how long, says Jane Akshar: http://is.gd/1eZsc #
- Eleven additional books from the Oriental Institute available in Open Access: http://is.gd/1eYfM #
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