Publications
NEW: ”The Anubis Intervention”
A nightmare dig among the secrets of archaeologists A golden horde of attackers disguised behind the masks of ancient Egypt’s gods and goddesses… ”Divine gate-crashers at a dinner party of the world’s top Egyptologists aboard a luxury Nile cruise boat… Suddenly a rich US entrepreneur and sponsor of archaeology, Thompson Rush, finds himself facing an intervention –... »
New website showcases 1,137 animal mummies online
The Animal Mummy Database is a searchable database of Ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Animal mummies were created by the millions during the Late-Roman Periods in Egypt, mostly to be used as votive offerings at temples of gods associated with those animals. Some were extravagantly made with decorations and colorful wrappings to be sold at... »
Napoleon Bonaparte and Egypt
One of Napoleon’s most ambitious attempts to prove himself a cultural as well as military titan was to commission a team of scholars to produce the legendary Description de l’Egypte. This was the first thorough attempt to study the antiquities and geography of this ancient civilization, a vast artistic and scientific work that was... »
Amarna Letters now online
High-resolution images of the famed Amarna letters, the ancient 14th-century B.C. diplomatic correspondence between the New Kingdom pharaohs of Egypt and the kings of various Canannnite city-states, among others, have been placed online by Berlin’s Vorderasiatisches Museum, which houses more than 200 of the total of over 300 tablets that define the ancient corpus. Among... »
British Museum to launch online catalogue of Flinders Petrie’s finds
The catalogue will contain the complete body of the 13,000 surviving objects from British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie’s early excavations at Naukratis. A wide variety of artefacts were found, including painted Greek pottery, Greek Cypriot and Phoenician transport amphorae, stone sculptures, terracotta figurines, faience scarabs and amulets, coins, jewellery, alabaster vases, coins, iron tools and... »
Free image downloads available at Walters Art Museum’s website
More than 10,000 items in the Walters Art Museum — about a third of the total collection — can now be viewed and downloaded online for free, without copyright restrictions at http://art.thewalters.org/. The museum’s collection is “basically public domain,” said Dylan Kinnett, manager of web and social media at the Walters. “Something like this would... »
Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling
Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites of ancient Egypt • Reveals how to create meaning from one’s life experiences and manifest new destinies through spiritual writing • Contains meditations and creative writing exercises exploring sacred themes in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other... »
Website: Egyptological
Egyptological is a free publication which offers papers, articles, brief items, reviews, and reports all discussing the rich world of Ancient Egypt. Authors Kate Phizackerley and Andrea Byrnes represent a variety of backgrounds and interests and produce some very diverse content. Egyptological is fully searchable with a complete archive of all items published on... »
Archaeology and Women
Archaeology and Women draws together from a variety of angles work currently being done within a contemporary framework on women in archaeology. One section of this collection of original articles addresses the historical and contemporary roles of women in the discipline. Another attempts to link contemporary archaeological theory and practice to work on women... »
New Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities website
The new SCA website details all activities of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, maintains a list of cultural property institutions and serves as the gateway for foreign missions seeking to establish concessions at prehistoric and historic sites in Egypt. The home page links to a general history of the organization and its current structure and... »
