Wednesday Weekly # 70

Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!

Nile Magazine

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Open Access Egyptological Publications of the Medelhavsmuseet
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2015/03/open-access-egyptological-publications.html

EGYPTIANS

Tutankhamun's Egypt
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2015/03/tutankhamuns-egypt.html

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

What have museums ever done for us?
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2015/03/what-have-museums-ever-done-for-us.html

DAILY MAIL ONLINE

Now THAT'S a heavy tax bill! Ancient Egyptian receipt suggests coins weighing 220lbs would have been needed to pay duty
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2997457/Now-S-heavy-tax-bill-Ancient-Egyptian-receipt-suggests-coins-weighing-220lbs-needed-pay-duty.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

LIVESCIENCE

Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse Than Yours
http://www.livescience.com/50139-ancient-egyptian-tax-receipt.html

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

Finding the missing pieces
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/10694/47/Finding-the-missing-pieces.aspx

GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT

First week
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2015/03/first-week.html

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT

Clawed Ancient Egyptian Bes-image
http://www.demonthings.com/claws/

Coffin of Djehuty-nakht (B2Bo)
http://www.demonthings.com/coffin-of-djehuty-nakht-b2bo/

ACROSSBORDERS

End of excavation in the cemetery SAC5
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/end-of-excavation-in-the-cemetery-sac5/

AcrossBorders 2015: looking back at a fruitful season
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/acrossborders-2015-looking-back-at-a-fruitful-season/

THE ASOR BLOG

Inscribed Statue Bases from Ptolemaic Alexandria
http://asorblog.org/2015/02/27/inscribed-statue-bases-from-ptolemaic-alexandria/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2015: why work with our archaeological project?
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2015/03/16/amara-west-2015-why-work-with-our-archaeological-project/

THE ART NEWSPAPER

Better digs for Liverpool’s mummies
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Better-digs-for-Liverpools-mummies/37287

EES DELTA SURVEY

Normal weather resumed…
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/113342798753/normal-weather-resumed

End of our first week of work
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/113502816153/end-of-our-first-week-of-work

The size and importance of Tell Buweib
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/113693825483/the-size-and-importance-of-tell-buweib

New Kingdom settlement
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/113873408273/new-kingdom-settlement

SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND

Polish archaeologists in the forgotten capital of ancient Egypt
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,404141,polish-archaeologists-in-the-forgotten-capital-of-ancient-egypt.html

MEDICINE AND MAGIC IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Karnak Temple of Khonsu
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2015/03/karnak-temple-of-khonsu.html

CAIRO POST

Ancient Egyptian capital Amarna mapped through satellite imagery system
http://www.thecairopost.com/news/141060/culture/ancient-egyptian-capital-amarna-mapped-through-satellite-imagery-system-2

3,000 year-old tomb of ancient Egyptian nobleman discovered in Luxor
http://www.thecairopost.com/news/141135/culture/3000-year-old-tomb-of-ancient-egyptian-nobleman-discovered-in-luxor

Taxes were a burden in ancient Egypt, too
http://www.thecairopost.com/news/141942/culture/taxes-were-a-burden-in-ancient-egypt-too

NICKY VAN DE BEEK

The stubborn travels of Alexine Tinne
http://nickyvandebeek.com/2015/03/the-stubborn-travels-of-alexine-tinne/

ANCIENT AVARIS

Burying The Dead In Avaris: Tombs From The Area R/IV
https://ancientavaris.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/burying-the-dead-in-avaris-tombs-from-the-area-riv/

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Aida has been called the Opera of Operas
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/113426931324/aida-has-been-called-the-opera-of-operas-at-once

In ancient Egypt both men and women wore jewelry
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/113609206467/in-ancient-egypt-both-men-and-women-wore-jewelry

HARMAKIS

The tomb of King Tut
http://harmakis.net/en/archives/3572

DR ZAHI HAWASS

New Tombs Discovered In Luxor By The ARCE
http://www.drhawass.com/wp/new-tombs-discovered-in-luxor-by-the-arce/

NILE MAGAZINE

A City Vanishes
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/latest-stories/2015/3/12/a-city-vanishes

When It Rains It Pours
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/latest-stories/2015/3/11/when-it-rains-it-pours

A Pharaoh's Doomed Project Revealed
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/latest-stories/2015/3/14/a-pharaohs-doomed-project-revealed

Open for business
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/latest-stories/2015/3/15/open-for-business

A New Pyramid Discoverd
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/latest-stories/2015/3/16/a-new-pyramid-discovered

UDEMY

BLUE: a symposium exploring aspects of life in ancient Egypt
https://www.udemy.com/bluesymposium/

PITT RIVERS MUSEUM

World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/world.html