=============================================== EEF NEWS (1283) =============================================== March 30, 2023 (IV Shemu 17) Contents: (I) New: Lectures and symposiums (II) New: Exhibitions (III) Personals and Sundries (IV) Read on the Web (V) Books and Journals (VIA) Jobs and Grants (VIB) Courses and Trips (VII) (Multi)media (VIII) Websites ________________________________________________ Please send any contributions to: ayma@tip.nl (A. K. Eyma) Thanks for this week's events information go to: Francesca Jones [(I) - VL (n)]; John Hodgins [(I) - VL (q)]; Lorelei Corcoran [(I) - VL (r)]; Ingrid van Sprakelaar [(II) - USA (i), UK (c)(k), Netherlands (a), Germany (d)(h)(g), Italy (g), France (g), Denmark (a), Poland (c), Portugal (a), Türkiye (a), Chile (a)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Germany (d), Egypt (e), Italy (l)(r)(u), France (g)(h), Belgium (g), Spain (b)] _______________________________________________ EEF website: Time zones: =============================================== NB: For those with email servers that may cut short lengthy emails: a plain text file (.TXT), that can be cut and pasted into the body of an email to activate the URLs, is available at =============================================== (I) NEW: LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS --VIRTUAL LECTURES-- n) Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "Imagining Graeco-Roman Faces from Egypt: Facts and Fantasies," by Dr Campbell Price date: Saturday, April 1, 2023; 12 pm (noon) BST costs: non-members £4. info: abstract and booking at p) Manchester Ancient Egypt Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "Beyond Memnon: News from the temple of Amenhotep III," by Dr. Hourig Sourouzian date: Monday, 17th April 2023; 19:30 BST costs: free to members, £5 for guests info: abstract and booking at q) Egyptian Society Taunton * Online lecture (Zoom): "The Temple of Amun at Medinet Habu," by Lucia Gahlin (UCL) date Saturday, 15 April 2023; 2.00 pm BST place: a hybrid event -- online (via Zoom) - £5.00 or in-person at St James Church Hall, St James Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1JS, UK info: registration via info: abstract at r) The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology at the University of Memphis * Online lecture (YouTube): Nineteenth Annual Legacy of Egypt Lecture Series - "Walking Among Pharaohs: George A. Reisner, Harvard’s First Egyptologist," by Dr. Peter Der Manuelian (Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Anthropology at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East) date: Thursday, April 6th, 2023; 6:00 pm CDT info: YouTube link at info: --EGYPT-- a) DAI Kairo / German Archaeological Institute Cairo * "Current Research on Roman to Early-Islamic Period Sites in Upper Egypt" date: April 6th, 2023; 7:45 pm place: German House Qurna, West Bank Luxor info: program at --SWITZERLAND-- a) University of Basel * 2nd Ancient Egyptian Art Workshop: "'Portaits' - Imaging Identity: Artist - Client - Beholder" date: 8-10 June 2023 place: Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, Hörsaal -101 info: attendees are welcome to register at info: -------------------------------------------------------------- For still current info about events listed earlier, see section IX of the website version: The letters attached to events ["a)" etc] refer to the place of these events in the website schedule. =============================================== (II) NEW: EXHIBITIONS --USA-- i) High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 * "Ancient Nubia: Art of the 25th Dynasty from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" date: June 2, 2023 – September 3, 2023 Exhibition of more than 200 masterworks from MFA Boston’s collection of ancient Nubian art. info: --UK-– [update] c) Manchester Museum The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL * “Golden Mummies of Egypt” date: 18 February 2023 - 31 December 2023 [new] info: English press report at Interview with curator Campbell Price. [update] k) Oriental Museum (Durham University) Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH * " 'There was light': Amunhotep III and his Dazzling Age" date: 1 October 2022 - 21 May 2023 [new] info: --NETHERLANDS-- [update] a) Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Rapenburg 28, 2311 EW Leiden * "Op zoek naar Toetanchamon" [Searching for Tutankhamun] [new] date: 22 April 2023 – 3 September 2023 [repeat; was: 2 July 2022 – 12 March 2023] Exhibition, aimed at children, about the discovery of KV62. info: --GERMANY-– [update] d) Gustav-Lübcke-Museum Neue Bahnhofstr. 9, 59065 Hamm * "Fließende Welten – Wasser im alten Ägypten" date: 26 March 2023 – 3 September 2023 [new] info: [new] info: German press report at "Mit 140 teils spektakulären Objekten in sechs Kapiteln vermittelt die von Kustodin Jalina Tschernig entwickelte Schau, wie sehr das kostbare Nass Alltag, Mythologie, Kultur seit der Pharaonenzeit beherrschte." g) Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Gabelsbergerstraße 35, München * "Naga – Die verschüttete Königsstadt" date: 12 May 2023 – 22 October 2023 Exhibiton about Naga, one of the centers of the kingdom of Meroe. info: [update] h) Museum Quintana Osterhofener Str. 2, 94550 Künzing * "Im Auftrag des Pharaos – Sennedjem, Kunsthandwerker am Nil" [By order of the Pharaoh - Sennedjem, artist at the Nile] date: 31 March 2023 - 4 October 2023 [new] info: -EGYPT-- [update] e) Baron Empain Palace Heliopolis * "1923-2023: Queen Elisabeth of Belgium – in Egypt" date: March 14, 2023 - April 14, 2023 [new] info: French press report at "Sa Majesté la reine Mathilde de Belgique et sa fille, Son Altesse Royale la princesse Elisabeth, ont effectué une visite de quelques jours la semaine dernière en Egypte. Une visite dont l’objectif était de raviver la mémoire de la reine Elisabeth de Belgique qui avait également visité l’Egypte il y a 100 ans. (...) Elles ont inauguré une exposition sur la reine Elisabeth, sa passion pour l’Egypte et les recherches archéologiques belges effectuées au pays des pharaons. L’exposition documente aussi la visite du roi Fouad à Bruxelles en 1927." --ITALY-- g) Mantova Collectioni Antiche (MACA) Palazzo San Sebastiano, Largo XXIV Maggio, 12, 46100 * “Opening Mantova Collectioni Antiche – Collection Giuseppe Acerbi" date: 17 February 2023 – ongoing Opening of the new museum; the Egyptian section contains the Egyptian antiquities collected by Giuseppe Acerbi (1773-1846), consul of Austria in Egypt. info: info: Italian press report at [update] l) Museo Egizio Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123, Torino * “Nel laboratorio dello studioso” [In the Researcher’s Workshop] date: 26 April 2021 – 31 December 2023 A cycle of temporary exhibitions meant to introduce visitors to the research carried on daily on the objects on display in the galleries of the Museo Egizio and kept in its storerooms. Every two months, a new artifact will be placed under the magnifying glass to reveal unseen details and yet untold stories. [new] Current theme in the exhibition cycle is "Baciare la terra per il signore degli dei: la statua stelofora di Neferhebef" (Kissing the earth for the Lord of the gods: the stelophorous statue of Neferhebef)(24th March - 28th May 2023). info: info: [new] info: Italian press reports at * “Il Dono di Thot: leggere l’antico Egitto” [Thoth’s gift: Reading ancient Egypt] date: 7 December 2022 - 7 September 2023 [new] info: Italian press report at [Also mentions that the layout of the Gallery of the Kings and the temple of Ellesija in the Museum will be revised and further improved thanks to a sponsor.] [update] r) Accademia d'Egitto di Belle Arti a Roma Via Omero, 4, 00197 Roma * "Antico Egitto. La vita oltre la vita" [Ancient Egypt. Life beyond life] date: 21 March 2023 - 1 June 2023 [new] info: Italian press report at Interview with the artist Luigi Ballarin. [update] u) Museo del Gioiello Piazza dei Signori, 36100 Vicenza * "Gioielli e amuleti. La bellezza nell’antico Egitto” [Jewels and amulets. Beauty in ancient egypt] [new] date: 23 December 2022 - 28 [was: 7] May 2023 info: [new] info: Italian press report at --FRANCE-- [update] g) Centre National et Musée Jean-Jaurès 2 place Pélisson, 81100 Castres * "De Napoléon à Toutânkhamon, plus d’un siècle d’égyptologie" [From Napoleon to Tutankhamun - more than a century of Egyptology] [new] date: 30 September 2022 - 30 September 2023 [prolongation; was: till 30 April 2023] info: [new] info: French press report at h) Abbaye de Maubuisson Av. Richard de Tour, 95310 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône * "Khépri sortir au jour" [Khepri coming forth by day] date: 2 April 2023 - 3 September 2023 Exhibition of artworks by Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves inspired by Ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. info: "L’artiste décrypte pour nous le titre de son exposition : « Khépri est un titre emprunté à la mythologie égyptienne. Dans l’Égypte ancienne, on croyait au renouvellement de l’être associé au cycle du jour et de la nuit. Chaque nuit, Rê franchit seuils et portes, il traverse les eaux souterraines de la mort. À l’aube, il renaît sous les traits d’un scarabée sacré, Khépri, incarnation solaire de la renaissance, de la « sortie au jour ». L’exposition propose ainsi de suivre la trajectoire du soleil à travers les salles de l’abbaye : d’abord les ombres, la traversée d’une éclipse totale, puis le cycle de vie et de mort des étoiles pour aboutir à la lumière renaissante. »" --BELGIUM-– [update] g) Museum Kunst en Geschiedenis / Musée Art & Histoire Jubelpark 10, 1000 Brussel / Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Bruxelles * “Expeditie Egypte"/ "Expéditions d'Égypte" [Expedition Egypt] date: 31 March 2023 – 1 October 2023 [new] info: German press report at "Hier wird die Geschichte von zwei Jahrhunderten faszinierender archäologischer Entdeckungen und des Zustandekommens der ägyptischen Sammlung des Museums erzählt. Im Rahmen dieser Ausstellung sind mehrere Jubiläen und Jahrestage in Sachen belgisch-ägyptischer Geschichte zu erzählen." [new] info: French press report at "(..) plus de 200 objets sont exposés pour la première fois au grand public. Parmi les objets exposés figurent les sarcophages richement décorés de la Cachette des prêtres de Deir el-Bahari, une sculpture monumentale de la déesse Sekhmet ainsi que le Livre des Morts de Neferrenpet. (..)" --SPAIN-- [update] b) Cartagena Puerto de Culturas Augusteum Calle Caballero, 6, 30202 Cartagena, Murcia * "Tesoros de Egipto" [Treasures of Egypt] [new] date: 29 March 2023 - 30 September 2023 [new] info: Spanish press reports at With photos, a video, and an MP3-file. --DENMARK-– [update] a) Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Dantes Plads 7, 1556 Copenhagen * "Amarna – Solgudens by" [Amarna – City of the Sun God] [new] date: 26 January 2023 - 20 August [was: 18 June] 2023 info: --POLAND-– [update] c) Muzeum Nowa Praga ul. Jagiellonska 82A, 03-301 Warszawa * "Tutanchamon Grobowiec i Skarby" [Tutankhamun: His tomb and his treasures] [new] date: 26 October 2022 - 25 June 2023 [prolongation; was: 30 April 2023] info: --PORTUGAL-– [update] a) Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Avenida de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa * "Visiting Artwork: Canopic Jar of Iunefer" [new] date: 12 January 2023 – 17 [was: 10] April 2023 info: ---TÜRKIYE--- [update] a) UNIQ EXPO ISTANBUL Huzur Mh., Maslak Ayazaga Cd. No:4, 34485 Sariyer/Istanbul * “The Treasures of Tutankhamun” [new] date: 24 January 2023 – 9 April [was: 12 March] 2023 info: End date based on ticket dates (thusfar). --CHILE-- [update] a) Centro X Mall Plaza los Dominicos Av. Padre Hurtado Sur 875, Las Condes, Región Metropolitana * "Egipto. The Experience" date: 6 April 2023 - 31 May [was: TBA] 2023 info: End date based on ticket dates (thusfar). --------------------------------------------------- For previously listed exhibitions, see section X of the website version: The letters attached to events ["a)" etc] refer to place of these events in the website schedule. =============================================== (III) PERSONALS & SUNDRIES =============================================== (IV) READ ON THE WEB --NEWSPAPER REPORTS ONLINE-- * Press report: "Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II temple reveals animal mummy menagerie" "Excavation work carried out by an American mission from New York University at the temple of Ramses II in Abydos has stumbled upon a menagerie of mummified animals that provides previously undocumented evidence of cultic worship through the ages. The most significant find at the site is over 2,000 mummified heads of rams from the Ptolemaic period along with other mummified ewes, dogs, wild goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses (..). The mummified remains, some still in their linen wrappings, were found stored in one of the recently discovered magazines within the temple’s northern precinct (...). The mission also discovered a large palatial structure with an unusual architectural layout with walls about five metres thick, which appears for the first time in Abydos, and dates to the end of the Sixth Dynasty (..)." With photos. -- Another English press report: "(..) The mission also has recovered remains of ancient trees, leather garments, a number of statues, papyri, and shoes. (..)" -- German press reports: -- French press report: * Press report: "Forscherin aus Trier gräbt antiken Brunnen in Ägypten aus" "Archäologin Heidi Köpp-Junk aus Trier erforscht seit Jahren antike Stätten der alten Ägypter. (..) Ein Thema ist ihr besonders wichtig: Die Ressource Wasser - und das ausgerechnet in der Wüste. (..) Derzeit ist die Trierer Forscherin wieder auf einer Ausgrabungs-Tour in Ägypten. Diesmal im (..) griechisch-römische Tempel von Athribis (..). In dem Tempel entdeckte Köpp-Junk nach eigenen Angaben mehr als 50 Befunde, die mit Wasser zu tun haben. Highlight: Ein Brunnen, der derzeit von ihr zusammen mit einem Forscherteam ausgegraben wird. (..)" * Press report: "Egyptology Society donates to excavation of Tutankhamun quarries" "Members of a local Egyptology society have donated £300 to a large-scale excavation currently taking place in the south of Egypt. Carlisle and District Egyptology Society (CADES) raised vital funds for Friends of Silsila, which has been excavating the quarry of Gebel el-Silsila since 2012. (..)" * Press report: "Gods, tombs and Nazis: the Third Reich’s bad relationship with Egyptology" * Press report: "Mapping Egypt’s New Kingdom Royal Necropolis - Explore the tombs of ancient Thebes" "The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) has launched the Valley of the Queens and the Western Wadis on the Theban Mapping Project website. (..)" -- Press release of ARCE: "ARCE is excited to announce that we will be launching the Valley of the Queens and the Western Wadis on the Theban Mapping Project website this March, 2023! (..)" * Press report: "Menkaure Pyramid opens in June during Khufu closure" [Next six items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Il robot che visita un sarcofago egizio di 3mila anni fa: al Tecnopolo di Piacenza il futuro è già arrivato" "E’ un primo esperimento ma avrà senz’altro un futuro. Al tecnopolo di Piacenza un sarcofago di 3000 anni fa è passato sotto la lente di un robot, per mapparne la superficie, capire meglio il suo stato di deterioramento, studiarlo nei dettagli e anche replicarlo utilizzando una mappatura in 3 D. Il tutto senza toccarlo con un dito e quindi senza comprometterne la fragile struttura. Si apre quindi una nuova frontiera per lo studio dei reperti archeologici che passa proprio dalla robotica, anche nel nostro territorio. (..)" * Press report: "Il Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna apre un nuovo capitolo della propria collezione egizia" "(..) Dopo essere stata affidata alle cure del Centro Conservazione e Restauro 'La Venaria Reale', la mummia con il sudario riccamente dipinto, appartenuta a una donna vissuta in epoca romana (I-II sec. d.C.), torna ora ad essere esposta in via permanente nella Sezione Egizia del museo. La sua restituzione alla comunità scientifica e alla fruizione pubblica riveste un carattere di eccezionale interesse storico: sono solo due al mondo i resti umani mummificati ancora avvolti in sudari integri di questo tipo e di questa epoca. L’intervento conservativo che ha interessato la seconda, non meno rara, mummia di un fanciullo accuratamente avvolto in tre tuniche, databile all’Egitto Medievale (XIII sec. d.C.), è stato invece svolto dalla restauratrice di tessuti antichi Irene Tomedi dell’Accademia Tessile Europea di Bolzano, già nota per il restauro della Sacra Sindone. In entrambi i casi, gli interventi conservativi sono stati eseguiti in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale dell’Università di Pisa. (...)" * Press report: "Ma cosa non hanno inventato gli antichi Egizi? Lo spazzolino da denti, il dentifricio e le mentine" About dental care in ancient Egypt -- 'toothbrush', 'toothpaste' and 'breath mints'. * Press report: "Racconti da un vecchio calzino egizio" About a Roman Period child's sock found in Antinopolis, now in the British Museum; it was made with the Nadelbinden technique. * Press report: "La science a décrypté l’odeur du parfum de Cléopâtre" About projects that study ancient smells and parfumes. -- A similar press report: "Da Cleopatra alle biblioteche, i profumi antichi ricreati in laboratorio" * Press report: "Le musée de Tessé aux Mans, histoire et art à l’honneur" "Le musée de Tessé est le musée des beaux-arts de la ville du Mans en France. (...) Mais le clou du musée est sans conteste la galerie égyptienne, qui occupe une aile entière du bâtiment. Cet espace a été créé en 1992 grâce au mécénat de la fondation Singer-Polignac. Il expose des objets rapportés de voyages au bord du Nil depuis le XIXe siècle par des collectionneurs locaux ou nationaux. On y découvre des sarcophages, des momies, des statues, des bijoux, des amulettes et des papyrus. (...) La reproduction du tombeau d’Amenemhat n’est pas la seule que possède le musée de Tessé. En effet, depuis 2018, le musée accueille également une copie du tombeau d’Akhethetep (Mastaba 5), un noble qui vécut sous la Ve dynastie (vers 2400 av. J.-C.). (..)" About the Egyptian Gallery of the Museum de Tessé in Le Mans, France; cf.: --Follow-ups-- * Press report: "Tools for bleeding cows uncovered in 7,000-year-old cemetery" "Archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences have uncovered bone tools used for bleeding cows during excavations in the Letti Basin in northern Sudan. (..)" -- Another English press report: Cf. EEF NEWS (1282). [Next four items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "En la tumba de Amenmose: 'El trabajo es restituir la memoria'" About the recent discovery of the lost door of the tomb of Amenmose, as told by one of the expedition members, Pablo Rosell. * Press report: "Kairos Großes Ägyptisches Museum: Eine neue Heimat für Tutanchamuns Totenmaske" About the contributions of the Stuttgarter Atelier Brückner to the design of the GEM. * More press reports on the Zodiac images found in the restored temple of Esna: -- German press report: -- French press report: Includes a video report [1:21 mins.]. Cf. EEF NEWS (1282). * Another press report about the recent finds in Old Dongola, Sudan: --French press report: Cf. EEF NEWS (1279). --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entry at the blog (dig diary) of the joint mission of Museo Egizio and Rijksmuseum of Leiden at Saqqara: -- "Saqqara Diary 2023 – Fifth (and Last) Week" (March 28) Italian version: Dutch version: * New entry at the blog of the MUAFS Project (Munich University Attab to Ferka Survey Project, Sudan): -- "Summary of the 2023 season in Attab and Ginis" (March 24) * New entry at the "Egypt Centre Collection" blog of Dr Ken Griffin: -- "From Harrogate to Swansea: A Wooden Funerary Figure from the Harrogate Collection [- guest post by Sam Powell]" (March 27) * New entry at the 'Wonderful Things' blog of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, on Myrtle Broome’s correspondence and her work at Abydos: -- "Learning Arabic – 3" (March 28) ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- [Submitted by Simone Gerhards] * Schöne Denkmäler sind entstanden. Studien zu Ehren von Ursula Verhoeven. Herausgegeben von Simone Gerhards, Nadine Gräßler, Svenja A. Gülden, Alexander Ilin-Tomich, Jessica Kertmann, Andrea Kilian, Tobias Konrad, Kyra van der Moezel und Monika Zöller-Engelhardt. Propylaeum, 2023. Hb, 664 pp. ISBN 978-3-96929-176-4 (PDF), ISBN 978-3-96929-177-1 (Hardcover). EUR 92. "Der Sammelband vereint 34 Beiträge ägyptologischer Fachkolleg:innen von Ursula Verhoeven sowie ihrer universitären Schüler:innen und spiegelt die thematische und methodische Breite der Forschungsinteressen der Ägyptologin wieder. Dazu zählen ägyptische Schriftkultur, insbesondere die kursiven Schriftarten, ihre Entwicklung und ihre Interdependenzen mit Monumentalhieroglyphen sowie ihre (digitale) paläografische Analyse, ägyptische Papyri, Graffiti und Dipinti, literarische und Totentexte, Funerärkultur, Religion, Götterwelt, Kulturgeschichte und viele mehr. Das bei Propylaeum erschienene Buch ist ab jetzt im Buchhandel erhältlich und steht als eBook open access zur Verfügung." N.B. The book is also available in Open Access! * Pawel Lech Polkowski (ed.), Stone Canvas. Towards a better integration of 'rock art' and 'graffiti' studies in Egypt and Sudan. (BiEtud 183). IFAO, 2023. 368 pp. ISBN 9782724709353. EUR 42. TOC at "This book presents proceedings of the conference devoted to rock art and graffiti studies in Egypt and Sudan that took place in Cairo from 10th to 12th November, 2019. (..) Many of the papers combine evidence from various archaeological domains and also attempt to better integrate graffiti and rock art materials in search of a common ground for research. Thus, the volume provides a good overview of the current state of investigations in these two fields of study in Egypt and Nubia." [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Wyctor, Michael Malatini, Ramsès II. Glénat, Grenoble, 2023. 56 pp. ISBN 978-2344054598. graphic novel, EUR 14.95; e-book, EUR 8.99. "Sous la supervision de l’égyptologue et directeur de recherche au CNRS Juan Carlos Moreno García, les auteurs Wyctor et Michael Malatini nous racontent le personnage Ramsès, qui hante toujours notre imaginaire : le héros et père aimant, l’époux amoureux aux multiples concubines, mais aussi un roi en quête de gloire immortelle." Includes sample pages (12 pp.). -- Press report: "Ramsès II, un pharaon hors du commun" --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * Natasha Solodenko-Vernovsky, et al., "Leave your Stamp: Reconstruction of the Scarab Production Chain," in: EXARC Journal, Issue 2023/1 (March 2023) "(..) In this article, we present the results of an experiment conducted to study a plausible production sequence involved in scarab manufacture. The broad goal of the experiment is to understand the various methods of production and to place the phases of production in a sequential order (their chaîne opératoire)." * The latest issue of the Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists (JGUAA), vol. 24, no. 1 (January 2023), is online: Articles in Arabic, with English abstract. * The latest issue of the Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists (JGUAA2), vol. 8, no. 1 (January 2023), is online: Articles in English, with Arabic abstract. =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS --JOB OPENINGS-- * (&) The University of Memphis seeks a Curator/instructor of Ancient Egyptian Art & Archaeology to be appointed at the rank of assistant professor of practice. Closing date: May 1, 2023. [Submitted by David Danzig] * Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA) is seeking to hire Reading Group Leaders to lead our Summer 2023 Text-in-Translation Reading Groups. These groups are small, informal discussion groups, centered on ancient texts. They are free to participants, and are hosted on Zoom. We are now looking for passionate, talented, dedicated PhD students and Early Career Scholars to lead 3- and 5-week reading groups. Our Reading Groups this summer are supported by a generous grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. To apply by submitting your Reading Group proposal and for more information, go to Applications are due by April 7th, 2023. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For still current info about jobs and grants listed earlier, see section VIA of the website version: =============================================== (VIB) COURSES AND TRIPS ----------------------------------------------------------------- For still current info about courses and tours listed earlier, see section XI of the website version: =============================================== (VII) (MULTI)MEDIA --TV&RADIO-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * German TV: -- ZDFneo, April 1, 2023, 15:35-16:20 "Eine kurze Geschichte über ... Das alte Ägypten" -- Phoenix, April 3, 2023, 23:45-00:30 "Aufgedeckt - Rätsel der Geschichte: Ägyptens Tiere der Unterwelt" -- ZDFinfo, April 5, 2023, 15:05-15:50 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Die Lady und der Pharao" -- ZDFinfo, April 5, 2023, 15:50-16:35 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Der Prinz und der kranke Herrscher" -- ZDFinfo, April 5, 2023, 16:35-17:20 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Der Kriegerkönig und die Königin" -- ZDFinfo, April 5, 2023, 17:20-18:00 "Die Geheimnisse von Sakkara: Die Spurensuche" -- ZDFinfo, April 5, 2023, 18:00-18:45 "Die Geheimnisse von Sakkara: Der Sensationsfund" --ONLINE AUDIO&VIDEO-- * Video of a lecture in the Land of Writing(s) Series organised by the University of Liège: -- "Writing Greek in Egypt: Paleographic Considerations," by Gabriel Nocchi Macedo (16 March 2023) [51 mins.] * Video of a lecture organised by -- "Un monde en miniature. Regards sur les figurines en terre cuite de musiciens dans l’Égypte ptolémaïque et romaine," by Prof. Christophe Vendries (1 March 2023) [54 mins.] =============================================== (VIII) WEBSITES =============================================== =============================================== For information about lectures and exhibitions that appeared in earlier NEWS issues, but is still current, see sections IX and X of the website version of EEF NEWS at URL: 'Updates' refer to these sections also. Of items marked with (#), you can request from me (ayma@tip.nl) the often longer announcement on which my summary was based. Items marked with (&) will have appeared on the EEF, but are here summarized for people who only read the NEWS, via friends or via the website. It is always wise to contact the organizers of lectures etc. for confirmation, in case of (last minute) changes. Also note that registration for conferences and symposiums often is months in advance. Students will need an I.D. to get the discounts offered. Besides items dealing with Ancient Egypt (AE), also items on Sudanese archaeology and Libyan studies, within the AE time frame, are traditionally included. This list (or a part thereof) is not meant for distribution to any other public channel than the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum nor is this list (or part thereof) to be posted without permission on any website other than the EEF NEWS website. Copyright 2023, A.K. Eyma =============================================== ===============================================