=============================================== EEF NEWS (1288) =============================================== May 4, 2023 (I Akhet 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: Kat Newkirk [(I) - VL (k)]; JJ Shirley [(I) - USA (b)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Canada (d), Italy (h), France (j)(u)(x)] _______________________________________________ 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-- k) The Getty Villa Council * Online lecture (Zoom); "Piecing Together History: Ancient Texts of Elephantine Island, Egypt," by Prof. Dr. Verena Lepper date: Sunday, May 7th, 2023; 4:00 p.m. PDT place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA info: info: abstract and registration at --USA-- b) ARCE - Pennsylvania Chapter * "Rethinking Old Kingdom Kingship," by Dr. Jessica Tomkins (Assistant Professor of History, Wofford College) date: Sunday, May 7, 2023; 3:30 pm place: Classroom L2, Penn Museum, Philadelphia costs: free for ARCE-PA members; $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty; $5 for Students with ID; $10 for the general public. info: info: abstract at --UK-- c) Manchester Ancient Egypt Society * "The Ancient Egyptians and Their Animals: An Ever-Changing Relationship?," by Dr. Juliet Spedding date: 15 May 2023; 7.30 pm place: Pendulum Hotel, Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB costs: £3 MAES members, £5 for guests 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 --CANADA-- [update] d) Pointe-à-Callière Cité d'archéologie et d'histoire de Montréal 350 Place Royale, Vieux-Montréal, QC, H2Y 3Y5 * "Égypte. Trois mille ans sur le Nil" [Egypt. Three Millenia on the Nile] date: 20 April 2023 - 15 October 2023 [new] info: Italian press report at --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 blog report at Review by Dr. Hannah Pethen. --ITALY-- [update] h) Basilica Palladiana Piazza Dei Signori, 36100 Vicenza * "I creatori dell’Egitto eterno" [The creators of eternal Egypt] date: 22 December 2022 - 28 May 2023 [new] info: Italian press report at --FRANCE-- j) Palais des Ambassadeurs 3 rue Partouneaux, Menton * "La Descrizione dell'Egitto" date: 9 May 2023 - 7 June 2023 Exhibition of photographs of the local copy of the Description de l'Égypte. [new] info: Italian press report at With lectures/symposium on May 5 and 6. [update] u) Grande Halle de La Villette 211, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris * "Ramsès et l'or des pharaons" [Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs] date: 7 April 2023 - 6 September 2023 [new] info: French press report at [update] x) Centre commercial Confluence 112 cours Charlemagne, 69002 Lyon * "L'Horizon de Khéops" [The Horizon of Khufu] [new] date: 3 November 2022 - 24 December 2023 [prolongation; was: till 9 July 2023] [new] info: French press report at "Depuis le début de l'exposition immersive, près de 80 000 visiteurs sont entrés dans les coulisses de la pyramide de Khéops (..)" --------------------------------------------------- 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: "El científico español que ha participado en el "hallazgo del siglo", un pasadizo secreto en la pirámide de Kéops" Interview with physicist Héctor Gómez-Maluenda, who was a member of the team that worked with the muon-detectors during the recent research on the Great Pyramid. * Press report: "Figurki egipskich i rzymskich bogów odnalezione na lubelskiej wsi" In Kluczkowice, Poland, two Osiris figurines were found, stemming from the lost collection of the Kleniewski family; they were bought by Maria Kleniewska during her stay in Egypt in 1904. With slideshow at end of page. [Next five items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "An ancient Egyptian mummified head and hand monitored in auction Hall in London" "Egypt has taken all necessary steps to verify the export certificate of a mummified head and hand currently on display at the Swan Fine Arts Auction house in London. (..) According to the Swan Fine Arts, the mummified head left Egypt toward London during World War I with a British soldier who kept it in his home under a glass dome. (..) One of the soldier’s descendants, who chose to remain anonymous, is now selling it. It is expected to fetch up to £20,000. (..)" -- Other English press reports: "(..) It has been carbon dated to between 800BC and 750BC. (..) 'If it doesn't sell, I will probably loan it to a museum where it can be on display anyway.' (..)" With slideshow. -- Swan Fine Art, live auction, 3-5 May 2023, lot 848: "An exceptional Ancient Egyptian mummy head, Egypt 750-800 BC" Opening price: 9,000 GBP. * Press report: "La scoperta dell’Università Statale nell’oasi degli egittologi: emerge un tesoro di papiri antichissimi" About the work of the Università Statale di Milano at Tebtynis and about the Tebtynis Papyri. * Press report: "Open access per le istituzioni culturali: Wikipedia lancia un invito ai musei italiani" "(..) L’invito è rivolto a oltre 3.000 istituzioni culturali, affinché possano mettere in Rete una selezione di immagini e documenti con strumenti e licenze libere, nell’ottica di una Open Access Policy. (...) Aprifila del progetto il Museo Egizio di Torino, che ha digitalizzato e reso accessibili su Wikimedia 2.300 reperti, su un patrimonio di circa 40mila. (..)" * Press report: "Les Européens mangeaient des momies pour se soigner" "Au XVe siècle en Europe, pour soigner une migraine, un mal de ventre ou même le cancer, on vous aurait conseillé de prendre un bout de… momie. National Geographic révèle que durant plusieurs siècles, les corps embaumés étaient prisés sur le continent et pas seulement pour leur valeur historique, mais bien pour leurs prétendues vertus médicales. (..)" -- Based on: "The gory history of Europe’s mummy-eating fad" "For centuries, embalmed bodies were prized across the continent not for their historical value, but for their purported medical benefits. Here’s the surprising reason that people once craved, and ate, mummies. (..)" * Press report: "Qu'est devenue la momie de Cléopâtre, jamais retrouvée ?" What happened to the mummy of Cleopatra? Ancient literary sources, legends, and modern fantasy stories. Article written by Prof. Christian-Georges Schwentzel. --Follow-ups-- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Some more press reports on the Buddha statue found in Berenike: -- French press report: -- Italian press report: * Press report: "Les papyrus égyptiens découverts par Champollion révèlent de nouveaux secrets grâce aux rayons X du synchrotron de Grenoble" "Des fragments de papyrus exhumés par le célèbre égyptologue ont été analysés par une équipe de chercheurs en physique. Grâce au rayon X ultrapuissant du synchrotron, il ont pu en déchiffrer les mystères, sans détériorer les échantillons. (..)" With a video [2 mins.]. --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entry at the "Egypt Centre Collection" blog of Dr Ken Griffin: -- "An Update on the Harrogate Collection" (May 1) ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- * Marion Claude, Abraham Ignacio Fernández Pichel (eds.), Cultes et textes sacrés dans l’Égypte tardive. Diffusion, circulation et adaptation. IFAO, 2023. (RAPH Religions 46). 300 pp. ISBN 9782724708585. EUR 38. TOC at "Far from being isolated units, ancient Egyptian temples were places of numerous points of contact among deities and among men. (..) The aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of such relationships as well as of the underlying ritual practices in order to highlight the workings of Egyptian religion in the later periods (..)." * Christiane Zivie-Coche, Le temple de Deir Chelouit V: Les inscriptions (vol. 1, édition révisée) / Translittération, traduction et commentaire (vol. 2). (Temples Deir Chelouit 5). IFAO, 2023. 2 volsw., 1026 pp. ISBN 9782724709711. EUR 125. TOC at "The temple of Deir Cheluit is situated on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes, south of Medinet Habu. It remained unpublished for a long time. A first edition was published during the 1980s. The recent cleaning carried out by the ARCE is the basis of a revised edition of the inscriptions with their translation. (..)" * Brigitte Gratien, Lauriane Miellé, Michel Azim, Jacques Pelegrin, Fleur Morfoisse, Mirgissa IV: La forteresse haute et les enceintes. IFAO, 2023. (FIFAO 91). 615 pp. ISBN 9782724708493. EUR 69. TOC at "Built south of the rapids of the Second Cataract, the Upper Fortress of Mirgissa/Iqen (..) was probably built under the reign of Senwosret I, as was the fortress Buhen further north. (..)" * Marie-Françoise Boussac, Olivier Callot, Patrice Georges-Zimmermann (eds.), La nécropole hellénistique de Plinthine. IFAO, 2023. (FIFAO 90). 616 pp. ISBN 9782724708073. EUR 95. TOC at "The Hellenistic necropolis of Plinthine, located about 800 m west of the urban settlement of Kom el Nogus/ Plinthine, on the western margins of the Alexandrian chora, was built on and in the calcarenite ridge or taenia that separates the Mediterranean from Lake Mariut. It has been celebrated as a miniature version of the great Alexandrian necropolises since the first excavations by Achille Adriani in 1937, followed by various unpublished explorations. Nevertheless, it had not been the subject of a comprehensive study combining architectural analysis and investigation of funerary practices. (..)" --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Fredrik Hagen, Kim Ryholt, The Antiquities Trade in Egypt 1880-1930: The H. O. Lange Papers. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab / The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, 2016. (Scientia Danica. Series H, Humanistica, 4, vol. 8). 335 pp. ISBN 978-87-7304-400-1. - pdf-file (218 MB) "(..) The book presents the first in-depth analysis of this market during its 'golden age' in Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It is primarily based on the archival material of the Danish Egyptologist H. O. Lange (1863-1943) who, during two prolonged stays in Egypt (1899/1900 and 1929/1930), bought objects on behalf of Danish museums. The travel diaries, and the accompanying photographs, are complemented by a wide range of other sources, including contemporary travel guides and various travel memoirs, which together paint an extraordinarily detailed picture of the extensive antiquities trade." * Jean Capart (ed.), Travels in Egypt. (December 1880 to May 1891). Letters of Charles Edwin Wilbour. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1936. 614 pp. - pdf-file (536 MB) "During his exploration, Charles Edwin Wilbour acquired many antiquities, with no definite ides of forming a collection. Many of the pieces he bought are of first interest to specialists, a few are masterpieces of Egyptian art. The letters are written from day to day to members of his family in Paris or America. They were not intended for publication and are full of personal and initmate matter. They give nontheless, a vivid impression of events in the 'Egypt of the Egyptologist' from 1880 to 1891, when his letters ceased at the death of his mother. (...) Maspero, devoting a passage to the most prominent of his foreign pupils, writes: 'Edwin Wilbour, American journalist, who knew much, passed his last twenty years, alternately, in Egypt and in France. He died in Paris in 1896, without having published anything.'" (from the Foreword) --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * New entries added to the online UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: --"Linear Hieroglyphs", by Lucia Díaz Iglesias-Llanos -- "Identity Marks", by Ben Haring * New addition to the Propylaeum-Dok repository: -- Lohwasser, Angelika (2010) The Wadi Abu Dom [in Sudan], Itinerary. Preliminary Campaign 2009. In: African reports. 2010, pp. 85-92 (Gdansk Archaeological Museum ; 7) =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS --JOB OPENINGS--- * The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford is looking for a Keeper of Antiquities who will lead one of the Museum’s four major curatorial departments. Application deadline: 26th May 2023. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For still current info about jobs and grants listed earlier, see section VIA of the website version: =============================================== (VIB) COURSES AND TRIPS --COURSES-- * The Egypt Exploration Society is organising a new online course: "Extraordinary Ordinary Objects from Egypt and Sudan" Dates: Thursday evenings, 6-7:30pm (UK Time) 25th May - 22nd June 2023 plus recordings Tutor: Dr Anna Garnett Costs: EES Member: £60; Non-Member: £120; Student EES Member: £30 Info: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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: -- Arte, May 6, 2023, 15:55-17:25; May 11, 2023, 09:00-10:40 "Philae - Das versunkene Heiligtum" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 01:15-02:00 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Mythos Ramses II." -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 02:00-02:45 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Rätselhafte Mumien" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 02:45-03:30 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die große Sphinx von Gizeh" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 03:30-04:15 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Das verlorene Grab der Nofretete" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 04:15-04:45 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Rätselhafte Kleopatra" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 04:45-05:28 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die Geheimnisse Tutanchamuns" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 05:30-06:15 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die Baumeister der Pyramiden" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 06:15-07:00 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Das Ende der Pyramiden" -- ZDFinfo, May 12, 2023, 07:00-07:45 "Apokalypse Ägypten. Das Geheimnis der Pyramide" --ONLINE AUDIO&VIDEO-- * Video of a lecture organised by the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst: -- "Elephantine - Alltag auf einer Nilinsel an Ägyptens Südgrenze," by Dr. Alexander Schütze (May 2, 2023) [59 mins.] * Videos of lectures organised by Getty Museum: -- "Understanding Ancient Nubia from Antiquity to Today," by Debora Heard (January 21, 2023) [1 h 31 mins.] -- "The Hidden Meanings of Ancient Nubian Jewelry," by Denise Doxey (February 5, 2023) [1 h 4 mins.] -- "Art Break: Golden Cylinders of Ancient Nubia – What Were They?," by Susanne Gänsicke and Denise Doxey (March 9, 2023) [45 mins.] [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Audio report: "Musée réel, musée virtuel, musée imaginaire" [58:41 mins.] "Le confinement imposé par la pandémie de la Covid 19 a révélé l’attachement fort des publics aux musées et à leurs projets. Bien que toutes les institutions étaient fermées, le désir de musée subsistait, et des solutions 'virtuelles' ont pu faire évoluer l'expérience muséale." * Audio report: "Momies : embaumer, c’est peser !" [58:37 mins.] "Quand on parle d’embaumement, ce sont les momies égyptiennes qui nous viennent en tête. Pourtant, il existe pléthore de techniques de momification. Comment sont-elles étudiées ? Et plus simplement pourquoi embaumer les morts ?" =============================================== (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 =============================================== ===============================================