=============================================== EEF NEWS (1306) =============================================== September 7, 2023 (I Peret 23) 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: Susanne Toepfer [(I) - VL (k)]; Francesca Jones [(I) - UK (f)]; Angelika Lohwasser [(I) - Germany (c)]; Ingrid van Sprakelaar [(II) - Denmark (a)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Italy (l)(s), Spain (i)] _______________________________________________ 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-- h) Carlisle And District Egyptology Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "Pharaohs Behaving Badly: Pot Belly and the worst of the Ptolemies," by Sarah Griffiths (Deputy editor Ancient Egypt Magazine) date: 28 September 2023; 2 pm BST / 14:50 CEST costs: members free, guests GBP 5 info: abstract and booking at k) 7th International Summer School in Coptic Papyrology Museo Egizio, Turin * Online lecture (Facebook): "Coptic Papyri and the History of Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt," by Prof. Alain Delattre (Université libre de Bruxelles) date: September 9, 2023; 5:00 pm info: abstract at info: the lecture will be streamed on Facebook (Museo Egizio, Turin) - It will be available afterwards on the Museo Egizio YouTube channel. info: reserve a seat for free via --UK-- f) Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society * In-person lecture: The Philip Wickens Memorial Lecture - "Mythologising a Dig: Howard Carter and the Curse of Tutankhamun," by Dr Eleanor Dobson date: Saturday 9 September 2023; 2:00 pm place: Oakwood Centre, Woodley, Reading costs: free for members, £4 visitors; no advance booking required info: --GERMANY-- [update] c) University of Muenster * 13th International Conference for Meroitic Studies date: 9 – 13 September 2024 [new] info: Third circular at Registration is now open (until December 31). -------------------------------------------------------------- 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-- j) The Corner Gallery at Playhouse Square 1305 Euclid Avenue (Corner of E. 13th St. & Euclid Ave.), Cleveland, Ohio 44115 * "Mummies of the World: The Exhibition" date: September 23, 2023 - January 28, 2024 Exhibition with ca. 40 human and animal mummies from many cultures, incl. Egypt. It has been travelling North America (and Europe) since 2015, most recently at the Frost Museum of Science, Miami (May 27, 2023 – September 4, 2023). info: info: English press report at --EGYPT-- [update] a) Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Maydan El Tahrir, Cairo * "Qantir – Pi-Ramesses: A Century of Excavations and Research in the Ramesside Residence" date: 16 July 2023 - 16 October 2023 [new] info: French press report at --ITALY-- [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 [new] info: Italian press report at "Dall’ 11 agosto al 15 ottobre 2023 la nuova mostra del ciclo “Nel laboratorio dello studioso” si occupa di 'Un falso autentico: la statua di Neshor'." Includes a video report [4:20 mins.]. [update] s) Centro Trevi-Trevilab Via Cappuccini, 28, 39100 Bolzano * "Antichi Egizi: maestri dell'arte" [Ancient Egypt: Masters of art] date: 21 September 2023 - 10 December 2023 [new] info: Italian press report at --FRANCE-- c) Musée d'Archéologie Nationale Domaine National de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 78100 Saint Germain en Laye * "Terres du Nil : L’art des potiers avant Pharaon" [Lands of the Nile: The art of the potters before Pharaoh] date: 14 October 2023 - 8 January 2024 Exhibition of 120 pieces of Predynastic pottery from the 19th c. collection of Jacques and Henri de Morgan. info: info: French press report at --SPAIN-- [update] i) IDEAL Doctor Trueta 196-198, 08005 Poblenou Barcelona * "Tutankamon. L'experiencia immersiva" [Tutankhamun. The immersive experience] date: 15 September 2023 - 30 April 2024 [new] info: Catalan press report at [new] info: Spanish press report at --DENMARK-- a) Moesgaard Museum Moesgård Allé 15, 8270 Højbjerg * "Egypten – Besat af livet" [Egypt - Obsessed with Life] date: 13 October 2023 - TBA Exhibition about the ancient Egyptian mummification process, the burial, and the funeral cult, and the existing ideas about the Afterlife. info: info: English press report at The exhibition will contain the results of a recent study on the scents present in a "mummification workshop" (canopic jars of Senetnay, wet nurse for Pharaoh Amenhotep II). --------------------------------------------------- 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: "A newly resurrected ancient smell may help reveal the life of a woman entombed with pharaohs" "Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms — and resurrected the scent. (...) The fragrance is based on the beeswax, plant oils and tree resins from distant lands the team found within balms used more than 3,500 years ago to preserve Senetnay, a noblewoman whose remains were placed within canopic jars and discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1900. (..) “The embalming ingredients found in Senetnay’s balms are among the most elaborate and diverse ever identified from this period, revealing the meticulous care and sophistication with which the balms were created,” said lead study author Barbara Huber, doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany. (..)" -- Other English press reports: -- German press report: -- French press report: -- Spanish press report: -- Press release of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999751 -- The original research article (in Open Access): Barbara Huber et al., "Biomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings", in: Scientific Reports 13 (August 2023) * Press report: "The 'unusual' feature inside Tutankhamun's tomb confusing Egyptologists" About the Smithsonian Channel's documentary "Secrets: Tut's Tomb" (so no new info), with comments by Dr Chris Naunton, Dr Yasmin El Shazly, and Prof. Salima Ikram. * Press report: "Archaeologists Are Using Modern Tools to Learn About Visitors to an Ancient Egyptian Temple" "Pilgrims [to the Temple of Isis on Philae] who left behind ancient graffiti are the subject of new research (..). Much of Philae’s graffiti consists of prayers and names in Demotic script, a form of Egyptian writing that succeeded hieroglyphs, used primarily by priests and officials in an era when few people could read and write. Sabrina Higgins and her colleagues, though, are concentrating on figural graffiti, which range from humans and animals (often representing a god) to game boards likely carved by Isis’ priests for diversion during their off hours. (...)" With photos of samples. * Press report: "Wooden ceiling installed in Karnak Temple draws criticism" * Press report: "Restoration in the Valley of the Kings" "The tombs of Ramses IX, Seti II, and Siptah in the Valley of the Kings are under restoration or have been recently reopened (..)." * Press report: "Grand Egyptian Museum to be inaugurated by the end of 2023: Official" "The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will be inaugurated by the end of this year, the head of the Egyptian Tourist Guide Syndicate, Basim Halaqa, said (..). The Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Eissa, announced that he anticipates the opening of the GEM to be between October and February. (..)" * Press report: "Missions polyvalentes" "Les travaux archéologiques allemands en Egypte remontent à plus d’une centaine d’années. Ils couvrent des activités variées. (..)" * Press report: "How Zahi Hawass refuted Afrocentric claims in US" [Next seven items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Zahi Hawass part en tournée internationale pour promouvoir le tourisme en Égypte" "L’archéologue égyptien et ancien ministre des Antiquités Zahi Hawass effectuera une série de tournées promotionnelles à l’échelle internationale, a annoncé le ministère du Tourisme et des Antiquités. (..)" -- English press reports: "(..) Hawass will begin the tour by travelling to the Baltic countries and Denmark in mid-September where he will stay for three days. (..)" * Press report: "La mummia di Palais Mamming presentata a Leida, Olanda" "Dal 6 all’11 agosto si è tenuto a Leida, in Olanda, il Convegno Internazionale degli Egittologi. Protagonisti, tra i numerosi interventi, anche il sarcofago e la mummia egizi conservati al Palais Mamming di Merano. (..)" * Press report: "(Quasi) tutti gli obelischi arrivavano a Roma" "Tra i tanti primati artistici e culturali della capitale c’è anche quello per il numero di obelischi. Roma infatti è la città che ne ha di più al mondo: 13, di questi 8 sono di provenienza egizia e 5 di origine romana (senza considerare quelli di epoca più moderna a Villa Medici, Villa Torlonia, Foro Italico, piazza Marconi e piazzale Nervi). (..)" * Press report: "Signs of the Zodiac: The Dendera Dating Controversy" "(..) When France’s Egyptian trophy landed in Marseilles [in 1821], crowds gathered along the 500-mile route to Paris, but its triumphant arrival soon exploded into controversy. (...) The Dendera Zodiac became the focus of a bitter debate. Self-styled experts were divided. Many of them insisted that this antiquity was many thousands of years old. Ranged against them were biblical experts: how, they protested, could Egyptian civilisation predate the earth’s creation in 4004 bc? (...) After deciphering the written signs inside these cartouches, Champollion declared that one of them was the Greek word _autocrator_ – thus placing the Zodiac in a later era and proving that it fell well within the 6,000 years permitted by biblical analysis. (...) The Zodiac is now believed to have been created in the first century bc during the reign of Cleopatra VII, just before Egypt was absorbed into the Roman Empire. Champollion had been right – but for the wrong reasons. (..)" * Press report: "Auf der Suche nach altägyptischen Elementen in unserem Alltag" "(...) nicht alle Spuren vergangener Kulturen sind unerreichbar – vielmehr sind manche von ihnen im alltäglichen Gebrauch, oftmals unerkannt. So ist an teils überraschenden Stellen in unserem Wortschatz ägyptisches Sprachgut erhalten geblieben. (...)" * Press report: "Welche ist die älteste Sprache der Welt?" "(..) Nur die geschriebene Sprache hinterlässt nachvollziehbare Spuren. Und auch nur dann, wenn sie auf einem Material verfasst wurde, das die Jahrhunderte überstanden hat. (...) Als frühste dokumentierte Schriftsprache zählen Keilschriften, bei der keilförmige Zeichen in noch weiche Tontafeln hineingedrückt wurden. Die ältesten bekannten Keilschriften stammen von den Sumerern (...) Etwa ähnlich alt sind auch die ägyptischen Hieroglyphen, die im Grab von Pharao Seth-Peribsen (2775-2650 v. u. Z.) eingeritzt wurden und so der Nachwelt erhalten blieben. Der dort gefundene Satz 'Er hat die beiden Länder für seinen Sohn, den Doppelkönig Peribsen, vereint', gilt in der Fachwelt als der früheste vollständig geschriebene Satz [in Egypt - MT]. (..)" * Press report: "Come e dove gli egizi mummificavano i corpi" "La mummificazione era un processo lento e laborioso che gli antichi egizi realizzavano per preservare l'integrità del corpo del defunto, che avrebbe così raggiunto la vita eterna. (..)" --Follow-ups-- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "University of Warsaw archaeologists return to ancient Ptolemais" "After 13 years of absence due to the civil war in Libya, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw return to study Ptolemais, a large ancient city on the Mediterranean coast. One of their tasks will be to recreate the original coastline of the local port." Cf. EEF NEWS (1304) for the original Polish report. * Press report: "Le mystérieux papyrus « Dialogue entre un homme et son Bâ » décodé après des années d'efforts" "Une égyptologue espagnole étudiant un papyrus oublié dans les recoins d'un musée de Majorque depuis plus de sept ans a réussi à résoudre un puzzle antique : le « Dialogue entre un homme et son Bâ », manuscrit philosophique égyptien vieux de 4 000 ans et préservé depuis plus de 150 ans, vient enfin de retrouver son texte introductif. (..)" Cf. EEF NEWS (1265). --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entry at the blog of the Ankh-Hor Project in Asasif: -- "Successful start of the 2023 season" (Sept 5) * New entry at the "Egypt Centre Collection" blog of Dr Ken Griffin: -- "New Friends of the Egypt Centre Lecture Programme" (Sept 6) ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Digitized book of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters: -- Erik Iversen, Some Ancient Egyptian Paints and Pigments. A Lexicographical Study, København, 1955 (Historisk-filologiske meddelelser, vol. 34, no. 4). 42 pp. - pdf-file (16.5 MB) "The present study (...) deals with a small group of materials belonging to the Egyptian materia technica, but also used for therapeutic purposes, and the range of the investigations has deliberately been limited to a restricted number of substances, because it was intended as an illustration of a method of approach as well as a study in lexicography. (...) It is the aim of the present study to illustrate the practical difficulties, and maybe also some of the results obtainable by applying this method to a small group of closely related materials, the translations of which have been subject to much uncertainty and some confusion." * Digitized books of the "Ägyptologische Literatur - digital" of the University of Heidelberg: - Le Musée Égyptien. Recueil de monuments et de notices sur les fouilles d'Égypte, vols. 1-3 (1890/1900-1909/1915) -- vol. 1 (1890/1900). - 44 pp., 46 pls. - pdf-file (normal: 37 MB; large: 135 MB) -- vol. 2 (1904-1907). - 118 pp., 57 pls. - pdf-file (normal: 70 MB; large: 248 MB) -- vol. 3 (1909-1915). - 97 pp., 38 pls. - pdf-file (normal: 53 MB; large: 188 MB) --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * At the HAL repository: -- Marion Claude, "De /Jpw/ à Panopolis. Regards grecs sur la toponymie et la topographie d’un territoire égyptien," in: Ch. Cassier (éd.), Géographie et archéologie de la religion égyptienne. Espaces cultuels, pratiques locales, CENiM 17, Montpellier, 2017, pp. 69-90 -- Marion Claude, "Shemayt et Madet : déesses ou prêtresses dans la fête de Min ?", in: Chr. Thiers (éd.), Documents de Théologie Thébaine Tardive 4, CÉNiM 27, Montpellier, 2021, pp. 43-60 -- Marion Claude,"Du bloc au temple : nouvelles perspectives sur une architrave monumentale du temple de Min d’Akhmîm," in: Fr. Labrique, M. Claude, 'Chronique des Travaux en Egypte', Dialogues d’histoire ancienne 48/1, 2022, pp. 345-364. -- Marion Claude, Christophe Thiers, "La stèle funéraire d’Harsiésis, fils de Téos, originaire d’Akhmîm (Karnak Gadaya R-102 + Caire CG 22128)", in: M. Habachy, Fr. Servajean. A Wise Man from the Beloved Land. Recueil d’études dédiées au Professeur Aly Omar Abdalla par ses amis, collègues et étudiants, CENiM 34, Montpellier, 2023, pp.45-53 * New additions to the Propylaeum-Dok repository: -- Junge, Friedrich (1979) Adverbialsatz und emphatische Formen, Nominalsatz und Negation. Eine "Gegendarstellung". In: Göttinger Miszellen, Nr. 33 (1979), pp. 69-88 -- Junge, Friedrich (1983) Form und Funktion ägyptischer Satzfragen. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, Nr. 40 (1983), pp. 545-559 -- Junge, Friedrich (1986) Das sogenannte narrativ/ kontinuative jw=f Hr (tm) sDm. In: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Nr. 72 (1986), pp. 113-132 -- Junge, Friedrich (1984) Zur "Sprachwissenschaft" der Ägypter. In: Studien zu Sprache und Religion Ägyptens. Zu Ehren von Wolhart Westendorf überreicht von seinen Freunden und Schülern. Band 1: Sprache, Bd. 1. 1984, pp. 257-272 -- Junge, Friedrich (1972) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 114 1964. In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Nr. 67 (1972), pp. 310-316 -- Junge, Friedrich (1972) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 109 (N. F. 34) 1959. In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Nr. 67 (1972), pp. 209-222 -- Junge, Friedrich (1986) A study on sentential meaning and the notion of "emphasis" in Middle Egyptian. In: Englund, Gertie ; Frandsen, Paul John (Hrsgg.): Crossroad. Chaos or the beginning of a new paradigm. Papers from the conference on Egyptian grammar Helsingor 28-30 May 1986. 1986, pp. 189-254 (CNI Publications ; 1) -- Junge, Friedrich (1994) Mythos und Literarizität: Die Geschichte vom Streit der Götter Horus und Seth. In: Behlmer, Heike (Hrsg.): ... quaerentes scientiam. Festgabe für Wolfhart Westendorf zu seinem 70. Geburtstag überreicht von seinen Schülern. 1994, pp. 83-101 -- Junge, Friedrich (1993) Thomas Manns fiktionale Welt Ägypten. In: Heftrich, Eckhard ; Wysling, Hans (Hrsgg.): Thomas Mann Jahrbuch, Nr. 6 (1993), pp. 37-57 -- Junge, Friedrich (2006) „Unser Land ist der Tempel der ganzen Welt“. Über die Religion der Ägypter und ihre Struktur. In: Kratz, Reinhard Gregor ; Spieckermann, Hermann (Hrsgg.): Götterbilder - Gottesbilder - Weltbilder. Polytheismus und Monotheismus in der Welt der Antike. Ägypten, Mesopotamien, Persien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Palästina. 2006, pp. 3-44 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament: Reihe 2 ; 17) -- Junge, Friedrich (2001) Die Eroberung von Joppe. In: Dietrich, Manfried ; Hecker, Karl ; Junge, Friedrich ; Kammerzell, Frank ; Klinger, Jörg ; Kottsieper, Ingo ; Loretz, Oswald ; Moers, Gerald ; Peust, Carsten ; Sternberg-el Hotabi, Heike ; Wilhelm, Gernot (Hrsgg.): Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Ergänzungslieferung. 2001, pp. 143-146 -- Junge, Friedrich (1987) Morphology, sentence form and language history. In: Ray, John D. (Hrsg.): Lingua Sapientissima. A seminar in honour of H.J.Polotsky organised by the Fitzwillian Museum, Cambridge and the Faculty of Oriental Studies in 1984. 1987, pp. 47-56 =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS --JOB OPENINGS-- * The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Egyptology with an expected start date of 1 July 2024. (..) Deadline of applications: open until filled (review of applications will begin November 1, 2023). * The Department of Near Eastern Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, seeks to appoint a tenure track Assistant Professor, Ancient Mesopotamia and/or Egypt Deadline for applications: October 30, 2023. --SCHOLARSHIPS-- * The Cairo Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) offers one 4-month research scholarship starting on 01/01/2024 to PhD holders in the field of Egyptology or a closely related discipline: Research Scholarship “Luxor-Scholarship” (Spring 2024) Application deadline: 01/10/2023. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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: -- ZDFinfo, September 9, 2023, 01:05-01:50 "Tatort Antike: Glaube und Macht" [Echnaton] -- ZDFinfo, September 13, 2023, 14:15-15:00 "Mythos - Die großen Rätsel der Geschichte: Die vergessene Pyramide von Gizeh" -- ZDFinfo, September 13, 2023, 15:00-15:45 "Mythos - Die großen Rätsel der Geschichte: Kleopatra" --SOFTWARE&GAMES-- [Submitted by Julia Vidile] * 'For the ka of Senbi: An adventure in hieroglyphs' A new, free, educational escape game for teaching the basics on Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to anyone interested. Also available in French and Portuguese. Cf. a French review at =============================================== (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 =============================================== ===============================================