=============================================== EEF NEWS (1328) =============================================== February 8, 2024 (II Shemu 27) 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: Nicole Brisson [(I) - VL (q)]; Arlette David [(I) - VL (r)]; Claire Gilmour [(I) - VL (t)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Germany (e), Austria (A)] _______________________________________________ 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-- q) SSEA/SEEA - Montreal Chapter * Online lecture: "Interrogatoires judiciaires à la fin du Nouvel Empire: avouer et faire avouer en Égypte ancienne," by Dr. Guillaume Bouchard-Labonté (UQAM) date: 15 February 2024; 19:00 EST place: a hybrid event - online (Zoom) or in-person at UQAM, pav. Hubert-Aquin, 400, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, salle A-2770 info: Zoom-link at r) Conversations in Egyptology (organised by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and Haifa University) * Online lecture (Zoom): "How to Destroy a Statue in Ptolemaic Thebes: Patterns and Structures in the Cachette of Karnak," by Dr. Ralph Birk (Freie Universität Berlin) date: Thursday, February 15, 2024; 6:00 pm IST 17:00 CET / 16:00 GMT costs: free info: for the link, please contact t) Egyptology Scotland * Online lecture (Zoom): "The Role of the Rekhyt-people," by Dr Ken Griffin date: Saturday 17th February 2024; 14:00 GMT costs: £5/£7 plus booking fee info: abstract and tickets at: info: --EGYPT-- [update] b) German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale and Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak (CFEETK) * International Conference: "The Northern and Southern Heliopoleis" date: 12-13 February 2024 [new] place: Ifao and DAIK, Cairo - and online [new] info: program and abstracts at [new] info: it will now be a hybrid event; registration of online attendance (to get Zoom links) at --UK-- e) British Museum, London * Annual Egyptological Colloquium: "Animal mummies: from beliefs to practice" The keynote lecture presented by Prof. Salima Ikram will take place on the evening of 31 October. date: 31 October 2024 - 1 November 2024 place: in-person only info: Call for Papers is open until 15 April 2024. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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-- [update] 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" [new] date: September 23, 2023 - February 25 [was: 18], 2024 info: End date now set. --THE NETHERLANDS-- [update] b) Allard Pierson Oude Turfmarkt 127-129, 1012 GC Amsterdam * “Oog in oog. De mensen achter mummieportretten” [Face to Face: The People behind the Mummy Portraits] [new] date: 6 October 2023 – 20 May 2024 [prolongation; was: till 25 February 2024] info: [new] info: Dutch press report at --GERMANY-- [update] e) Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Mercedesstraße 69, 70372 Stuttgart * "Tutanchamun. Das immersive Ausstellungserlebnis" [Tutankhamun. The immersive exhibition experience] date: 8 December 2023 - 25 March 2024 [new] info: German press report at Includes a slideshow. --AUSTRIA-- [update] a) Marx Halle Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Wien * "Tutanchamuns - Das immersive Erlebnis" [Tutankhamun - the immersive experience] date: 19 October 2023 - 17 March 2024 [new] info: German press report at --AUSTRALIA-- [update] d) National Gallery of Victoria 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne * "Pharaoh" date: 14 June 2024 – 6 October 2024 [new] info: --------------------------------------------------- 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: "Egypt orders review of pyramid restoration after outcry" "Egypt's antiquities ministry said Saturday it was setting up a committee to review the restoration of Giza's Menkaure Pyramid after a public outcry over the project. (..) Trying to calm the debate, (..) the ministry announced that it has set up a "scientific committee chaired by... Zahi Hawass", a well-known Egyptian archaeologist, to review the project. The committee is made up of "experts in engineering and archaeology" from the Czech Republic, Germany and the United States, as well as Egypt. The committee's final report will include "the necessary procedures and steps to coordinate with (the UN heritage agency) UNESCO". "A decision will be made on whether to proceed with the project or not," the ministry said. (..)" -- Other English press reports: -- French press report: * Press report: "Gov’t denies damage to statues in Saqqara Antiquities Area" "The cabinet’s media center denied on Tuesday what has been circulated on media outlets, claiming a group of ancient statues in the Saqqara Antiquities Area were damaged as a result of being displayed badly on a table in an inappropriate manner. (..)" * Press report: "Un descubrimiento desde Luxor, Egipto" "Hace pocas semanas ha comenzado en Luxor una nueva campaña del proyecto Djehuty dirigido por José Manuel Galán. Hemos viajado hasta esta ciudad egipcia para conocer de primera mano cómo se está desarrollando y qué objetivos se han marcado. De momento han confirmado un extraordinario hallazgo que cambiará parte de la historia, pero de momento no podemos decir nada… (..)" * Press report: "Arthritis was plaguing the people of ancient Egypt" Interview with Maria Gatto about health and disease 1800 BC. * Press report: "Egypt establishes new tourist walkway from Grand Egyptian Museum to the pyramids" [Next three items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press release: "Liebe und Hass in uralten Zeiten" "Magische Texte aus Ägypten in koptischer Schrift und Sprache stehen im Mittelpunkt eines Forschungsprojekts an der Universität Würzburg. In einem gut 600 Seiten starken Buch werden sie jetzt erstmals gesammelt präsentiert. (..)" -- German press reports: -- Website of "The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Roman and Early Islamic Egypt" "Our goal is to advance the study of the corpus of Coptic “magical texts” – manuscripts written on papyrus, as well as parchment, paper, ostraca and other materials, and attesting to private religious practices designed to cope with the crises of daily life in Egypt. There are about six hundred of these texts which survive, dating to between the third and twelfth centuries of the common era." -- For the new book refered to in the press reports, see Book Corner below. * Press report: "Christian Jacq, l’écrivain qui « pense en hiéroglyphes »" "Il en serait à « plus de 30 millions » de livres vendus dans le monde, en une trentaine de langues, dont, regrette-t-il, « un seul titre en arabe ». (..)" * Press report: "Akhenaton: la città perduta di Amarna ricostruita in 3D" "I ricercatori hanno utilizzato la tecnologia 3D per recostruire virtualmente la città di Amarna, la capitale di Akhenaton, l'ultimo Faraone Alieno dell'Antico Egitto, nel XIV secolo aC, offrendo nuove prospettive sulla sua architettura. (..)" --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entries at the blog of Proyecto Djehuty: -- "Excavation Diary 2024: Jan 23 - Feb 6" (Spanish) * New entry at the blog of the MUAFS Project (Munich University Attab to Ferka Survey Project, Sudan): -- "Performing XRD analysis on Nile clay Nubian- and Egyptian-style samples from Attab and Ginis" (Feb 6) -- "Having fun with Virtual Reality" (Feb 1) * New entry at the blog of the Coptic Magical Papyri Project: -- "Podcast #14: Looking Back at the Five Years of the Project & Presenting Papyri Copticae Magicae" (Feb 1) -- "Kyprianos Update (2 February 2024)" (Feb 2) * New entry at the 'Wonderful Things' blog of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford: -- "Shoes and clothes – 1" (Feb 6) * New entry at the "Reports from the museum" 'blog' of the Society for the Promotion of the Egyptian Museum Berlin: -- "Feb. 2024: Objects: Die Berliner Papyrusdatenbank präsentiert: Weisheit oder Macht ? wer ist der moralische Sieger?" ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- * Naguib Kanawati, Georgia Barker, The Cemetery of Meir, Volume VI: The Tombs of Senbi II and Wekhhotep II. ACE Reports 47. Abercromby Press, 2024. Pb, 78 pp., 52 colour plates, 40 fold-out line drawings. ISBN 978 1 912246 23 6. GBP 64.95 (excluding postage) "The present volume is devoted to the tombs of Senbi II (B3) and Wekhhotep II (B4), and it forms the final volume in the Australian Centre for Egyptology’s series of reports on the cemetery of Meir. With the publication of these two tombs, all of the major rock-cut tombs from the late Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom at Meir will have been recorded. (..) The tombs of Senbi II and Wekhhotep II are located in Section B of the cemetery, which is the main site of the Middle Kingdom tombs at Meir. Senbi II owns the largest yet most incomplete tomb at Meir, and it is clear that preparation of the tomb came to a sudden halt. The only decoration consists of two false doors, one belonging to Senbi II and the other to his wife Mersi III. The tomb of Wekhhotep II is the last and southernmost of the tombs cut in Section B. It is relatively small considering the status of its owner, but its design, with the steps leading to the shrine, gives it an appearance of grandeur. The decoration is mostly achieved in plaster and painting, though it has suffered significant damage as a result of the destruction of most of the roof and the upper parts of the east, south and north walls of the outer room. What remains, however, demonstrates that the decoration was originally of a very high standard." For orders, please email: benedict.davies@gmail.com * Abuel-Yazid, Mohamed, The Tomb of the Mayor of Athribis. Drawings by Ahmed Halim and Daniela Mendel. Photographs by Ayman Damarany and Ahmed Amin. Athribis-Studien I. (Studien zur spätägyptischen Religion, 40). Harrassowitz Verlag, 2024. Hb, 404 pp. 91 ills., 81 plts. ISBN 978-3-447-12071-5. EUR 128,00. TOC at "The shaft tomb of Psenosiris, mayor of Athribis west of modern Sohag, is located in the mountain west of the temple of Repit near the modern village Sheik Hamed. It is one of several tombs of the necropolis, probably the most important one. Firstly mentioned more than 110 years ago by the British egyptologist Flinders Petrie, it has remained unpublished with the exception of it’s two astronomical ceilings. For the first time Mohamed Abuel Yazid offers a comprehensive publication of the whole tomb including its colourful ceilings and all its long texts which make this tomb in Athribis to one of the most important ones of the early Roman period in all of Egypt. The complete decoration of the tomb is presented in facsimile drawings as well as in detailed photos. All texts are presented in hieroglyphs, transliterations and translations. Wall plans are indicating their exact positions in the tomb. The author offers also a complete glossary of the texts as well as a conclusion about dating the tomb (there are no cartouches in this monument) and its relationship with the great temple of the site." [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger (eds.), Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, vol. 1: Formularies. (Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, Beiheft 48). De Gruyter, 2024. 622 pp. ISBN 9783111079790. EUR 119.95. TOC at "This volume is the first in a new series of editions of Coptic-language 'magical' manuscripts from Egypt (...) This volume presents 37 new editions and descriptions of manuscripts, focusing on formularies or 'handbooks', those texts containing instructions for the performance of rituals. Each of these is accompanied by a history of its acquisition, a material description, and presented with facing text and translations, tracings of accompanying images, and explanatory notes to aid in understanding the text." --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- [update] * Adeline Bats, Nadia Licitra (eds.), Storage in Ancient Egypt and Nubia: Earthen Architecture and Building Techniques. Sidestone Press, 2023. 197 pp. [new:] The book is now also available in Open Access. * Alessandro Roccati (ed.), Champollion e Torino. A 200 anni dalla decifrazione dei geroglifici. Turin, 2023. 122 pp. In Open Access (PDF). Proceedings of a conference, organised by the Academy of Sciences of Turin, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Champollion's discovery. Papers in Italian, French and English. --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * New additions to the Propylaeum-Dok repository: -- Fauerbach, Ulrike; Sählhof, Martin (2012) Kaiserkult am Katarakt. Der Augustustempel von Philae. In: Sack, Dorothée ; Schulz, Thekla ; Wulf-Rheidt, Ulrike ; Tragbar, Klaus (Hrsgg.): Bauen am Wasser. Bericht über die 46. Tagung für Ausgrabungswissenschaft und Bauforschung vom 13. bis 16. Mai 2010 in Konstanz. Stuttgart 2012, pp. 65-80 -- Fauerbach, Ulrike (2015) Concevoir les détails. Les maquettes de l’Égypte ancienne. In: Rabier, Béatrice (Hrsg.): La maquette: un outil au service du projet architectural; actes du colloque qui s'est tenu les 20 - 21 mai 2011 à la Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. Paris 2015, pp. 27-42 --MISCELLANEOUS-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Die Königin: Die Entdeckungsgeschichte der Nofretete-Büste und ihr Weg zur globalen Ikone" Book review of Prof. Sebastian Conrad, Die Königin. Nofretetes globale Karriere, Berlin, 2024. -- See also the press report: "'Nofretete wird unabhängig davon erkannt, ob man das Original je gesehen hat'" Interview with the author. =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS ---JOB OPENINGS--- * (&) Yale University intends to appoint a Postdoctoral Associate in Egyptology for the academic year 2024-25. The initial appointment is for one year, thereafter renewable for a second year (contingent on satisfactory performance). Application deadline: open until filled; review of applications will start March 1st, 2024. Application link via Interfolio: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 10, 2024, 12:45-13:30 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die Baumeister der Pyramiden" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 13:30-14:15 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Grabräuber" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 14:15-15:00 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die große Sphinx von Gizeh" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 15:00-15:45 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Der Fluch der Mumien" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 15:45-16:30 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Rätselhafte Kleopatra" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 16:30-17:15 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Das verlorene Grab der Nofretete" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 17:15-18:00 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Die Pharaonin Hatschepsut" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 18:00-18:45 "Ägypten - Schatzkammer der Archäologie: Mythos Ramses II." -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 18:45-19:30 "Mord am Hof des Pharao - Die Verschwörung um Ramses III." -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 19:30-20:15 "Eine kurze Geschichte über ... Das alte Ägypten" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 20:15-21:00 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Geburt einer Supermacht" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 21:00-21:40 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Recht und Ordnung" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 21:40-22:25 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Monumente und Ikonen" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 22:25-23:10 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Reichtum und Gesundheit" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 23:10-23:55 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Leben und Tod" -- ZDFinfo, February 10, 2024, 23:55-00:40 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Laster und Intrigen" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 00:40-01:25 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Große Erfindungen" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 01:25-02:10 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Religion und Glaube" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 02:10-02:55 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Untergang" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 02:55-03:35 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Der Kriegerkönig und die Königin" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 03:35-04:20 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Die Lady und der Pharao" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 04:20-05:03 "Geheimnisvolle Mumien: Der Prinz und der kranke Herrscher" -- ZDFinfo, February 11, 2024, 06:30-07:15 "Geheimnisvolle Tote: Das Rätsel um Tutanchamun" --ONLINE AUDIO&VIDEO-- * Video of a lecture organised by IFAO: -- "Soldiers and Peasants in Roman Egypt," by Dr. Graham Claytor (1 February 2024) [1 h 20 mins.] * Video of a lecture organised by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East: -- "Exploring Egypt’s Middle Kingdom at the Site of Ancient Thebes," by Dr. Antonio J. Morales (March 31, 2022) [49 mins.] --MUSIC&THEATRE-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Uomini e Dei. Le meraviglie del Museo Egizio, con la partecipazione di Jeremy Irons, al cinema solo il 12 e 13 marzo" =============================================== (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 2024, A.K. Eyma =============================================== ===============================================