=============================================== EEF NEWS (1345) =============================================== June 6, 2024 (II Akhet 21) 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: Claire Gilmour [(I) - VL (h)]; Hedvig Gyory [(I) - VL (j)]; Arlette David [(I) - VL (l)]; Nadine Gräßler [(I) - Germany (d)]; Ingrid van Sprakelaar [(II) - Japan (a)]; Michael Tilgner [(I) - VL (b); (II) - Italy (f)(i), Spain (d), Denmark (c)] _______________________________________________ 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-- [update] b) Universidad de Antioquia and Fundación Instituto de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto * I Simposio Hispanoamericano de Egiptología date 20 and 21 June 2024 place: a hybrid event -- online (Youtube) or in person at the University of Antioquia, City of Medellín, Colombia costs: $40 info: program and registration at [new] info: Spanish press report at Interview with organisers Ricardo Uribe and Carlos Arturo Fernández. h) Egyptology Scotland * Online lecture (Zoom): "Alexander, Cleopatra, and the Archaeology of Alexandria," by Dr Chris Naunton date: Saturday, 8th June 2024; 13:30 - 16:00 BST place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at RSS Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP costs: £10 plus booking fee info: info: abstract and booking at: j) HEFS Ancient Egyptian Committee and Vámbéry Ármin Oriental Academy * Online lecture (Zoom): Tóth Margit Coptic Memorial Lecture - "Ancestral Echoes: The Confluence of Myths in Early Coptic Artistry," by Dr Marwa Elkady date: 24th June, 2024; 6 pm CEST / 9 am UTC info: abstract at [You will have to autotranslate; the lecture itself is in English.] info: registration at or k) DFG Centre for Advanced Studies MagEIA Universität Würzburg * Online lecture (Zoom): ""Der mit verdrehtem Gesicht und gewalttätiger Stimme": Wohlwollende Beschützer mit unheimlichem Namen und wie man im alten Ägypten über „Dämonen“ denkt," by Prof. Dr. Rita Lucarelli (University of California Berkeley) date: 17 June 2024; 6:15 pm CEST place: a hybrid event - online (Zoom) or in-person at Toscanasaal, Residenzplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg. info: abstract and registration (Zoom-link) at l) Conversations in Egyptology (organised by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and Haifa University) * Online lecture (Zoom): "Discovering and Publishing Royal Statuary Fragments from Amarna," by Prof. Kristin Thompson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) date: Thursday, June 13, 2024; 6:00 pm IDT (UTC +3) costs: free info: for the link, please contact --GERMANY-- d) Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz * "Zur Verwendung von duftendem Firnis in den thebanischen Privatgräbern des Neuen Reiches", by Dr. Alexis den Doncker (Universität Basel) date: Wednesday, 12 June 2024; 18:30 place: Hörsaal 0-715 (HS 10), Forum 7, Campus JGU Mainz costs: free and open to the public info: abstract at -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --GERMANY-- [update] b) James-Simon-Galerie Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin * “Elephantine: Insel der Jahrtausende” [Elephantine Island of the Millennia] date: 26 April 2024 – 27 October 2024 [new] info: English press report at With a lot of background information. --ITALY-- f) Palazzo Sarcinelli Via XX Settembre, 132, 31015 Conegliano (Treviso) * "Egitto - Viaggio verso l'immortalità" [Egypt - Journey towards immortality] date: 23 October 2024 - 6 April 2025 Exhibition of more than 100 ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the Egyptian Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence; they illustrate the Egyptian concept of the afterlife and the rituals associated with it. Apparently, it is the same as the exhibition that is now in Moesgaard Museum, Højbjerg, Denmark ("Egypt - Obsessed with Life", 13 October 2023 - 18 August 2024). info: info: source - info: source - [update] i) Museo Civico di Erba Villa Ceriani, via Ugo Foscolo 23, Erba * "L’Antico Egitto ad Erba" [Ancient Egypt at Erba] date: 11 May 2024 - 8 June 2024 [new] info: Italian press report at Entrance will be free on June 8 2024. --SPAIN-- d) Museu Egipci de Barcelona / Museo Egipcio de Barcelona Calle València, 284, 08007 Barcelona * "Sortir al dia. El Llibre dels Morts dels antics egipcis" [Coming forth by day. The Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians] date: 31 May 2024 - 28 February 2025 Exhibition about the Book of the Dead, with 70 artefacts from the Museum's collection (15 of which are exhibited for the first time). Includes a photographic reproduction of the BD of Ani. info: info: Spanish press reports at --DENMARK-- c) Det Kongelige Akademi - Bibliotek Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50, DK 1434 København K * "Danish Design meets Ancient Egypt" date: 12 April 2024 - 21 June 2024 Exhibition showing 20 pieces of modern design furniture of which the designs explore ancient Egyptian methodology and inspiration together with contemporary circularity. info: (Danish and English) --CZECH REPUBLIC-- c) Mestské Muzeum v Jaromeri Husova 295, 55101 Jaromer * "Na brezích Nilu" [On the banks of the Nile] date: 6 June 2024 - 29 September 2024 Exhibition about several aspects of the ancient Egyptian landscape: on the animal world along the Nile, on the processing of natural materials and of animal and plant products, on gardens and flora along the Nile Valley, and on the Afterlife and its depictions. Earlier at the Náprstek Museum, Praha (24 July 2019 – 10 January 2021) and the Muzeum Jana Amose Komenského v Uherském Brode (16 June 2023 - 1 October 2023). Additionally, the present venue has a section dedicated to the memory of Egyptologist Bretislav Vachala. info: --AUSTRALIA-- [update] d) National Gallery of Victoria 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne * "Pharaoh" date: 14 June 2024 – 6 October 2024 [new] info: English press report at ---JAPAN--- [update] a) NEON's Crevia Base Tokyo 6 Chome-4-25 Toyosu, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0061 [new; was: TBA] * "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs" date: March 7, 2025 - September 7, 2025 [new] info: [new] info: English press release at [new] info: English press report at --------------------------------------------------- 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 --OBITUATIES-- [Submitted by Marsha Hill and Michael Tilgner] * Barry Kemp (1940-2024) [Or if you have no free registration there, try: ] =============================================== (IV) READ ON THE WEB --NEWSPAPER REPORTS ONLINE-- * Press release: "‘Queen of Egyptology’ comes to Bolton, 140 years after she helped create the Museum’s Collection" "(..) Bolton Museum is to display a newly conserved 130-year-old oil painting of Amelia Edwards, founder of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES). It will go on display from 12 June 2024 in the Bolton’s Egypt galleries. (..)" [For the event, with a free talk ("A Thousand Miles Up the Nile with Amelia Edwards" by Carl Graves), see ] * Press report: "One Of The World’s Oldest Games May Have Not Been Invented In Ancient Egypt After All" "The game of "58 Holes" is one of the oldest games in the world. According to traditional interpretations, the board game first appeared in ancient Egypt during the second millennium BCE [i.e., “Hounds and Jackals”], but recent excavations have also discovered evidence of the game in the South Caucasus during this period, challenging our understanding of its origins. (..)" -- Original research article [in Open Access]: Walter Crist, Rahman Abdullayev, "Herding with the Hounds: The Game of Fifty-eight Holes in the Abseron Peninsula", in: European Journal of Archaeology, First View article, published online 31 May 2024. * Press report: "Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?" Featuring Nico Staring, Salima Ikram, and Lara Weiss. [Next five items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Polish archaeologists find graves of monkeys and calves in ancient animal cemetery in Egypt" "Polish archaeologists have discovered over 200 graves of monkeys, dogs and cats in an animal cemetery from the 1st and 2nd centuries in Berenike, Egypt. They also found burials of calves, which - they assume - were sacrificed at the animal cemetery or a nearby religious building. (..)" -- German press report: -- English press release of the University of Wroclaw: "An international team of researchers led by prof. UWr Marta Osypinska, under a grant from a consortium of the University of Wroclaw and the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the UW, undertook research again last season at a unique site in Egypt, a first- and second-century pet cemetery in Berenike. (...) Only monkey graves have furnishings. These seem to be mostly objects for play: iridescent shells, knobbly things, a cow’s tail but also collars or harnesses. Quite often, monkeys were buried with ‘company’ and their own pets, the researchers believe. (...)" * Press release of Eurac Research: "Zwei Studien zeigen: Atherosklerose begleitet die Menschheit schon viel länger als angenommen" "CT-Scans und genetische Analysen an alten menschlichen Überresten deuten darauf hin, dass Atherosklerose beim Menschen über Jahrtausende hinweg aufgetreten ist. (..)" -- Italian press report: -- Original research article [in Open Access]: Randall C. Thompson et al., "Atherosclerosis in ancient mummified humans: the global HORUS study", in: European Heart Journal (2024), published online 28 May 2024. "In this study, the authors significantly expand the previous experience of computed tomography (CT) scanning to systematically identify atherosclerosis in the mummified remains of people from around the world and explore its presence in seven different cultures. (..)" * Press report: "Progresos en la exploración de la tumba de Amenmose" "Amenmose fue un cantero de Amón al que enterraron hace alrededor de 3.500 años en el área conocida como Valle de los Nobles, en la orilla occidental de la Antigua ciudad egipcia de Tebas. Unos investigadores de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) en Argentina avanzan, campaña tras campaña, con la exploración de esa tumba. Recientemente tuvo lugar la cuarta campaña del proyecto dirigido por Andrea Zingarelli, de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. (..)" * Press report: "Ricreato il volto di un faraone egizio 3.500 anni dopo il suo brutale omicidio" "Un archeologo della Flinders University in Australia ha ricostruito il volto del faraone egiziano Seqenenra Taa II (...) Gli esperti sono riusciti a effettuare una ricostruzione forense del volto del faraone, sia della sua faccia in vita che del suo stato ‘post mortem’, nonché della posizione degli oggetti che causarono le ferite al cranio che portarono alla sua morte 3.500 anni fa. (..)" -- English press report: "Scientists have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh (...), Seqenenre-Tao-II (..). A team of archaeologists at Australia's Flinders University pieced his face together using CT scans and X-rays of the king's mangled skull, showing the pharaoh with small eyes and lips and high cheekbones. (..)" With photos and drawings. -- Original research article [in Open Access]: Cicero Moraes, Michael Habicht, "A Aproximação Facial Forense de Seqenenre-Taa-II (c. 1558-1553 a.C)", in: OrtogOnLineMag, no. 9, published online 30 May 2024 * Press report: "Obiettivo Sabato e il viaggio nell’aldilà: la mummia di Taaset al Museo del Territorio" "(..) Una piccola chicca che appassiona sempre moltissimo è la sezione egizia con reperti quali statuette del pantheon egizio ed amuleti, donati nel 1908 alla città da Corradino Sella. È intitolata all’egittologo biellese Ernesto Schiaparelli ed espone numerosi oggetti, concessi in prestito dal Museo Egizio di Torino, provenienti dagli scavi da lui diretti. Tra questi la mummia e lo splendido sarcogafo dipinto con corredo di Taaset, proveniente da Assiut ed esposti in una suggestiva teca. (..)" With link to a small slideshow. --Follow-ups-- * Press report: "Crucial shift in River Nile's evolution during ancient Egypt discovered by University of Southampton" "(..) The team found that between around 11,500 and four thousand years ago, the Nile experienced significant valley incision, meaning the river cut down into its bed, creating deep channels and a narrower flood plain. This may have led to more pronounced and forceful flooding. (..) Around 4,000 years ago, the Nile abruptly shifted and there was rapid floodplain aggradation, where the river began depositing large amounts of sediment, building up the valley floor. This created a more expansive and stable floodplain. The river also progressively changed character during this time—from a dynamic wandering-braided system to fewer, more stable channels. The single-channel Nile we are familiar with today didn't really establish itself until around two thousand years ago. (..)" Cf. EEF NEWS (1344) for the original research article. [Next four items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Some more press reports about the study that showed cutmarks on mummy skulls with cancer: -- German press rweport: -- French press report: Cf. EEF NEWS (1344). * Press report: "Archaeologists find letters from Roman centurions [in Berenike]" Cf. EEF NEWS (1343). * Press report: "Découverte en Egypte : le sarcophage de Ramsès II vient d’être identifié" Cf. EEF NEWS (1343). * Press report: "Comment un bras disparu du Nil a permis la construction d’une trentaine de pyramides" Cf. EEF NEWS (1343). --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entry at the blog of the MUAFS Project (Munich University Attab to Ferka Survey Project, Sudan): -- "A Middle Kerma Period burial in Ginis East"(May 29) * New entry at the blog of the Jebel Barkal Archaeological Project: -- "Looting of Sudan National Museum" (June 3) * New entry at the "Egypt Centre Collection" blog of Dr Ken Griffin: -- "Saved from the Murky Depths: The Temples at New Sebua [- guest post by Linda Anderson]" (June 4) * New entry at the "Reports from the museum" 'blog' of the Society for the Promotion of the Egyptian Museum Berlin: --"Objects: Die Berliner Papyrusdatenbank präsentiert: Der Esel, Sicherer der Position des Pharaos?" (June 1) ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- * James A. Harrell, Archaeology and Geology of Ancient Egyptian Stones. 2 volumes. Archaeopress, 2024. Pb, 1098 pp., 1,100 b/w figs., 58 tables, 54 colour plates. ISBN 9781803275819. £125.00. (Also as eBook, £16.00). TOC and Sample Pages at "This book seeks to identify and describe all the rocks and minerals employed by the ancient Egyptians using proper geological nomenclature, and to give an account of their sources in so far as they are known. The various uses of the stones are described, as well as the technologies employed to extract, transport, carve, and thermally treat them. (..)" * Guillaume Charloux, Raphaël Angevin (eds.), La cour du Xe pylône à Karnak. Les fouilles de Michel Azim de 1975 à 1977. (BiGen 75). IFAO, 2024. 248 pp. ISBN 9782724710113. EUR 33. TOC at "In the mid-1970s, Michel Azim, architect at the Franco-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak, undertook the first large-scale archaeological investigation in the courtyard of the 10th pylon since the work of Georges Legrain at the beginning of the 20th century. Despite its importance, however, this operation has remained largely unpublished and the results of the work carried out have been the subject of only a few preliminary reports and notes. The present book concludes an ambitious program of inventorying the documentation of these excavations stored in several French and Egyptian institutions. All the results of the research carried out from 1975 to 1977 are re-examined here in the light of a stratigraphic evaluation test-pit undertaken in 2015—the archaeological material from which is analyzed by a dozen specialists. (..)" [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Friederike Werner, Das ›ägyptische‹ Geheimnis oder: Die verhüllten Tempel von Hohenzieritz und Berlin 1795 • 1850. VDG, Weimar, 2024. Pb., 200 pp. ISBN 978-3-89739-981-5. EUR 28.00. TOC and Sample Pages at "Der »Ägyptische Saal« von 1795 als Herzstück von Schloss und Garten im mecklenburgischen Hohenzieritz birgt ein »ägyptisches« Geheimnis. Von dort aus nimmt die preußische Ägyptomanie durch Königin Luise als Mittlerin eine überraschende Wendung, die bis 1850 nachklingt. Somit nähert sich dieses Buch erstmalig dem Rätsel zweier verhüllter Tempel." -- Press report: "Die verlorene Pracht Ägyptens auf Schloss Hohenzieritz" "(...) Das Schloss Hohenzieritz beherbergte einst einen Ägyptischen Saal. Der symbolisierte auch den Herrschaftsanspruch im Sinne der Freimaurer. (..)" --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- [update][Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Digitized book from the "La bibliothèque numérique de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée" (Digimom): -- Gaston Maspero, Catalogue du Musée égyptien de Marseille, Paris, 1889. - VIII, 208 pp. - pdf-file (11.9 MB) [new link] --NEW ISSUES OF (PAPER) JOURNALS & MAGAZINES-- * The TOC of the latest issue of Aula Orientalis, vol. 42, no. 1 (2024), is online at Among the articles [for free online]: -- Stefan Bojowald, "Schüler und Esel in der ägyptischen Literatur" -- Pablo M. Rosell, "La estela del supervisor del sello Mentuhotep (CG 20539). Análisis y traducción" --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * Old World: Journal of Ancient Africa and Eurasia [OW] -- vols. 1-3 (2021-2023) - [There's an Egyptological article in each issue.] =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS --JOB OPENINGS-- * The British Museum, London, is looking for a Project Curator: Egypt and Sudan to undertake research into and make publicly accessible the Nile valley collections, particularly those that relate to ancient Egyptian religious and/or daily life practices from New Kingdom to Roman period. Application deadline: 25 June 2024. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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: -- Phoenix, June 12, 2024, 00:45-01:30 and 20:15-21:00; June 13, 2024, 00:45-01:30 and 18:30-19:15 "Eine kurze Geschichte über ... Das alte Ägypten" -- Phoenix, June 12, 2024, 01:30-02:15 and 21:00-21:45; June 13, 2024, 01:30-02:15 and 19:15-20:00 "Die Sonnenstadt der Pharaonen" [Heliopolis] -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 14:05-14:50 "Ägypten von oben: Leben am Nil" -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 14:50-15:30 "Ägypten von oben: Leben mit der Wüste" -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 15:30-16:15; June 14, 2024, 03:25-04:05 "Ewiges Ägypten: Diesseits und Jenseits" -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 16:15-17:00; June 14, 2024, 04:05-04:50 "Ewiges Ägypten: Diesseits und Jenseits" -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 17:00-17:45; June 14, 2024, 04:50-05:35 "Ewiges Ägypten: Vermächtnis einer Hochkultur" -- 3sat, June 13, 2024, 17:45-18:30; June 14, 2024, 05:35-06:20 "Ewiges Ägypten: Wüstengeheimnisse" --MUSIC&THEATRE-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Caen. Avec sa compagnie de danse, François Mauduit ressuscite Cléopâtre" "La compagnie chorégraphique de François Mauduit présentera au théâtre de Caen (Calvados), son nouveau ballet, mardi 4 juin 2024. Elle y raconte la reine d’Égypte, entre mythes et réalités. (..)" --ONLINE AUDIO&VIDEO-- * Podcast episode of the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst: -- "Ein Ibis schaut sich um - Die vierte Kanope" (31 March 2024) [27 mins.] ["Wir suchen den noch fehlenden Deckel der Kanope Gl. WAF 11, der zu den Kriegsverlusten gehört - vielleicht befindet er sich noch irgendwo in München?" With links to online articles about the canopes.] * Podcast episode of the University Libraries Leiden: -- "The tragic fate of Egyptologist Herta Mohr" (4 June 2024) [25 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 2024, A.K. 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