=============================================== EEF NEWS (1354) =============================================== August 8, 2024 (IV Akhet 24) 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: Michael Tilgner [(II) - Italy (b), France (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 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --ITALY-- [update] b) Fortino Leopoldo I Piazza G. Garibaldi, 9A, 55042 Forte dei Marmi LU * "Gli Egizi e i doni del Nilo" [The Egyptians and the gifts of the Nile] date: 1 August 2024 - 2 February 2025 [new] info: Italian press report at [update] u) Porta Siberia Mura del Molo Porto Antico, Genova * "Tutankhamon. La tomba, il tesoro, la maledizione" [Tutankhamun. The tomb, the treasure, the malediciton] [new] date: 2 December 2023 - 15 January 2025 [prolongation; was: till 2 June 2024] info: --FRANCE-– [update] c) Musée Champollion 45 rue Champollion, 38450 Vif * "Dieux et déesses d’Égypte, Le Panthéon de Champollion" [Gods and Goddesses of Egypt, The Pantheon de Champollion] date: 29 March 2024 - 29 September 2024 [new] info: French press report at --PORTUGAL-- [update] d) Immersivus Gallery Porto, Alfândega do Porto Rua Nova da Alfândega, 4050-430 Porto * "Misterioso Egito" [Mysterious Egypt] date: 9 April 2023 - *1 September [was: 30 April] 2024 info: Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. --MEXICO-- [update] c) Monumento a la Madre Calz. Manuel Villalongin S/N, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Ciudad de México * "Más allá de Tutankamón: La experiencia inmersiva" [Beyond Tutankhamun: The immersive experience] [new] date: 15 December 2023 - *16 September [was: May] 2024 info: info: Preliminary end date based on ticket sales 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 release: "'Screaming Woman' mummy may have died in agony 3,500 years ago" "(..) Beneath Senmut's tomb, they found a separate burial chamber for his mother, Hat-Nufer, and other unidentified relatives. Here, they made an uncanny discovery: a wooden coffin holding the mummy of an elderly woman, wearing a black wig and two scarab rings in silver and gold. But what struck the archaeologists was the mummy's expression: with the mouth wide open, as if locked in a scream. They dubbed her the "Screaming Woman." Now, approximately 2,500 years after her burial, researchers from Egypt have used the most advanced scientific techniques to examine the Screaming Woman and learn about her life and death. (..) From 2D and 3D CT images, Saleem estimated that the Screaming Woman had been 1.54 meters tall in life (..) and was approximately 48 years old at the time of her death. (..)" With slideshow. -- English press reports: "(..) Several other factors, including the decomposition process, the rate of desiccation, or drying out, and the compressive force of the wrappings, could all affect a mummy’s facial expression. “Burial procedures or post-mortem alterations might have contributed to the phenomena of mummies with screaming appearances,” the authors noted in the study. “The cause or true history or circumstances of the death of this woman are unknown, hence the cause of her screaming facial appearance cannot be established with certainty,” Saleem said via email. (..)" -- German press reports: -- French press report at -- Italian press report at -- The original research article [in Open Access]: Sahar N. Saleem, Samia El-Merghani, "Paleoradiological and Scientific Investigations of the Screaming Woman Mummy from the area beneath Senmut's (1479-1458 BC) Theban Tomb (TT71)", in: Frontiers in Medicine, vol. 11 (2024). Online 02 August 2024. "The Screaming Mummy of Cairo Egyptian-Museum Store, is an anonymous woman with a wide-open mouth coded as CIT8, discovered beneath Theban Tomb 71 (TT71) which is the burial site of Senmut’s relatives, the architect of 18th-Dynasty Queen Hatschepsut (1479–1458 BC). The study aims to evaluate if combining computed tomography (CT) with scientific investigations and archeological data of the Screaming Mummy CIT8 will reveal information about its physical appearance, health, cause of death, and mummification. (..)" * Press report: "Instagram Filters project to launch soon at Egyptian Museum & National Museum of Egyptian Civilization" "(..) The Instagram Filters project (..) aims to enhance the visitor experience at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Fustat. The project, slated for imminent launch, will utilize augmented reality technology to recreate the original appearances of select artefacts. (..)" -- Another English press report: * Press report: "Superstitions Fuel Widespread Child Sacrifices for Pharaonic Treasures" "On July 2, Egyptians were plunged into horror by the news of a child’s murder and the severing of his hands as a sacrifice to a jinn, a supernatural spirit, to open a Pharaonic tomb full of treasures and artifacts in Assiut Governorate in southern Egypt. (..) “It is known that when opening Pharaonic tombs, there must be a sorcerer present, who they call sheikh. But he is nothing more than a magician who performs acts of sorcery. He casts spells and summons jinn with the blood of children, who are often kidnapped,” an antiquities dealer and smuggler recounts. (..)" [Next four items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "La mummia di Ankekhonso sottoposta a TAC: l’esperimento" "In un’operazione senza precedenti, un team di scienziati italiani ha sottoposto una mummia di Ankekhonso di 3000 anni a una TAC di ultima generazione. L’iniziativa di sottoporre la mummia di Ankekhonso è frutto della collaborazione tra il Museo Civico Archeologico di Bergamo e l’Ospedale Policlinico di Milano. (..)" * Press report: "Museo Egizio di Torino, il ritorno di Nefertari: la moglie di Ramses II, «grande sposa reale»" "Da venerdì 9 agosto al Museo Egizio sarà visitabile il nuovo allestimento dedicato al prezioso corredo funerario. (..) [Nefertari,] Moglie di Ramses II, «grande sposa reale», ha probabilmente viaggiato molto di più dopo la sua vita terrena, perché il suo corredo funerario, per otto anni, si è spostato dall’Olanda alla Russia, poi negli Stati Uniti. Dopo questo tour internazionale, ora fa ritorno nelle sale del Museo Egizio di Torino. Da venerdì sarà inserito nel percorso di visita grazie a un nuovo allestimento sostenuto da Fondazione Crt. (..)" * Press report: "Ist es eigentlich okay, sich ausgestellte Mumien anzusehen?" "Dr. Stefanie Menke, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Professur für Museologie der Universität Würzburg, gibt im Interview mit TRAVELBOOK ihre Einschätzung zu diesem sensiblen Thema. (..)" * Press report: "Archäologe über Museen: Zwei Trends stören unseren Experten" "Eine spektakuläre Ramses-Schau in Köln erweckt den Pharao virtuell zum Leben. Pädagogisch wertvoll – oder teurer Multimedia-Klamauk? (...) Die zentrale Frage dabei lautet: Handelt es sich hier um die Zukunft erfolgreicher archäologischer Wissensvermittlung? (...) Informiert man sich über die Ausstellung, wird schnell klar: Hier wird Archäologie, genauer gesagt Ägyptologie, als Abenteuer verkauft. Dramatisch inszeniert und in Szene gesetzt. Das wird von einigen kritisiert – aber wurde Ägyptologie dem Westen jemals anders verkauft? (...) Aus museums- pädagogischer Sicht, wie ich es unter anderem kennengelernt habe, steht das Erlebnis vor der eigentlichen Vermittlung. (...) Aber im Falle der aktuellen Ausstellung in Köln scheint dies – das Event – gelungen zu sein. (...) Das Multimedia-Format ergänzt aus meiner Sicht die klassische Museumslandschaft und bietet neue Möglichkeiten der Vermittlung. (..)" --Follow-ups-- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Analizzato coccodrillo mummificato egizio di 3000 anni fa, ecco il suo ultimo pasto" Cf. EEF NEWS (1350)-(1351). * Press report: "Des sépultures de 2.500 ans retrouvées intactes dans une nécropole égyptienne de Tel el-Deir, à Damiette " -- Another French press report: * New entry at the "Egypt Centre Collection" blog of Dr Ken Griffin: -- "Return of the Coffin of Ankhpakhered" (Aug 5) * New entry at the "Reports from the museum" 'blog' of the Society for the Promotion of the Egyptian Museum Berlin: -- "Der ägyptische Getreidetransport -? eine Last für Mensch und Esel - BGU I 15 Kol. II (P. 6865 Kol. II)" (Aug 1) ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Caroline Dugand (ed.), Dieux et déesses d'Égypte : le "Panthéon" de Champollion. Musée Champollion, Vif, 2024. Pb., 111 pp. ISBN 978-2-35567-154-8. EUR 12.90. "Grâce à la présentation d’antiquités égyptiennes étudiées par Champollion pour son Panthéon, l’exposition du musée Champollion à Vif (Département de l’Isère) illustre l’apport de l’égyptologue à la connaissance des divinités. Une véritable plongée dans la redécouverte, au début du 19e siècle, de la civilisation égyptienne et de ses cultes." - exhibition catalog. --NEW ISSUES OF (PAPER) JOURNALS & MAGAZINES-- * The TOC of the latest issue of the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol. 53, no. 1 (2024), is online at Among the articles [not for free]: -- Dorian Vanhulle, "Boat Burials and Boat-Shaped Pits from their Origins to the Old Kingdom: Tradition, Continuity and Change in Early Egypt" --MISCELLANEOUS-- * In celebration of the creation of De Gruyter Brill, they are offering 50% off their entire program (Brill, De Gruyter, and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) this summer: =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS --JOB OPENINGS-- * The Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto is looking for a Sessional Lecturer to teach the course "Voices from Ancient Egypt" (September 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024). Application deadline: August 13, 2024. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For still current info about jobs and grants listed earlier, see section VIA of the website version: =============================================== (VIB) COURSES AND TRIPS --COURSES-- * EES Online Course: "Beyond Beginners Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs" Tutor: Joseph Clayton Dates: 10, 17, 24 September and 1, 8 October 2024; 18:00 (UK) Place: Online via Zoom Price: EES Member: £60, Non-Member: £120, EES Student: £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: -- ZDFinfo, August 10, 2024, 00:00-00:45 "Ägypten - Welt der Pharaonen: Untergang" -- Phoenix, August 11, 2024, 00:00-00:45 and 14:00-14:45; August 13, 2024, 16:00-16:45; August 14, 2024, 02:00-02:45 "Ägypten - Welt der Pharaonen: Lebensader Nil" -- Phoenix, August 11, 2024, 00:45-01:30 and 14:45-15:30; August 13, 2024, 16:45-17:30; August 14, 2024, 02:45-03:30 "Ägypten - Welt der Pharaonen: Götter und Könige" -- Phoenix, August 11, 2024, 01:30-02:15 and 15:30-16:15; August 14, 2024, 03:30-04:15 "Ägypten - Welt der Pharaonen: Metropolen" -- Phoenix, August 11, 2024, 02:15-03:00 and 16:15-17:00; August 14, 2024, 04:15-05:00 "Ägypten - Welt der Pharaonen: Totenkult" -- ZDFinfo, August 14, 2024, 07:30-08:13 "Ägypten von oben: Leben am Nil" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 18:45-19:30 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Macht der Elite" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 19:30-20:15 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Monumente und Ikonen" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 20:15-21:00 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Laster und Intrigen" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 21:00-21:45 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Große Erfindungen" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 21:45-22:30 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Geburt einer Supermacht" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 22:30-23:15 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Religion und Glaube" -- ZDFinfo, August 16, 2024, 23:15-00:00 "Die großen Rätsel des Alten Ägypten: Untergang" --MISCELLANEOUS-- [Submitted by Abraham Ignacio Fernandez Pichel] *New entries at the Egypopcult Database on Ancient Egypt and Pop Culture: # Films: -- Watchmen (2009), by Waleed Hawatky -- La sfige d’oro (1967), by Samuel Fernández-Pichel # TV Series: -- Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony: Egyptian Melodies (1931), by Filip Taterka # Video Games: -- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (2008), by Tara Sewell-Lasater =============================================== (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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