=============================================== EEF NEWS (1397) =============================================== June 5, 2025 (II Akhet 20) 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: Barbara Szymanska [(I) - VL (a)]; Pawel Polkowski [(I) - VL (h)]; Cristina Alu [(I) - VL (i)]; Claire Gilmour [(I) - VL (m)]; Barbara Szymanska [(I) - VL (q)]; Francesca Jones [(I) - UK (h)]; Uta Siffert [(I) - VL (o); (II) - Germany (l)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Italy (q), Spain (j) ] _______________________________________________ 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] a) Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw * Conference "Poles on the Nile" date 9-11 June 2025 place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Room 210, Department of Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Main School), ul. Cracow Suburb 26/28. info: [new] info: registration at [new] info: program at * Keynote lecture: "Together against the time – Archaeology in Egypt," by Prof. Dietrich Raue* (Director of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo) date: 9 June 2025; 5:00 pm CEST place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person info: abstract and registration at d) Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University and Yale University * Seminar:"Old Kingdom Collapse at 4.2 ka BP Reconsidered: new perspectives and new agendas from the environmental and social sciences" date: 2–3 July 2025 place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Charles University in Prague, Campus Hybernská info: program and abstracts at g) Egypt Exploration Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "What is the future for Amarna's mudbrick heritage?," by Dr. Anna Stevens date: 8 July 2025; 1 pm BST costs: free info: registration at * Study Day: "Delta Dynasties: Cities of Power in Ancient Egypt" date: 12 July 2025; 1 pm – 6 pm BST place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Torrington Square, London WC1H 0XG costs: £15-£25 online, £30-£40 in-person info: program, abstracts and registration at h) Dakhleh Oasis Project * Online lecture (Zoom): "The Western Front in Egypt: The Senussiyya in Dakhleh Oasis and the Western Desert in 1916," by Dr. Olaf E. Kaper (Leiden University) date: 12th June 2025; 18:00 BST/ 19:00 CEST/ 20:00 EEST costs: EUR 3 info registration at Proceeds from the ticket sales will go towards the Dakhleh Oasis Project’s crowdfunding campaign. i) Austrian Archaeological Institute at Cairo * Online lecture : "The Remains of Objects Not Worth Describing: Pottery and the Valley of the Kings," by Dr. David Aston (Austrian Archaeological Institute) date: 10 June 2025; 5 pm CEST / 6 pm EEST info: abstract at info: registration for Zoom-meeting at (Meeting-ID: 698 3452 1636 | Passcode: j9NeSR) m) Egyptology Scotland * Online lecture (Zoom): "Temple accessibility in Ancient Egypt," by Dr Ken Griffin date: 14th June 2025; 13:30 BST place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at RSS Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP costs: £10 + booking fee; booking required info: abstract and registration at info: o) Abteilung Ägyptologie und das Ägyptische Museum der Universität Bonn and Verein zur Förderung des Ägyptischen Museums der Universität Bonn e.V * Online lecture (Zoom): "[Was war ein] "Gott" [im alten Ägypten?]," by Prof. Dr. Ludwig D. Morenz und Lukas Bohnenkämper M.A. (Universität Bonn) date: 18 June 2025; 18:00 CEST place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Ägyptisches Museum Bonn (Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn, 3. OG) info: abstract and Zoom-registration at q) Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw * Online lecture (Zoom): "Strategies of dumping pottery in the Roman port at Berenike, Red Sea Coast," by Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW) date: 12 June 2025; 2 pm CEST info: abstract at info: for the Zoom-link, please email --UK-- h) Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society * "Searching for the lost cities of Egypt," by Dr. Carl Graves date: June 7th, 2025; 2 pm BST place: Theatre, Oakwood Centre, Woodley, Reading info: booking not required; Members free, Visitors £4 (cash on door, no cards) info: abtstract at --CZECHIA-- b) Czech Institute of Egyptology * Conference: "Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2025. History and Archaeology of the Ancient Memphite Necropoleis" date: June 23–27, 2025 place: Charles University, Prague, info: program and abstracts 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] l) Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn P26, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn * "Mit Herodot auf Reisen. Wie der Vater der Geschichtsschreibung Ägypten und seine Gottheiten sah" [Traveling with Herodotus. How the father of historiography saw Egypt and its deities] [new] date: 20 February 2025 - 30 September 2025 [2nd prolongation; was: till 30 June 2025] info: [new] info: Projekt "Herodot und die Altertumswissenschaften – Eine fächerübergreifende Lehr- und Lernplattform" --EGYPT-- g) Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Giza * Temporary closure date: 15 June 2025 - 5 July 2025 info: English press report at * Official opening date: 3 July 2025 Open to the public from Sunday, 6 July. --ITALY-- [update] q) Scuderie del Quirinale via XXIV Maggio 16, 00187 Roma * "Tesori dei Faraoni" [Treasures of the Pharaohs'] [was: "I tesori nascosti dei faraoni"] [new] date: 24 October 2025 - 3 May 2026 [was: TBA, October 2025 - TBA, May 2026] Exhibition of 130 ancient Egyptian artefacts, 108 of which come from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, two from the Luxor Museum, one from the Museo Egizio in Turin (namely the "Mensa Isiaca"), and the rest from recent discoveries at the area of Luxor (e.g., from the so-called "Golden City", the administrative center of the time of Amenhotep III). [new] info: [new] info: English press report at "(..) Among the artefacts travelling to Rome this fall will be the golden sarcophagus of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, the golden funerary mask of King Amenemope, the triad of King Menkaure, the golden sarcophagus of Tuya, and the legendary golden fly necklace of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari. Also making the journey will be statues of Ramses VI and Thutmose III, intricately crafted royal jewellery, everyday tools, and decorated sarcophagi." [new] info: French press report at With photos. [new] info: Italian press reports at [new] info: French press reports at With photos. --SPAIN-- [update] j) Nave 16 – Matadero Madrid Plaza de Legazpi, 8., 28045, Madrid * "Cleopatra. La exposición inmersiva" [Cleopatra. The immersive exhibition] date: September 2025 - TBA [new] info: German press report 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 =============================================== (IV) READ ON THE WEB --NEWSPAPER REPORTS ONLINE-- * Press report: "Egypt repatriates seven ancient Egyptian artefacts from France" "(..) Among the recovered items are a wooden statue of the god Anubis in his jackal form, a votive coffin, two wooden human hands, a terracotta figurine, and three small papyrus scrolls. (..)" With photos. -- Other English press reports at * Press report: "Photos: Egypt recovers 11 artifacts from the US" "(..) These include: a vessel in the shape of the deity Bes, dating back to between 650 and 550 BCE; a funerary mask of a young man from the Roman era; a New Kingdom mural fragment adorned with hieroglyphic texts, depicting the upper part of a human figure; a tombstone dating to between the third and fourth centuries AD (...)." With photos. * Press report: "La mano del dio (djeret netjer)" Illustrated article by Gilberto Modonesi about the development of the personification of the Hand of God from its origin to its successive manifestations until the disappearance of this figure during the Persian period. [Next three items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Rezepte für blauen Farbstoff der Ägypter entschlüsselt" "Nachgekocht: Forschende haben herausgefunden, wie man den Farbstoff Ägyptisch Blau herstellen kann – das älteste künstliche Farbpigment der Welt. Insgesamt zwölf Rezepte mit verschiedenen Zutaten und Koch- temperaturen identifizierte das Team. Mit diesen lassen sich die unterschiedlichen Blautöne dieses Mineralpigments wie vor tausenden Jahren zubereiten. Dieses Wissen hilft nun Archäologen und Konservatoren bei der Arbeit mit Relikten der alten Ägypter, und könnte zudem zu ganz neuen Materialien verhelfen. (..)" -- English press reports: "A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue (..). The researchers used a variety of raw materials and heating times to develop 12 recipes for the pigments, providing useful information for archaeologists and conservation scientists who study the ancient Egyptian materials. (..)" -- Press release of Washington State University: -- Original research article: John S. McCloy et al., "Assessment of process variability and color in synthesized and ancient Egyptian blue pigments", in: npj Heritage Science, vol. 13, article no. 202 - published online 22 May 2025, in Open Access * Press report: "Amenhotep II fut le premier pharaon à être retrouvé intact... mais il n’était pas seul dans son tombeau" About Victor Loret and the "Royal Cache" at Deir el-Bahari. * Press report: "Mystère de l'archéologie : cette momie découverte en 1903 est-elle celle de la reine d'Égypte Hatshepsout?" "Découverte en 1903, gisant sur le sol dans une tombe, par le fameux égyptologue Howard Carter, une momie reste sans identité jusqu’en 2007 : après de nouvelles analyses, il s’agit sans doute de Hatshepsout, une quinquagénaire obèse, friande de miel, à la vie privilégiée mais rendue difficile par un violent psoriasis… (..)" --Follow-ups-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Una mummia egizia risalente a 3300 anni fa presentava già i sintomi della peste" "L'analisi paleogenetica della mummia di un uomo vissuto nell'antico Egitto ha sorpreso i ricercatori rivelando che potrebbe essere morto a causa della peste (..)." [Cf. EEF NEWS (1374).] --MISCELLANEOUS-- * Alain Guilleux has added two new entries to his website: -- Photo gallery [43 pics.] "Le mastaba de Rahotep et Nefret, à Meïdoum" (18 May) -- Photo gallery [18 pics.] "La tombe d'Horemheb à Saqqara, la cour intérieure, le mur est, partie nord" ============================================== (V) BOOKS & JOURNALS CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- * Dina Serova, Nacktheit im Alten Ägypten: Episteme, Lexeme und (Re-)Konstruktionen. (Lingua Aegyptia Studia Monographica 31). Widmaier Verlag, Hamburg, 2025. Hb, xii+776 p., ca. 40 colour and b&w ills., ca. 80 tables. ISBN 978-3-943955-31-6. EUR 99 (pre-order price until 30 June 2025: EUR 75; price for subscribers to LingAeg: EUR 75). TOC at "(..) Ancient Egyptian image-text-compositions can be used to study what was perceived as “naked” or “nude” and how the body was emically evaluated in certain situational contexts. Of special interest are also the epistemes surrounding the naked/nude body and how it was perceived and interpreted by researchers, whose conceptualizations of corporealities are sometimes biased. This monograph offers a comprehensive analysis of the representations and meanings of the naked/nude body in Pharaonic Egypt between the 5th and 30th Dynasties (c. 2300–350 BC). The focus is on a lexicological and lexicographical analysis of the conceptual field [nudity/nakedness]: Seven lexemes are analyzed in detail in order to grasp the semantic nuances and situational use of terms in the context of Ancient Egyptian texts. (...)" --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- * Online thesis: Jedrzejewski, Jakub (2020): Studien zur ptolemäischen Baupräsenz: Entwicklung und Charakteristika frühptolemäischer Architektur und Bauornamentik. PhD Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Cultural Studies, 2020. PDF - 101 MB. "(..) Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es also, einen Überblick über die ptolemäischen Bauwerke und Bauornamente klassischer Architektur zu geben, die sich über den Zeitraum des Frühhellenismus (ca.330–246 v. Chr.) in Alexandria, Ägypten und den außerägyptischen Territorien des Ptolemäerreichs erhalten haben. An ihnen sollen die formalen und visuellen Charakteristika jener Zeit dargestellt werden, wodurch Architektur als ein Werkzeug kultureller Veränderungen und kontemporärer Ausdrucksformen verstanden werden kann. (..)" * Online thesis: Yaseen, Fathi (2022): "Court of Priests" in the North Asasif necropolis: case study of the development of Theban Late Ramesside tombs based on recent excavations. PhD Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Cultural Studies, 2022. PDF - 28 MB. "The present study introduces a previously unknown group of Late Ramesside tombs recently discovered by the author in North Asasif. Their thorough examination, description and analysis is at the core of this research. (..)" [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Online thesis: Judith Jurjens, The Teaching of Khety and Its Use as an Educational Tool in Ancient Egypt. PhD Dissertation, Leiden University, 2024. - 457 pp., incl. 14 col. pls. - pdf-file (160.3 MB) "This dissertation examines The Teaching of Khety, also known as The Satire of the Trades (...). The first part of the dissertation presents about one hundred new sources of The Teaching of Khety, all of which have been studied and deciphered. The full text of these new sources is given, together with the textual witnesses that were already known. (..) The second part of the dissertation shows how The Teaching of Khety was used in ancient Egyptian education. (..)" --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * Kathlyn M. Cooney, "Surviving New Kingdom Kings’ Coffins: Restoring the Art That Was", in: Arts, vol. 14, no. 3 (June 2025), online 22 May 2025, in Open Access. * Reinert Skumsnes, «A Case Study of the Turin Satirical- Erotic Papyrus. Historical Bodies, Mundane Resistance, and Alternative Body Worlds», in: Unn Pedersen, Marianne Moen, and Ingrid Fuglestvedt (eds.), Gendering the Nordic Past: Dialogues Between Perspectives (Brepols, 2025), pp. 235-250. In Open Access. * Maria Nilsson, Ahmed Faraman, "Rock Inscriptions above the Speos at Gebel el-Silsila", in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Online First May 31, 2025, in Open Access. * Martin Sählhof et al., "Temples and Town of Elephantine. Final Report on the 52nd Season 2023/2024 by the German Archaeological Institute Cairo in Cooperation with the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research in Cairo". DAIK, 2025. PDF, 95 pp. in Open Access. --MISCELLANEOUS-- * Book review (in Italian) of Michael Eduard Habicht and Francesco Maria Galassi, Ankhesenamon. La sposa di Tutankhamon (2024) Review by Cappannella Elena (May 31, 2025). =============================================== (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS -- JOB OPENINGS-- * (&) Uppsala University, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation, has a fixed-term job opening for a (Temporary) Senior lecturer in Archaeology (with a focus on Egyptian archaeology and cultural history) The holder is expected to be able to teach at both the undergraduate and advanced levels in Archaeology and Egyptology. A Ph.D. in Archaeology, Egyptology, or Classical Archaeology and Ancient History is required. The scope of the employment is 50% of full-time. The position is limited to the period from 15 August 2025 (or as agreed) to 31 January 2026. Application deadline: 16 June 2025. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 =============================================== (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. 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