This weeks news from the EEF
Press report: "Egypt's ancient treasures expanding, luring more tourists and intrigues"
An interview with Dr Zahi Hawass in two parts. The first part is notably about the mummy finds in the Bahariya Oasis, narrated with some detail:
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=7755_0_1_0_M
The second part is about the Valley of the Kings and Giza:
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=7770_0_1_0_M
Notable detail is that he hopes to find intact parts(?) of the tomb of Seti I.
Press report: "New museums for all"
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm
"This year will witness the inauguration of up to five new regional
and national museums [in Egypt] and the re-opening of three
others after restoration and development to bring them up to
international standards."
Press reports: "First World Visitors Center opens in Valley of Kings"
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000001/0203000000000000000547.htm
"The LE 20 million project aims to protect more than 60 royal
tombs in the area. It is also meant to highlight history of the
antiquities in the area as well as raising the citizens' awareness."
[Submitted by Michael Tilgner]
Digitized books from Digital General Collection, University of Michigan
-- John Gardner Wilkinson, A popular account of the ancient Egyptians, vol.
I, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1854. XVI, 419 pp.
http://snipurl.com/lgg7
[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;cc=genpub;q1=egypt%2A;
rgn=title;view=toc;idno=AGW0844.0001.001]
-- John Gardner Wilkinson, A popular account of the ancient Egyptians, vol.
II, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1854. X, 436 pp.
http://snipurl.com/lgg8
[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;cc=genpub;q1=egypt%2A;
rgn=title;view=toc;idno=AGW0844.0002.001]
"The present account of the 'Ancient Egyptians' is chiefly an abridgment of
that written by me in 1836; to which I have added other matter, in
consequence of my having revisited Egypt, and later discoveries having been
made, since that time."
Blake L. White, "Ancient Egypt Provides an Early Example of How
A Society's Worldview Drives Engineering and the Development
of Science", The Strategic Technology Institute, 2003. Online paper
in PDF (97 kB):
http://www.strategic-tech.org/images/Egyptian_Engineering_and_Culture.pdf
"An examination of Egyptian engineering and science, principally during the
OK and MK, shows that religion drove the development of, and was
reflected by, their monumental architecture. These architectural wonders
served as a societal organizing principle and demonstrated the power of
the state (..). In addition, the supporting sciences, such as mathematics,
astronomy, geography, and medicine all had practical purposes in
support of the Egyptian religious worldview."
Álvaro Figueiredo, "The Lisbon Mummy Project: The employment of
non-destructive methods in mummy studies" (UCL). Online paper in
PDF (225 kB):
http://snipurl.com/lggp
[http://www.mnarqueologia-ipmuseus.pt/documentos/The%20Lisbon%20Mummy%20
Project.pdf]
Outline of the Lisbon Mummy Project (in progress) and a description of the
Egyptian mummies in the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (MNA) in Lisbon.
Rick Parker, "The Coffin of Paseshes: A Treatment".
Online paper in PDF (571 kB):
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/wag/2003/parker_03.pdf
About the treatment of a damaged Egyptian Late Period (800 BC) coffin
as conducted by Parker Conservation, Inc., plus a detailed history of
(and complete translation of the texts on) the coffin. The coffin
is now on display in the Arkansas Museum of Science and History.
End of EEF news