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EEF NEWS (523) ============= d.d. August 14, 2008 (IV Akhet 24)
Contents: (I) New: Lectures and symposiums (II) New: Exhibitions (III) Personals: personal and offtopic calls (IV) Read on the Web: online press reports in electronic newspapers etc. (V) Books and Journals Corner: book announcements, book reviews, journal issues appearing, digitised literature, etc. (VIA) Jobs and Grants: announcements of job openings and fellowships. (VIB) New: Courses and Trips: classroom & online courses, field schools, and non-commercial tours. (VII) (Multi)media: AE on TV, in Film, in Music, on CD-Rom or DVD (VIII) Websites: announcing, listing or updates of whole (mainstream) websites (IX) Lectures and symposiums on Ancient Egypt USA, Canada, UK, Holland, Germany, South Africa, Egypt, Italy, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Hungary, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Israel (X) Exhibitions on Ancient Egypt USA, Canada, UK, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Egypt, Italy, France, Monaco, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Greece, Switzerland, Poland, Japan, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, China, Russia, Mexico (XI) Courses and Trips (XII) Digital Media: online video and audio material (XIII) Digitised: Denkmaeler & Urkunden Notes: * Sections IX to XII contain the bulk of still current info from earlier issues (these sections are absent from the email version of the newsletter), while sections I to VIII contain new or adjusted information. * Of items marked with #, you can request from me the often longer announcement on which my summary was based. * Items marked with & are topics from earlier issues that linger on a bit (for irregular visitors of this site) or that were already on the EEF forum itself. * The double date in the header above is based on an accurate extrapolation from antiquity of the Ancient Egyptian (AE) Civil Calendar (365 days, wandering through the seasons, not determined by Sothis). * Please send any contributions and additions to: A.K. Eyma ========================================================================= With thanks to: Wendy Goodridge [(i) - UK (q)]; Glenn Meyer [(I) - USA (l)]; Charles Horton [(II) - Ireland (a)]; Bjorn Koopmans [(II) - Hungary (a)]; Kat Newkirk [(II) - Hungary (a)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Spain (a)] ========================================================================== +++ (I) NEW: LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS --USA-- l) ARCE/Northern California * Special two-lecture program on discoveries at the temple of Amenhotep III: "New discoveries and recent works at the funerary temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hettan", by Dr. Hourig Sourouzian "Foreign Folks and New Place Names in the Temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hettan", by Dr. Rainer Stadelmann Presented by The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley. date: Sunday, August 24, 2008; 1:30pm (!) place: Room 20, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Campus info: email x) Sierra Nevada College * 2008 Siebens Binz Tahoe Forum Includes a lecture by Dr Zahi Hawass date: Saturday August 23, 2008; 3 pm place: Hyatt Regency at Lake Tahoe, 111 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV 89451 costs: tickets at email or 775/881-7589 (event hotline) info: URL URL URL z) Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 tel. 7145673600 * ARCE Seminar: "Extraordinary Discoveries at the Colossi of Memnon Temple Site", by Drs. Hourig Sourouzian and Rainer Stadelman date: Saturday, August 23, 2008; 1:00 PM costs: $5 info: URL * Distinguised Lecture: "Pharaoh Hatshepsut", by Dr Zahi Hawass date: Sunday, August 24, 2008; 5:00 PM & 6:30 PM Reception 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM Lecture (i.e. there's a 2nd lecture) place: Norma Kershaw Auditorium costs: $30 ($50 incl. reception); the 6pm lecture is sold out info: tickets at tel. 7145673679 info: URL URL info: press release (in PDF) at URL * ARCE Lecture: "Excavations at El Hibeh", by Dr. Carol Redmount date: Saturday, September 13, 2008; 1:30 PM costs: free --UK-- q) The Friends of the Egypt Centre, Wales, Swansea * "Consultation and Controversy: The Redesign of the Egypt Galleries at the Manchester Museum", by Karen Exell This lecture folllows the AGM (6.30, Friends Members only). date: Wednesday 24th September 2008; 7:00pm place: Faraday A Lecture Theatre, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP costs: free for members, £2.50 non-members info: tel. 01792 295960 [update] u) Current Research in Egyptology * Conference CRE X The Call for Papers is on the website below; deadline for submissions is September 14, 2008. date: January 7-9, 2009 place: University of Liverpool info: URL [new] info: email ---- For previously listed lectures and conferences, see section IX below. +++ (II) NEW: EXHIBITIONS --USA-- [update] i) Indianapolis Museum of Art 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis IN 46208-3326 * "To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum" date: July 20, 2008 - September 7, 2008 [new] info: URL Has interactive CT scans of the mummy of Demetrios, plus photo galleries, video, etc. --SPAIN-- [update] a) Expo Zaragoza 2008. Exposición Internacional "Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible" [Expo Zaragoza 2008. International Expo "Water and Sustainable Development"] * Egyptian Pavilion. "The River Nile" date: June 14 - September 14, 2008 [new] info: press report at URL "Selon les statistiques du bureau de presse, entre 7.000 et 10.000 visiteurs fréquentent chaque jour le pavillon de l'Egypte. 'Les week-ends, ce nombre passe à 15.000', assure Marin." --IRELAND-- a) Chester Beatty Library Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. tel: (+353 1) 407 0750, info@cbl.ie * "Chester Beatty Love Poems" date: till the end of the year The famous Chester Beatty Love Poems from Deir-el-Medina are back on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle. Dating from c.1160 BC the scroll is one of the most important literary scrolls in the world and can only be displayed for very limited periods. The scroll is currently the centrepiece of a new display on Alfred Chester Beatty as a papyrus collector. After that the scroll will return to storage but is available for researchers. info: URL --HUNGARY-- a) Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest [Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest] H-1146, Budapest, Dózsa Gy. u. 41 URL * "Reneszánsz a fáraók Egyiptomában" [Renaissance in Pharaonic Egypt] date: August 8, 2008 - November 9, 2008 Features 150 objects from the 25th and 26th Dynasties which were characterized by a conscious retrieval of the past. Ca. 100 exibits come from major European collections, and ca 50 artefacts come from Hungarian institutes. One of the highlights is the Palermo Stone from the "Antonio Salinas" Archaeological Museum in Palermo. The exhibition is curated by Italian Egyptologist Francesco Tiradritti, PhD. Earlier it was in the Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia (March 4, 2008 - July 20, 2008). info: (in Hungarian) URL info: (in English) URL info: press report at URL ------ For previously listed exhibitions, see section X below. +++ (III) PERSONALS AND ADMIN NOTES [As you might guess, a "Personal" is exactly that: unlike with the others sections, entries are not necessarily in accord with the scope (mainstream Egyptology) of EEF. They usually are not in the Website version, except for Personalia/Obituaries.] +++ (IV) READ ON THE WEB ------NEWSPAPER REPORTS ONLINE------ [Caveat: it is well-known that a press report cannot always be taken at face value, and it is not possible for the EEF contributors (submitting items) and the moderator (editor) to verify the validity of the contents of all press reports in advance. ] * Press report: "Sphinx statues unearthed in Luxor" URL "An archeological mission of the Egyptian Higher Council of Antiquities (EHCA) discovered on Friday four headless statues of the sphinx (..). The statues were discovered on the ancient road connecting temples at Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt-also known as the "Avenue of the Sphinxes." According to Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the EHCA, the sandstone statues belonged to King Nakhtnebef, the founder of the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC). "The mission has found these statues during excavations in the area that lies between Khaled Ibn al-Waleed and the Luxor temples in the east bank of the Nile. They were under the remains of a police station that was recently demolished," Hawass told reporters. The team also excavated Ptolemic and Roman buildings along with a sandstone block that carries a cartouche (..) of famed Queen Cleopatra, the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. (..) Twenty Sphinx statues were discovered at the site in 2007, and archeologists expect many more to be unearthed. " * On his website, an interview with Dr. Zahi Hawass has been put up: URL [The info on the VoK is written down garbled, as nothing has been found yet at either spot (the radar anomaly in the central area, "KV64", and the recent dig area between Merneptah and Ramesses II, "KV65") AKE] [Submitted by Birgit Schoer and Kat Newkirk] * "Video: Mummy's secrets revealed" URL "French archaeologists have found one of the best preserved Egyptian mummies in Europe, in the basement of a provincial French museum. " [Next three items submitted by Kat Newkirk and Bjorn Koopmans] * Press report: "Rest in peace, Seti" URL About Abydos, its role as burial place and religious centre, its monuments.-- and the threats the site is facing: urban and agricultural developments and the Cairo-Aswan highway. The SCA will be implementing a development project for the whole site in a way that matches its archaeological and historical importance. "(..) In an attempt to protect the archaeological site of Abydos from any further encroachment, a wall will surround it and the 92 houses located along the road between both temples will be demolished. Residents will be moved to other houses now under construction by the Ministry of Housing in a nearby area after it has been archaeologically investigated. A high-tech visitor centre will be set up un front of the temple of Seti I, replacing the cultivated triangle, along with a cafeteria and a bookshop. "A sound and light show for the archaeological sites of Abydos is now under study as another tourist attraction," Hawass says." * Press report: "Egyptian mummy gets Leeds makeover" URL "Everyone likes to look their best when appearing in public and Nesyamun, the Leeds mummy, is no exception. Conservation experts are currently carrying out work to ensure the 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest and his inner and outer coffins look their best before going on display at the new £20m Leeds City Museum which opens on September 13. (..) Nesyamun lived during the reign of Ramesses XI, was a wab priest at the temple of Amun in Karnak (..) was 5ft 6in tall, was aged in his mid-40s when he died. He had well manicured hands with henna painted on his fingernails suggesting he had a privileged life.(..)" * Press report: "Egyptian archaeologists visit Erie Canal" URL "Four Egyptian archaeologists visited the Camillus aqueduct and Erie Canal Park last week as part of a cultural heritage preservation program through the U.S. Department of State and International Center of Syracuse. (..) Mohamed El Bialy, PhD, General Director of Antiquities of Aswan and Nubia; Tarek Hassan, PhD, Chief Inspector of Abusir; Moustafa Waziry, PhD, Director of the Valley of the Kings; El Sayed Yousef, MA, Site Director at Taposiris Magna. -- Press report: "Egyptian archaeologists spend time in Syracuse" URL "Four Egyptian archaeologists (..) have spent two weeks touring through American cities, including Santa Fe and Albuquerque, N.M., and Springfield, Ill. They will end their United States stay in New York City, after flying out of Syracuse.(..) Three of the archaeologists spoke at the Everson, drawing a crowd of about 200. The archeologists lectured on prehistoric and ancient Egyptian history (..). "I believe, that within my lifetime, at least five more tombs will be discovered," said Waziry, one of the archaeologists and director at Valley of the Kings. (..)" [Submitted by Kat Newkirk, Bjorn Koopmans, and Bob Bianchi] * Press report: "Egypt's ancient pyramids at Giza get makeover" URL "(..) Egypt unveiled on Monday the first stage of an elaborate project to modernize the site and make it more tourist-friendly, complete with security cameras and a 12-mile fence with infrared sensors surrounding the site. (..) The changes are part of a $26 million project that began seven years ago to improve the site, Hawass said. Still to come are a new lighting system, a cafeteria, and a visitors center and bookshop that will give better information on the pyramids, where tourist guidance is sparse. Once the project is complete, golf cars will drive tourists around the site, similar to those in use in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor and other ancient sites in Egypt. (..)" -- Some other press reports: URL "(..) Egypt unveils new security measures including a high wire fence and a ticket entry system. (..) No one will go into the area unless he has a magnetic ticket (..) The second stage of the security upgrade is about "changing the roads and changing electricity and also working on the development of sphinx square". URL "(..) The chain-link fence with its motion sensors, which reaches a height of 13ft (4 metres) at some points, will set off alarms and alert the security control room if anyone gets too close. (..)" URL "(..) Tourists enter through a new brick entrance building, with half a dozen gates equipped with metal detectors and X-ray machines. Once inside, their every step is closely watched by 199 closed-circuit cameras covering every corner of the sprawling plateau. The footage goes back to the control room, where guards monitor a bank of 24 screens around the clock.(..)" * Several Egyptomania items [submitted by Kat Newkirk (1) and Noreen Doyle (1)(2)(3)(4)]: -- Press report: "Fundraiser will help restore church organ" URL The Downtown Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37219, is raising funds for its organ fund. "The church's organ [1913] includes tubular bells, cathedral chimes and a case that conforms to the Egyptian Revival style of the church building and pulpit." A fundraiser will be held on 6 September. Note the church architecture is likewise Egyptian Revival (for enlargable photos, see URL) -- Early twentieth century Egyptian Revival architecture in Indianapolis, Indiana: URL [Note, however, that not all of the architecture shown in the accompanying photo gallery is properly speaking Egyptian Revival. ND ] -- On Pharaoh's Island in the Thames River, "many of the 23 houses on the island have names with an Egyptian theme to maintain the link [to Admiral Lord Nelson, who defeated Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798] The biggest of them, the Sphinx at the eastern end of the island, was recently on the market with a price tag in excess of £1m." URL --Follow-ups-- [Submitted by Kat Newkirk and Noreen Doyle] * Press report: "Museum works to make Egypt relevant to Las Vegas children" URL "(..) The Tomb & Museum of King Tutankhamen at Luxor [Las Vegas] shut its doors in June as part of a hotel-wide thematic revamp. Luxor donated the items formerly housed in the exhibit -- more than 500 of them, each a replica of an actual artifact -- to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Now, the museum is raising money to mount a new exhibit featuring the former Luxor replicas. (..) " * [Submitted by Kat Newkirk] Press report: "Fetus Mummies Were Likely King Tut's" (with slideshow) URL Has much background details about the fetus mummies, incl. the medical theories of Robert Connolly and Ronald Harrison about the older fetus, based on the X-rays. -- There's also a feature on the testing of the fetuses at the site of Dr Hawass: URL * A new web page on the website of Dr Hawass, about Khufu's solar boats (mainly photos): URL * Press report: "Egipto asegura que la Esfinge no está en peligro" URL A recent study of the University of Cairo shows that the Sphinx is not threatened by underground water, because the water is not poluted. The level and movement of the water has been researched, and the level has been reduced by 70%. A follow-up study will determine the origin of the water. -- An English press report on this [submitted by Kat Newkirk]: URL "Within two months the Archeological Engineering Center at Cairo University (AEC) will pump out the underground water in the area surrounding the Sphinx in a LE 2 million project. (..) water movements under the Valley Temple of Kafre [are described] as stable; as up to seven experimental wells have been dug, pumping 260 cubic meters of water every hour. (..) studies conducted showed that the water is potable and it was found within normal levels, at 4.8 meters below ground. The wells have successfully reduced the water to 70 percent of its original volume. Thirty-three monitoring points used to detect movement of the Sphinx’s body have also confirmed that the structure is stable. (..) a comprehensive two-year study on the sources of the underground water will be carried out (..)". -- Dr Hawass has put up an Update report on the Sphinx on his website: URL --MISCELLANEOUS-- [Submitted by Wendy Goodridge] * The Egypt Centre, Swansea University, object of the month for August may be found at: URL A plaque of coloured beeswax in the shape of a wedjet eye. --ONLINE TEXT RESOURCES-- * TBA * Michael's Text Resources are stored at: URL +++ (V) BOOK CORNER ---NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES--- * Troy D Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Family: Kingship and Social Structure. Routledge, Sept. 2008. Hb, 144 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-96156-1. GBP 60.00 "Scholars in Egyptology have often debated the following question: was the ancient Egyptian society organized along patrilineal or matrilineal lines? In taking a fresh and innovative look at the ancient Egyptian family, Allen attempts to solve this long-standing puzzle." ---DIGITIZED BOOKS AND ONLINE DISSERTATIONS--- [Next two items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Digitized books from "Google Booksearch" -- Johannes Duemichen, Bauurkunde der Tempelanlagen von Dendera in einem der geheimen Corridore im Inneren der Tempelmauer aufgefunden und erläuternd mitgetheilt, Leipzig, 1865. - 46 pp., 19 pls. - pdf-file (2.7 MB) URL "Wie bereits ... mitgetheilt, ... so wohnte ich nicht weniger als 3 Monate im Tentyritischen Heiligthum und unterwarf während dieser Zeit dasselbe in allen seinen Räumen einem sorgfältigen Studium. Ich werde nach und nach in geeigneten Publikationen das hier gesammelte reiche Material der gelehrten Welt zur Kenntniss bringen und mache ich heute den Anfang mit einem historisch wie mythologisch wichtigen Texte, welchen ich in einem der geheimen Corridore im Innern der Tempelmauer auffand und in einem höchst unergötzlichen Kampfe mit dessen Bewohnern, Millionen und aber Millionen von Fledermäusen, mir zu eigen machte." Publication of the building inscription of the temple of Dendera. * Digitized books from the Internet Archive -- Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome premier, Le Caire, 1911 (Les Temples immergés de la Nubie). - xxviii, 232 pp. - pdf-file (17 MB) URL "Im Herbst 1907 sandte Sir Gaston Maspero, _Directeur général du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte_, mich nach Nubien mit dem Auftrag "de copier, estamper, photographier, reproduire par tous les moyens possibles, les temples de Nubie les plus menacés par l'exhaussement projeté de la digue d'Assouan, à savoir Debòt, Guertassi et Taffah". Dieser Auftrag, von dem abgesehen ich keine Vorschriften über die Arbeitsweise erhalten habe, ist auf meinen Wunsch nachträglich dahin ausgestaltet worden, dass sämtlicbe Tempel, Felsinschriften und vereinzelten Altertümer des Bezirkes von Debod bis nach Kalabsche heran mir zur Aufnahme zugewiesen wurden, soweit sie nicht in das Arbeitsgebiet des 'Archaeological Survey of Nubia' gehôrten." -- Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome second, Le Caire, 1911 (Les Temples immergés de la Nubie). - 139 pls. - pdf-file (23 MB) URL -- Friedrich Zucker, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome troisième, Le Caire, 1912 (Les Temples immergés de la Nubie). - 169 pp. - pdf-file (12 MB) URL -- Charles E. Moldenke, Papyrus d'Orbiney (British Museum). The Hieroglyphic Transcription, Watchung, 1900. - 52 pp. - pdf-file (2.9 MB) URL Hieroglyphic text of papyrus d'Orbiney (= BM EA 10183), which contains the Tale of Two Brothers. The transcription is now superseded by LES, 9-30. [Photographs of the Hieratic original can be seen at: URL] -- Heinrich Schäfer, Von ägyptischer Kunst, besonders der Zeichenkunst. Eine Einführung in die Betrachtung ägyptischer Kunstwerke, 2 vols., Leipzig, 1919 [printed in Gothic type] --- vol. 1. xii, 203 pp., 1 pl. - pdf-file (16 MB) URL --- vol. 2. pp. 205-251, 53 pls. - pdf-file (10 MB) URL "Diese Arbeit über ägyptische Zeichenkunst geht in ihren Anfängen bis in den Beginn der neunziger Jahre zurück, wo ich anfing mich mit Zeichnungen von Kinderhand zu beschäftigen, und zugleich mit Hilfe von eigenen Aufnahmen nach dem lebenden Menschen versuchte, den Unterschied zwischen ägyptischer und unserer Zeichenweise k lar zu erfassen. Dieser Versuch war, wie der Inhalt dieses Buches zeigen wird, zum Teil aussichtslos, ist aber doch schließlich nicht unfruchtbar geblieben, da er mir den Blick geschärft hat. Die Darstellung des Menschen im Flachbilde hat zwar für mich auch weiter den Kern der Arbeit gebildet, aber sie ließ sich nicht behandeln, ohne sie in die ganze Körper- und Raumdarstellung einzuordnen ... Meine Arbeit ...möchte ... vor allem den Freunden unserer schönen ägyptischen Sammlungen in Deutschland ein Wegweiser sein, der sie dem Wesen der ägyptischen Kunst näher bringt; denn ich habe nur zu oft die Besucher aufmerksam und doch hilflos vor ägyptischen Flachbildern gefunden, auch solche, die das nicht offen eingestanden. Auf der andern Seite aber möchte mein Buch auch der Kunstforschung im allgemeinen dienen." A later edition was translated as: Heinrich Schäfer, Principles of Egyptian Art, Oxford, 1974, reprinted 1986 and 2002: "Best work for conventions of artistic representation. Difficult reading but good index helps." (Emily Teeter) -- Henri Gauthier, Le livre des rois d'Égypte. Recueil de titres et protocoles royaux, noms propres de rois, reines, princes et princesses, noms de pyramides et de temples solaires, suivi d'un index alphabétique, Tome cinquième: Les empereurs romains, Le Caire, 1917 (MIFAO, 21). - 259 pp. - pdf-file (18 MB) URL "Les monuments laissés par les Césars dans la vallée du Nil sont en nombre considérable, et il ne saurait être question ici de les mentionner dans leur totalité. Les inscriptions hiéroglyphiques nous ont conservé jusqu'aux cartoucbes de l'empereur Décius (249-251) inclusivement, mais les inscriptions et papyrus grecs et latins d'Égypte nous ont transmis des noms et des dates d'empereurs jusqu'à Héraclius lui-même (660-641), le dernier César qui ait régné sur l'Égypte. Je ne pousserai pas aussi loin l'étude des protocoles impériaux et je m'arrêterai à la mort de Décius (251), le dernier des Empereurs dont les cartouches nous aient été transmis en écriture hiéroglyphique." ---NEW ISSUES OF (PAPER&ONLINE) JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES---- * The Table of Contents of Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) no. 165 (2008) is now online (in PDF): URL ---DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND ONLINE PAPERS--- * UCLA's Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE), Open Version, has put up a new entry (August 10, 2008): Eugene Cruz-Uribe - "Graffiti (Figural)" URL * The Thera Foundation has put up articles from its Proceeedings, among which some dealing with Egypt: -- Barry Kemp and Fran Weatherhead, "Palace Decoration at Tell El-Amarna", in: The Wall Paintings of Thera: Proceedings of the First International Symposium. Volume I. pp.. 491 - 523. In HTML. URL "The relationship between decoration and architecture at Tell el-Amarna is explored through descriptions of three buildings: the Great Palace, the North Palace, and Maru-Aten. The illustrations include two architectural studies which draw upon unpublished material." -- E.N. Davis, "A Storm in Egypt during the Reign of Ahmose", in: Thera and the Aegean World III. Volume Three: "Chronology" Proceedings of the Third International Congress, Santorini, Greece, 3-9 September 1989. pp. pp. 232 - 235. In HTML URL Overview of theories about "Ahmose's Tempest Stela". -- L. Pomerance, "Improbability of a Theran Collapse During the New Kingdom, 1503 - 1447 B.C," in: Thera and the Aegean World I. Papers presented at the Second International Scientific Congress, Santorini, Greece, August 1978. pp. 797 - 803. In HTML URL About Marinatos' idea that the Thera collapse occurred during the co-regency of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. [The author argues that the AE tribute scenes negate Marinatos' dating. But note that based on these same scenes, Fred Woodhuizen has suggested that their changing depiction of the Keftiu (between Thutmose III and Amenophis II) mirrors the Minoan - Mycenaean transitional period of Crete following the destruction of Thera. Neither theory is overly solid IMO. AKE] -- Dagmar Kleinsgütl, "Some Remarks on the Felids of Thera", in: The Wall Paintings of Thera: Proceedings of the First International Symposium. Volume II. Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre, Thera, Hellas. 30 August - 4 September 1997. pp. 699 - 708. In HTML. URL "This paper summarises and compares the archaeological and iconographic evidence for lions and other felids in ancient Egypt and the Aegean area." [Next two items submitted by Ingeborg Waanders] * R.J.H. Wanhill; "Embrittlement of Ancient Silver". Paper delivered to the International Conference on Failure Analysis and Maintenance Technologies (ICFAMT), in Brisbane, Australia on 29-30 April 2004. 17 pp. (PDF, 5.74 MB) URL See 3.2 for technical analysis of a Ptolemaic vase. * Karen Margareth Bryson, "An Egyptian Royal Portrait Head in the Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University". MA Thesis, 2008. 128 pp. (PDF, 9.27 MB) URL "This thesis discusses a small, red granite, Egyptian royal portrait head in the museum's collection. The head is determined to be a fragment from a group depicting the king in front of the monumental figure of a divine animal, probably a ram or baboon. Scholars have attributed the head to the reigns of various New Kingdom pharaohs, including Horemheb and Seti I, but on more careful examination its style demonstrates that it dates to the reign of Ramesses II." --MISCELLANEOUS-- [Submitted by Chris Naunton (chris.naunton@ees.ac.uk)] * The Egypt Exploration Society has just announced a sale of older EES volumes at heavily discounted prices. A pdf of the leaflet is available here: URL The sale is open to members and non-members alike. [Submitted by Raymond Betz] * "Encyclopédie religieuse de l'univers végétal" - 4 volumes (in French) This remarkable encyclopedia can be purchased in whole or in part; the whole series has the following ISBN: 2-84269-309-4. -- volume 1 - Croyances phytoreligieuses de l'Egypte ancienne - Sydney Aufrère - ISBN 2-84269-310-8 - 560 pages - 1999 - 42,69 € -- volume 2 - Croyances phytoreligieuses de l'Egypte ancienne - Sydney Aufrère - ISBN 2-84269-502-6 - 610 pages - 2001 - 56,40 € Sydney Aufrère pursues here the investigations of the first volume, convinced that new topics in this field need new tools. In the same line, chapters have been grouped under new titles: plants of marshes and marsh regions - vegetal eatable specific offerings - trees of the traditional past, conceptions - plants and trees of funeral recensions - >From magic to simples: processes and usages - legends and greco-roman traditions regarding phyto-religious beliefs - simples and unguents, conceptual uses in preparations - principles of pharmacodynamics -- volume 3 - Croyances phytoreligieuses de l'Egypte ancienne - Sydney Aufrère - ISBN 2-84269-695-6 - 508 pages - 2005 - 40 € The third volume constitutes the follow-up of the preceding ones, giving the keys to understand certain aspects of the Egyptian religion intrinsically bound to naturalist facts (seasons, Nile flood, migration rythms, flowers and animal nature). -- volume 4 - Croyances phytoreligieuses de l'Egypte ancienne - Indexed Bibliography - Sydney Aufrère - ISBN 2-84269-696-4 - 2005 - 22 € This last volume gives a bibliography of 1754 references that will help the researcher to find all preceding data related to the topic of vegetal use in religious practices. It shows the wealth of works having been published in the past on this topic. [Submitted by Kat Newkirk] * BMCR book review of: Anton Bierl, Rebecca Lämmle, Katharina Wesselmann (ed.), Literatur und Religion 2. Wege zu einer mythisch-rituellen Poetik bei den Griechen. MythosEikonPoiesis, 1/2. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xii, 436. ISBN 978-3-11-019485-2. €91.59. URL Listed here as one of the papers is by Antonio Loprieno, "Das religiöse Zeichen und die Gefahr des Sakralen in ägyptischen Schriftum" (about the strategies used in Egyptian culture to determine the relation between man and the sacred). +++ (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS ---JOB OPENINGS--- [# = You may request from the editor the often longer announcement on which the below summaries were based.] * (&) The Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH), Brussels, Belgium have a probable job opening for a Scientific collaborator/ field supervisor of excavations at the ancient Egyptian site of Elkab (Upper Egypt). The position will probably be for two years with a possible prolongation of another two years. Starting date of the employment will be January 1, 2009. The first field campaign of five to seven weeks at Elkab is tentatively scheduled for November-December 2009. (#; full announcement was on the forum) * (&) In der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ist ab sofort die W 3-Professur für Ägyptologie zu besetzen.(..) Gesucht wird eine international ausgewiesene Forscherpersönlichkeit, die die Schwerpunkte der Bonner Ägyptologie im Rahmen des Instituts für Kunstgeschichte und Archäologie in Lehre und Forschung vertritt. Zu den Aufgaben gehört auch die Leitung des Ägyptischen Museums Bonn und ggfs. die Fortführung von Drittmittelprojekten. (..) Deadline: 12. September 2008 [#; full announcement at request] * (&) The Institute for Egyptology and Coptic Studies of the Georg August University Göttingen has a job opening for a Lecturer in Egyptology (Lecturer grade TVL 13) This is a two-year fixed term position starting October 1, 2008. An extension of the contract beyond September 30, 2010 may be available. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching classes in Egyptian language, history and material culture chiefly in the B.A. programme in "Egyptology and Coptic Studies" (4 hrs per semester). He/she will be managing a large Egyptological and Coptological library and undertake other administrative duties as required. The successful applicant will have graduated in Egyptology with above-average results (a completed PhD is desirable) (..) and is expected to have a good command of spoken German. (..) Closing date: July 22nd, 2008 [#; full announcement at request] * (&) Am Ägyptologischen Seminar der Universität Basel ist auf 1. Januar 2009 eine 50% Assistenzstelle zu besetzen. Voraussetzung ist ein abgeschlossenes Lizentiats- oder Magister- oder MA-Studium in Ägyptologie. (..) Die 50% Assistenzstelle beinhaltet wöchentlich 2 Stunden Unterricht in unterschiedlichen Bereichen der Ägyptologie, Mitarbeit in Bibliotheks-, Diatheks- und Institutsverwaltung, Organisation von Exkursionen und Veranstaltungen sowie gegebenenfalls Beteiligung an universitären Selbstverwaltungs- aufgaben. Die Anstellung ist auf 1 Jahr befristet, nach Evaluierung um weitere 3 Jahre verlängerbar. (..) Deadline: 30. September 2008 Full info: URL * (&) The School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool invites applications for three doctoral studentships within the School. (..) During the course of your studentship, you will be required to teach, in an area of your expertise, or provide research support, up to a maximum of 5 hours in any week during the course of each semester (a total of 110 hours per academic year). You will receive University training and departmental support to develop your teaching expertise and research skills to enhance your post-doctoral career prospects. Studentship holders are expected to submit their doctoral thesis within (at the most) four years of the start of their award. (..) Particular priority for 2008 may be given to applications in several subject areas, including 'Egyptian temple or tomb architecture' and 'Egyptian narrative'. Applications before July 16. (#) * (&) Zum 01.10.2008 ist am Lehrstuhl für Ägyptologie der Universität Würzburg die Stelle einer wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/eines wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiters (Vergütung nach 1/2 TVL E13) zu besetzen. (...) Die Stelle ist zunächst auf zwei Jahre befristet. (..) Bewerbungsschluß ist der 31. Juli 2008. (#; full announcement was on the forum) * (&) The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago invite applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Egyptology with a starting date in Fall 2009. (...) Deadline for applications is November 30, 2008. (..) Inquiries at email (with subject header "Egyptology Search."). [#; full anouncement was on the forum] * (&) UCL job vacancies: -- UCL Museums and Collections is offering a Museum Traineeship for an enthusiastic person interested in a career in museum work (...).The traineeship will be based at the Grant Museum of Zoology, the UCL Art Collections in the Strang Print Room, and The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, but the trainee will have the opportunity to work with other collections also. (..) Two years, part time (0.5 FTE) 18 hours per week. Applications before 20th June 2008. -- UCL Art Collections seeks a Project Assistant to manage a project to develop e-learning resources using objects from the collections. (..) 1 day per week (0.2 FTE), with working time to be arranged. The post is funded for 9 months (..) Deadline for applications is Friday 6th June 2008. -- More details about both: URL * (&) Swansea University, School of Humanities, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, has two job openings for: Lecturers in Egyptology (2 posts) One is a permanent, full-time position (lecturer grade 9); the other a one-year fixed-term, full-time position (lecturer grade 8). Reference 4816 Closing date: Thursday 19 June 2008. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 14 July 2008. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Eddie Owens, email. An application form and further details may be obtained at URL [#, full announcement was on the forum] * (&) The Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is searching for an assistant curator with special expertise in the ancient Egyptian language, literature and texts. This assistant curator will have responsibility for the inscriptions on statuary, relief and objects in the collection, as well as written papyri, ostraca, inscribed textiles and writings on other materials. He/she provides translations and interpretations of these texts to the public and the scholarly community, and complements the art historical and archaeological expertise of fellow curators with expertise based on linguistic and textual research. In addition, this assistant curator will be responsible for publishing texts in the collection him/herself and supporting the publications of outside scholars on MMA texts in ancient Egyptian. A PhD in Egyptology and relevant publications and lecturing experiences are required. A demonstrated interest in the interaction of textual and cultural studies is desirable. Applicants can send their cover letter and resumes to email and in the subject line put MW-EC. [Posted till July 1, 2008.] * (&) The Giza Archives Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is seeking an advanced Egyptology research intern from June 1 (start date is flexible) through August 31, 2008, with the possibility of a one- or two-year extension, subject to performance. (..) Preference will be given to graduate students in Egyptology at or near the Ph.D. level, preferably specializing in the Old Kingdom, and who are extremely comfortable with information technology. (..) Advanced reading knowledge of German is a must, and Old Egyptian (for Giza tomb wall scene captions, personal names, etc.) is a plus. The search will continue until the position is filled. Applications should be emailed to: email (#) * (&) The Opet Temple Archaeological Mission (Karnak, Egypt) is looking for a sealing specialist, in order to study and publish 250 MK print sealings discovered during the 2006-2007 field seasons. Contact G. Charloux (CNRS / UMR 8167) email (please attach your resume/CV to your email message). * (&) Past Preservers, a company that aims to provide historical and archaeological consultancy and professional support to the media industry and the archaeological community, is currently looking for experts in all fields who would like to join our database for involvement both on and off camera in future documentaries. If you are interested please forward us a CV, a photo and a pen portrait (you in 100 words or less). For further information about us, see our website URL ---GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS--- [# = You may request from the editor the often longer announcement on which the below summaries were based.] [Submitted by Eugene Cruz-Uribe] * (&) The SSEA is pleased to announce the 2008 competition for two research prizes in the sum of approximately $3000 US. The competition is open to doctoral students, and recent post doctoral students, from universities in the United States and Canada who study any aspect of ancient Egypt. Application deadline: midnight PDT, MAY 30, 2008. (#) [Submitted by Ashley Cooke] * (&) The National Museums Liverpool and the University of Liverpool are pleased to announce a fully funded PhD studentship in the Antiquities Department at World Museum Liverpool. Beginning in October 2008, and working in collaboration with the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (SACE) at the University of Liverpool, the studentship will fund three years full-time study on a project to research 'The lost Hittite Gallery: John Garstang and Turkey'. The project is being funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and further can details can be found at: URL * (&) The Graduate Academy at the Centre for Studies of the Ancient World, University of Heidelberg, "Spaces, Images, Forms of Life in Ancient Civilizations", invites applications for 5 PhD scholarships in Egyptology, Ancient History, Assyriology, Byzantine Archaeology and Art History, Classical Archaeology, Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, for 24 months starting between June 1st, 2008, and August 1st, 2008. The deadline for applications is April 15th, 2008. * (&) The Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows' at the University of Heidelberg offers 16 Graduate Scholarships in Asian and European Transcultural Studies (deadline for applications is May 1st 2008). info: URL * (&) The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) announces a new 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to begin in the Fall Quarter of the 2008-2009 school year. The Fellowship is intended to give promising scholars the opportunity to pursue their own research and at the same time interact with a large and diverse group of faculty, graduate students, and affiliated researchers with a wide range of theoretical and methodological specialties. The Cotsen Institute faculty are primarily from five departments-Anthropology, Art History, Classics, History and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures-with affiliated faculty from a dozen departments on the UCLA campus. Application deadline: February 1, 2008. (#) * (&) Information about the Sarah J. Clackson Coptic Fund may be found at: URL "The fund provides travel and research grants to anyone undertaking work on Coptic manuscripts, especially those for which there is documentation in the Clackson bequest, including the viewing, preparation, and recording of material, but excluding conservation." [The next meeting for the review of applications is February, so applications need to be submitted by the end of January.] (VIB) NEW: COURSES AND TRIPS For previously listed courses, trips and field schools, see section XI below. --COURSES-- * Dr Lucia Gahlin will be teaching the following unassessed on-line Egyptology courses for the University of Exeter, Department of Lifelong Learning: -- Ancient Egypt: Culture and Society Starting on Monday 13th October for 16 weeks. -- An Introduction to the World of Ancient Egypt Starting on Monday 13th October for 20 weeks. -- Religion and Art of Ancient Egypt Starting on 9th February for 20 weeks. -- For information and Syllabus Plans of these courses (fee: GBP 120 per course), you may contact email --TRIPS & TOURS-- [Only tours organized by non-profit Egyptological organisations (notably if the proceeds go to public education or site excavation/conservation) will be listed here.] * TBA --FIELD SCHOOLS-- * (&) New York University's Archaeology and History Program in Egypt, will have a field school at Amheida (ancient Trimithis) in Dakhleh Oasis, as part of its semester program offered each year from January to March for advanced undergraduates. Info: URL Applications will be reviewed May 9, 2008. +++ (VII) (MULTI)MEDIA ---TV--- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * On German TV: -- WDR, August 17, 2008, 13:55-14:40 "Der Nil - Königreiche am Fluss (1)" -- HR, August 19, 2008, 13:30-14:15 "Der Nil: Königreiche am Fluss" -- HR, August 20, 2008, 13:30-14:15 "Der Nil: Die große Flut" --FILMS, DVDs & CDROMS-- (&)[Submitted by Kat Newkirk, Katherine Griffis and Bjorn Koopmans] * Press report: "Egyptian elite tombs accessible for all" URL "A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 Mastaba tombs.(..)" Publisher's information: (ISBN: 978-90-429-1826-9; 80 EURO) URL “The project has the aim to get insight in the developments of number, size, internal organization and shape of the various (sub)themes, their location in the tomb, their wall position (upper/middle/lower level), and their orientation (north/east/south/west) on the walls. This reflects the dynamics of Old Kingdom funerary culture in general aspects (collective) and in specific cases (individual). Simultaneously it reveals possible local variations, mainly among the large necropoleis of Saqqara and Giza." EUR 80 [For the original Dutch announcement, see the forum dd. April 16.] -- Another (near identical) press report: URL (&) [Submitted by Kat Newkirk] * Companion DVD To King Tut Exhibition Tour Hosted By Omar Sharif; Available July URL This "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" DVD "includes interviews with Dr. Zahi Hawass as well as may other individuals that were instrumental in organizing this exhibit. (..) The DVD - hosted by the legendary Omar Sharif - draws you into the exhibit, showcasing the inventive exhibit design and innovative technology which the visitors experienced. (..) This DVD gives you an up-close and incredibly detailed look beyond the shimmering gold and beautiful treasures - isolating each piece with multiple camera angles, and beautiful moving images." --- Online DVD Review of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaoh Official Exhibition DVD URL * (&) For reviews of some CD-ROMs, see the website: EEF: CD-ROMs --ONLINE VIDEO & AUDIO-- * TBA * For previously listed online videos, see section XII below. --SOFTWARE-- * (&) 'HorNET software series' (a non-commercial project by J.-P. Graeff) has released the successor of Perfect Glyph: Vector Office 2008 URL "The new Vector Office 2008 is a high-end vector graphics editor. It produces scalable vector graphics for publications and presentations (..) and serves as a textprocessing software for hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphic library contains more than 6.900 hieroglyphs so far. Users can easily add new hieroglyphs or manipulate existing ones." Vector Office 2008 is shareware (registration fee is 25.00 Euro). --MUSIC & THEATRE--- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Musical "Nofretete - Schönheit und Wahnsinn" date: September 5 / 6 / 7 / 12 / 13, 2008 place: Mehrzweckhalle in Neukirchen/Walde press report: URL "Besucher sind eingeladen, eine musikalische Reise durch das prunkvolle, gigantische und wundersame Ägypten zur Zeit der Pharaonen zu machen." [Submitted by Kat Newkirk and Bjorn Koopmans] * Press report: "TriArts produces fast-paced 'Aida' " URL [might need registration by now] Production of the Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida at the TriArts Sharon Playhouse, with description of the story and the scenes. -- Another press report on this: URL "(..) I hadn't seen the show since its premiere on Broadway nearly a decade ago, a production that was as overwrought and overstuffed as a Christmas goose. So the well-staged and beautifully-sung Sharon production came as a pleasant surprise. (..) "Aida" plays through Aug. 17 at TriArts Sharon Playhouse, 49 Amenia Road, just west of the junction of routes 4 and 41 in Sharon. (TriArts)" [Submitted by Kat Newkirk] * Press report: "Egypt’s “Aida” sold out at new Beijing Opera" URL The Cairo Opera House’s choir, ballet and symphony orchestra staged their first China performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera “Aida” at Beijing’s new landmark Opera House. [Submitted by Kat Newkirk and Noreen Doyle] * Press report: "Texas Ballet Theater sets Wednesday deadline to raise $70,000 for China trip" URL "The Texas Ballet Theater has given itself until Wednesday to raise at least $70,000 or the company may have to cancel its participation in the China Shanghai International Arts Festival in October, the ballet chairwoman said Saturday.(..) The tour is scheduled to run 10 days and involve 40 dancers, performing the full-length story ballet Cleopatra and a separate program of short works. Cleopatra, created by the ballet’s artistic director, Ben Stevenson, is scheduled to be televised for an anticipated audience of 500 million. (...) -- Another press report on this: URL (&) [Submitted by Ingeborg Waanders] * Aida: -- Introductory podcast of San Diego Opera: URL Audio clips and explanation about the story of the opera Aida, ca. 20 minutes. -- Full stream of a 1929 recording op the opera: URL or URL -- Libretto: URL (&) [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Paul Esswood [singer], Hymn to the Sun from the Opera Akhnaten by Philip Glass, 6:12 mins., illustrated by paintings of Claude Monet URL -- Libretto of this opera ("Hymn to the Aten", Act II, Scene 4) URL -- Act I, Prelude, verses 1 and 2, text from the Pyramid Texts, 10:55 mins. URL -- Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III, text sung in Egyptian, 5:24 mins., musical background for an animated film URL -- Act I, Scene 3: The Window of Appearances, text sung in Egyptian, 4:34 mins., scene from the film Alien Visitor URL --FICTION (NOVELS, GAMES & MOVIES)-- [Submitted by Marianne Luban] * (&) I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, "The Pharaoh's Barber", a murder-mystery set in the court of Thutmose III. It is available at URL in either paperback or download formats. At this time, pricing is only in US currency but will be available in pounds sterling or euros, as announced. Any questions should be addressed to email +++ (VIII) WEBSITES * "Amarna - Ancient City of Akhenaten" URL This website of the Egypt Exploration Society Expedition to Tel El Amarna recreates Akhetaten and allows visitors to see parts of the archaeological site as it was at the end of Akhenaten's reign. With photos, computer models, and animated films. * Ingeborg Waanders has made a webpage that gathers venues (museum shops, mostly) at which one can acquire quality replicas of ancient Egyptian statuary and reliefs, listing only those of which the quality ranges from fairly good to very good. Additions are invited. URL +++ (IX) LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS --USA-- a) ARCE/NT society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00pm place: Fondren Science Building, Room 123, at the Southern Methodist University campus, 3125 Daniel, Dallas, Texas. costs: free to visitors and members (donations at the door welcome) info: email b) American Research Center in Egypt * ARCE 59th Annual Meeting 2008 Abstracts of papers are invited before January 4, 2008. date: April 25-27, 2008 place: Grand Hyatt Seattle Hotel, Seattle, Washington info: URL info: tabular version of the programme, which enables people to easily see what's going on at a particular time: URL (in PDF) Provided by John Wall c) University of Pittsburgh, Department of Classics * “The Magic of Art and Writings in Ancient Egypt,” by Lanny Bell (Brown University) date: April 9, 2008; 4:30 p.m. place: 363 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. costs: open to the public info: press report at URL info: URL d) - e) ARCE New Mexico Chapter PO BOX 4152 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6-8pm place: Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Marting Luther King Blvd. & Redondo st., Albuquerque costs: donations at the door welcome info: email; tel. (505) 615-9675 f) Biblical Archaeology Society of New York (BASNY) society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6pm (dinner), 7:30 pm (lecture) place: Delphi Restaurant, 109 West Broadway (corner of Reade Street), New York costs: dinner and lecture is $22 for members, $35 for nonmembers; lecture alone is $12 for members and $20 for nonmembers. info: email g) The Egyptological Seminar of New York (ESNY) P.O. Box 1451, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276 * TBA date: ...., 2008; 7:00PM place: Uris Orientation Theater (sic!), MMA costs: note that ESNY lectures are free for first-timers, but regular attendees are expected to join ESNY. info: email h) ARCE/Oregon Chapter * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30 pm place: Room 238, Smith Memorial Union, Portland State University costs: free and open to the public info: email i) ARCE/AZ * TBA date: .., 2008; 7 pm place: Room 205 of the "Swede" Johnson Alumni Association building on the University of Arizona campus, 1111 N. Cherry (NW corner of Cherry and Speedway), Tucson, Arizona. costs: free and open to all info: Suzanne Onstine at email or Anne Lopez at 520-621-9026 j) ARCE/DC URL * "The Tomb of Nakht - Small but Beautiful", by Dr. Matthias Seidel date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 6:30 PM place: Benjamin T. Rome Auditorium of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. costs: free and open to all info: email k) ARCE/Atlanta Interest Group * TBA date: ..., 2008; 10:00 a.m. place: Reception Hall, 3rd floor of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, of Emory University, 571 South Kilgo Street Atlanta, Georgia costs: free and open to the public info: tel. 404-712-9854 (Candy Tate) or email l) ARCE/Northern California society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 2:30pm place: Room 20, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Campus info: email m) Egypt Exploration Organization of Southern California, (EEO/SC; previously: ARCE/SC) * TBA date: ..., 2008; TBA (5 p.m.?) place: Los Angeles area, venue TBA costs: lecture plus dinner $20, reservations required info: for venue and reservations, contact email or (323) 874-8681 / (818) 768-1236 n) ARCE/Pennsylvania Chapter URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6:30pm place: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Classroom 2 3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA costs: free to ARCE-PA members; $5 - general public, $3 - University Museum members. info: email * TBA date: ...., 2008; 6:00 PM place: Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia costs: $5 general admission, $3 for members of Penn Museum, free for ARCE/PA members. info: email o) Egyptian Study Society society's website. * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00 p.m. place: Ricketson Auditorium, Denver Museum of Nature and Science info: email p) UCLA/Getty Conservation Program, Cotsen Institute * Storage Symposium: "Preservation and Access to Archaeological Materials" date: June 6-8, 2008 place: Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History costs: registration deadline is April 15th, 2008 info: schedule and abstracts (PDF) at URL info: register with email (mention name, title, affiliation, and interest in attending Villa reception; use "Storage Symposium" as subject of e-mail) q) ARCE/Orange County California Chapter society's website * A Full Day Seminar: "Ancient Egyptian Medical and Magical Practices", presented by Dr. Robert Ritner Topics include: Magic and Medicine in Theory and Practice, Curses and Love Charms, How a Temple Works, The Great Deities of Egypt, The Function of Egyptian Art. Sponsored by the American Research Center in Egypt, Orange County Chapter, the Egypt Exploration Organization of Southern California, the Orange County Public Library, and the Bowers Museum. date: June 7, 2008; 9:30 AM to 4:45 PM (doors open 9:00 AM) place: Norma Kershaw Auditorium, Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92706 costs: $40 ARCE/EEO Members, $45 General Public, $30 Student with id. Space is limited. If not sold out beforehand, registration closes 5/29/08. (form, #) info: email * TBA date: ..., 2008; 3:00 p.m place: Sea Country Community Center, 24602 Aliso Creek Road, Laguna Niguel, CA costs: free and open to all info: email r) Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00 PM place: Life Sciences Bldg. A, Room 191, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ costs: free and open to the public info: email s) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 tel. (212) 570-3770 * TBA date: .., 2008; place: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium costs: free with museum admission info: URL t) ARCE / Northwest (Seattle) Chapter society's website * TBA date: .., 2008; 6:30pm place: Thompson Hall, Room 325, University of Washington, Seattle, WA costs: admission is free info: email info: URL u) Embassy of Egypt 3521 International Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008 * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6:30 PM costs: free info: please RSVP at tel. (202) 895-5463 v) The Smithsonian Resident Associates Program (RAP) PO Box 23293, Washington, DC 20026-3293 * TBA date: ...2008 ; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. costs: tickets $131, RAP members $85, senior members $77 place: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W. info: tel. 202-252-0012 info: URL w) Center for the Ancient Mediterranean 501 Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY 10027 URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 5 pm place: Room 832, Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University's Morningside campus, 116th Sreet and Broadway, New York info: URL x) - y) Egyptology and Ancient Egyptian Studies Society (EAESS) * TBA date: .., 2008; 1:30pm-3:00 place: Panera Bread, Owasso, Ok (Off 96th St and Hwy 169, by Kohl's) info: URL, email z) - za) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago * "Excavations at Edfu, Egypt", by Dr Nadine Moeller (Oriental Institute; director of excavations at Tell Edfu) date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 7:00 PM place: Oriental Institute Breasted Hall, 1155 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 costs: free info: tel. 773-834-9777 info: URL zb) - zc) - zd) Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at the University of Memphis URL * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Fogelman Executive Center, Room 123; 330 Innovation Drive, University of Memphis Campus, Memphis, TN (USA) 38152. ze) - zf) - zg) - zh) ARCE/Chicago Chapter URL * "Coptic Graffiti and Early Christian Impressions of the Past", by Jennifer Westerfeld This talk will draw on recent fieldwork at Abydos and sites in Egypt's Kharga Oasis to discuss how Christian graffiti from the late antique period (roughly 350-750 CE) reflect changing attitudes towards sacred space and can help us reconstruct early Egyptian Christians' impressions of the pharaonic monuments that still dominated the landscape at that time. date: March 29, 2008; 5:00 pm place: The Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago costs: free and open to the public info: tel. 773 702 1062 zi) UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology * Symposium on Archaeological Storage Organised by the UCLA/Getty Master's Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation; will bring together directors of excavations and of centralized storage repositories for archaeological collections, archaeological conservators who have achieved innovative and accessible storage methods, and archaeologists who have developed digital management systems for portable finds. date: June 2008 place: Lenart Auditorium at UCLA, Los Angeles. info: URL (PDF) zj) - zk) The Memphis area interest group for ARCE * TBA date: ..., 2008; 3-4 pm place: University of Memphis campus, Mitchell Hall room 309, Memphis, TN costs: free and open to the public info: Suzanne Onstine at URL or 901-678-3383 zl) Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, * Symposium: The Pharaoh Who Mentioned Israel: the Merneptah Symposium Speakers: Ellen Morris, Colleen Manassa, Peter Feinman date: March 2, 2008; 2:00-5:00 place: 7th floor, JCC, 334 Amsterdam Avenue (76th Street), New York, info: programme was on the forum (#), to register go to http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?catid=1040#16976 zm) AIA / East Tennessee Society URL * "Beloved Beasts: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies", by Dr. Salima Ikram date: April 03, 2008; 07:30 PM place: McClung Museum Auditorium TN costs: free and open to the public info: tel. 974-8279 info: URL --CANADA-- a) La Société pour l'Étude de l'Égypte Ancienne Society for the Study for Egyptian Antiquities society website * SSEA Scholars' Colloquium. The deadline for papers is October 1st, 2008. date: Friday, October 31st, 2008, 9:30 am - 5 pm, and Sunday, November 2nd, 2008. place: the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens' Park, Toronto costs: free info: email info: URL * SSEA's 34th Annual Symposium: "Ancient Egypt and Nubia: Golden Kingdoms of the Nile" Confirmed speakers so far include: Prof. Krzysztof Grzymski, Prof. David O'Connor, Dr. Mariam Ayad, Prof. Jean Revez. date: November 1st, 2008. place: Lecture Theatre of the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens' Park Cres., Toronto costs: TBA info: email --SSEA Toronto Chapter-- * "A Many-Splendoured Thing: Love and Sex in Ancient Egypt", by Deirdre Keleher date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008; 7:00 pm place: Room 323, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, Ontario costs: free to SSEA members, $5 from non-members info: email * "The Greeks Rule! How the Greeks Shaped Our Perception of Ancient Egypt", by Dr. Steven B. Shubert date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | 7:00 pm place: Room 323, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, Ontario costs: free to SSEA members, $5 from non-members info: email -- SEEA Chapitre de Montréal / SSEA Montreal Chapter-- society website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18h00 place: Bureau des Affaires Culturelles et de l'Éducation (BACE) du Consulat Général d'Égypte, 1 Place Ville-Marie, 19ième étage, suite 1936, Montreal, Quebec costs: free; RSVP- to reserve your place please call: 514-353-4674 info: email * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:00 place: The Espace culturel of Librairie Monet, 2752 de Salaberry in Montreal. costs: free for members, $12.00 for non-members. To confirm your place, please contact email info: email or tel. 514-353-4674 --SSEA Calgary Chapter--- * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00 pm. place: Room 162, Earth Sciences Building, University of Calgary costs: free b) Toronto Society of the Archaeological Institute of America * TBA date: ..., 2008; 4:15 pm place: Emmanuel College, 75 Queen's Park Crescent, Room EC001, Basement Level, Elevator Access. info: phone 416-978-7892, 905-823-2819 or 416-489-0209 info: URL c) The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7.30 pm place: National Library of Canada Auditorium, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa costs: free info: email d) Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies Carr Hall, 100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30 pm place: Sam Sorbara Auditorium of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, 81 St. Mary's St., Toronto costs: free info: URL e) Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations of the University of Toronto * 1st Annual Coptic Studies Symposium date: Saturday, March 29, 2008; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. place: Koffler Pharmacy Management Building, auditorium 596 Spadina Ave., room 108 costs: $10; $5 for students (I.D. required) info: URL info: programme at URL info: email f) University of British Columbia * Workshop: "In Search of Egypt's Past: Problems and Perspectives of the Historiography of Ancient Egypt" (Inaugurating the Journal of Egyptian History) date: April 23-24, 2008 place: Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Buchanan C, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, room C203 info: programme at URL g) Canadian Society for the Study of Egypt * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6.30 p.m. place: Lecture Hall C300, The University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver, B.C. costs: non-members $8, members: $5, students: $3, student members: free info: email h) Le Bureau des Affaires culturelles et de l'Éducation du Consulat général d'Égypte * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18h30 place: Bureau des Affaires Culturelles et de l'Éducation (BCAC) du Consulat Général d'Égypte, 1 Place Ville-Marie, 19ième étage, suite 1936, Montreal, Quebec costs: free, but reservation is required info: email or email --UNITED KINGDOM--- a) Egyptian Embassy, London, Education & Culture Bureau 4 Chesterfield Gardens, London W1. tel: 020 7491 7720; email * "Aswan Granite", by Collin Reader date: May 22, 2008; 6:45 pm costs: open to all b) Institute of Archaeology, University College London 31 Gordon Square, London WC1. * TBA c) Manchester Ancient Egypt Society (MAES) society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30 place: Weston Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester costs: members GBP 3, non-members GBP 5 info: email d) British Museum, London Great Russell Street, London WC1N 3BG tel.: 020-7323 8299, e-mail: information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6pm place: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum costs/info: see Colloquium. --British Museum Friends-- * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:30 place: BP lecture theatre, British Museum, London costs: tickets GBP7.50 info: booking at 020 7323 8566, friends@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk source: The London Diary for the ANE, edited by Jan Picton. e) Friends of the Petrie Museum society's website * "Flying ducks and leaping calves: the decoration of New Kingdom palace floors", by Prof. Gay Robins (Emory University, Atlanta) date: Wednesday July 9, 2008; 19.00. place: Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, UCL, Gower St, London WC1. costs: tickets £10 /£7 PMF members, cheques payable to 'Friends of the Petrie Museum', Petrie Museum, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. info: email f) Poynton Egypt Group society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 8:00 pm place: Lower Park Primary School, Hazelbadge Road, Poynton, Cheshire. costs: open to all, with entrance fee (GBP2 members) info: group@poyntonegypt.freeserve.co.uk g) EES society's website * EES Annual Conference: "The Kingdom of Osiris: aspects of Egyptian funerary archaeology" date: June 21-22, 2008 place: The Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh St, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG costs: £60 members, £75 non-members, £50 student associates, £60 student non-members info: programme and abstracts at URL --EES London-- The Egypt Exploration Society 3 Doughty Mews, London, WC1N 2PG * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18.00 for a 18:30 start place: Brunei Gallery lecture theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1 London. EES lecture. costs: £10 members, £15 non-members. info: 020 7242 1903, email --EES Manchester-- * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00pm place: Lecture Theatre 1, Stopford Building, 1st floor, Oxford Rd, University of Manchester info: email --EES Exeter-- * TBA date: .., 2008 place: St Loye's Foundation, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 6EP. info: email h) KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology University of Manchester * Conference: "Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt" Aims to bring together the two elements of ancient Egyptian healthcare practises: pharmacy and medicine. date: September 1-3, 2008 place: University of Manchester info: URL i) Egypt Society of Bristol. society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:45 place: Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol 8 info: email j) Sussex Egyptology Society society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 2 pm place: Brighton Hove & Sussex 6th Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, East Sussex costs: free for members, GBP 3 for non-members info: URL info: email k) The North Yorkshire Ancient Egypt Group society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30pm to 9:30pm place: Taits College, Station Bridge, Harrogate costs: £5 entrance info: contact Anne Murray at tel. 01423.861604 or anne@annemurray50.wanadoo.co.uk l) Staffordshire Egyptology Society URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30 pm place: St Leonards Sports and Social Club, St Leonards Avenue, Stafford. costs: members GBP1.50, non-members GBP3.50 info: staffordshireegyptology@yahoo.co.uk m) The Leicester Ancient Egypt Society * TBA date: ..., 2008; 2:00 pm. place: The New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester info: dylan367@yahoo.com n) The Southampton Ancient Egypt Society (SAES) Society's website * "The New Gallery at the Bristol Museum", by Sue Giles date: May 17, 2008; meet at 1.30 pm for a 2 pm start place: Lecture Theatre B, Faculty of Arts, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton costs: GBP 3.0 members, GBP 5.0 non-members info: email o) Three Counties Ancient History Society society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30h place: Upton Snodsbury Village Hall, off the A422 between Worcester and Stratford info: brian@yare.org p) The Egypt Centre, University of Wales Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP * TBA q) The Friends of the Egypt Centre, Wales, Swansea society's website * "Restoring Old Kingdom Tombs in the 1st Intermediate Period: the case of Djehutinakht at Dayr el Barsha and the tomb of Henu", by Marleen De Mayer date: Wednesday 25th June 2008; 7:00pm place: Faraday A Lecture Theatre, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP costs: free for members, £2.50 non-members info: tel. 01792 295960 r) Tameside Egypt Group society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00-10:00pm place: St Marks Social Centre, corner of West St (off the A627) and Railway St., Dukenfield, Cheshire. cost: members GBP2, non-members GBP3 info: kendowns@lineone.net s) Swansea University Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP. * Conference: "Gaius Cornelius Gallus: Poet and Politician". date: March 1-2, 2008. costs: GBP 25 (GBP 15 for students); RSVP required. info: email info: full info & programme were on the forum (#) * TBA date: ..., 2008; 12:00 place: the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology (KH 115). costs: all welcome. info: URL t) Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society * TBA date: ..., 2008; 1.30 pm for a 2 pm start place: Allen Laboratory, Building 48, Whiteknights Campus, Pepper Lane entrance, Reading University costs: members free, visitors welcome £3 info: URL, email u) Current Research in Egyptology * Conference CRE X Deadline for submission is 14th September 2008. date: January 7-9, 2009 place: University of Liverpool info: URL v) Sussex College of Egyptology website * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Queen Street Community Centre, Queen Street, Worthing, West Sussex cost: GBP10 for members, GBP13 for non-members info: egyptology.sussex@mcmail.com w) North-East Manchester Egypt Society (NEMES) society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:30 pm place: St Andrews Church, Woodward Road, Carr Clough, Prestwich, Manchester info: alan@nemes.co.uk x) Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 1.30 pm place: University of Derby, Main Kedleston Road Campus, Derby info: mail.ssae@ntlworld.com * TBA date: ..., 2008; 1.30 pm place: the Library Lecture Theatre, New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield info: mail.ssae@ntlworld.com y) Horus Egyptology Society society's website * Day School with Dr Hourig Sourouzian and Professor Doctor Rainer Stadelmann The Society supports the 'Colossi Conservation' Project on the West Bank of Luxor, of which Dr Hourig Sourouzian is the Director. date: 5 July 2008 place: JJB Stadium at Robin Park in Wigan, Lancashire info: Christine Fishwick at 01942 517958 * TBA date: ..., 2008; time TBA (likely 7:30 pm) place: The Orwell, Wigan Pier, Wigan costs: (incl. meal) adults GBP8.00, concessions GBP6.00. info: horusegyptology@talk21.com z) Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19:30 place: St Matthew's Church, Clare Road, Kingdsown, Bristol. costs: non-BAAS members GBP1.00. za) Society for Libyan Studies URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 17.00 place: British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 zb) Bloomsbury Academy Department of History, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK tel: 020-7679 3622; bloomsbury@egyptology-uk.com URL * Study Day: TBA date: ..., 2008; 10:30-17:30 place: UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon St, London WC1 costs: tickets GBP34, at tel. 020 7388 8822 info: programme and booking form at URL zc) Wirral Ancient Egypt Society * TBA date: ..., 2008; 2pm place: Mayer Hall, Bebington, Wirral. cost: GBP25 (includes two course buffet lunch, teas and coffees) info: Brenda Bridge at bembridge@ntlworld.com or tel. 0151 - 334 6721 zd) Egyptology Scotland 30 Athole Gardens, Glasgow, G12 9BD * TBA date: ..., 2008; 2 pm place: Lecture Theatre of the Burrell Collection Museum, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow costs: GBP2 for members, GBP 4 for non-members info: URL ze) The Friends of Bristol's Museums, Galleries & Archives c/o City Museum & Art Gallery, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL URL * Study Day: "Giovanni Belzoni and the tomb of Sethy I". Speakers: Peter Clayton, Aidan Dodson and Sue Giles. "In-depth look at this remarkable former circus strongman, engineer and amateur Egyptologist from the early 19th century who discovered the tomb of pharaoh Sety I in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The focus will be on his life and the watercolours made of the Sety I tomb paintings in the collections at Bristol. " [For digitised sources about Belzoni and the Sety I tomb exhibition in 1821, see section (V) below.] date: Saturday, November 22, 2008 info: email info: tel. 0117-942 1944 (Mary Bailey) info: URL zf) Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) Dept Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum WC1B 3DG * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:00 place: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Gt Russell St WC1 London info: SARS@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk zg) Birkbeck College * Study Day, TBA date: ..., 2008; 10.00am-5.00pm place: Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 costs: GBP 30; pensioners (women over 60, men over 65) pay only GBP15; advanced reservations required info: booking at tel. 020 7631 6627 zh) University of Bristol 43 Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19:30 place: Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen's Building, Bristol University, University Walk, Bristol zi) Dillington House Ilminster, Somerset * Day School: "Mummification and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt", by Lucia Gahlin date: Saturday, March 8, 2008; 9:45-16:00 costs: £37 (incl. lunch and tea) info: email info: booking at tel. 01460 52427 info: URL zj) Essex Egyptology Group * TBA date: ..., 2008; 3-5pm place: Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers Hall End, Witham, Essex costs: GBP25 per year to join or GBP5 per meeting for non-members info: neferleli@yahoo.co.uk zk) The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL * TBA zl) - zm) The British Association of Near Eastern Archaeologists * BANEA Annual Conference 2008 date: February 29 - March 2, 2008 place: Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool info: the programme, abstracts of papers, and registration info are now available at the site: URL ---BANEA South-East/The London Centre for the Ancient Near East--- URL * TBA zn) University College London * Study Day: TBA date: ..., 2008; 11am-5pm place: Connaught Hall, University of London, Tavistock Square, London WC1 costs: GBP 25 info: email zo) - zp) - zq) - zr) National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE. * Study Day: "Look like an Egyptian: Roman portraits from Hawara" In cooperation with the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. date: Saturday, March 29, 2008; 10.30-16.00 costs: £30 info: booking via tel: 020 7306 0055 info: URL zs) Scientific Committee of the 'Origin of the State' Conferences and the British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan * Third International Colloquium on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt: "Egypt at its Origins" Programme: July 27 - registration; July 28 - the British Museum Annual Egyptological Colloquium 2008 ("Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt: Recent Discoveries"), followed by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology 2008 (Krzysztof Cialowicz: "Ivory and gold in the Delta: excavations at Tell el-Farkha"); July 29-August 1 - presentation of conference papers and workgroup meetings. date: Sunday, July 27 - Friday, August 1, 2008. place: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell St., London WC1B 3DG(?) info: programme and abstracts are available at URL zt) University of Liverpool * The Second British Egyptological Conference (BEC-2) The aim is to provide a showcase and meeting point for all Egyptologists based in the UK, including those based at universities and museums and all independent researchers. Jointly organised with the Egypt Exploration Society. The deadline for submission of abstracts both for papers and posters is 30 November, 2007. (#) date: March 14-16, 2008 place: School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool info: URL info: press report at URL --THE NETHERLANDS-- a) Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden * TBA date: ..., 2008; 20:00 place: Tempelzaal, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Rapenburg 28, Leiden. costs: free and open to all info: URL b) Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap 'Ex Oriente Lux' * TBA date: .., 2008; 20:00 place: Openbare Bibliotheek, Hinthamerstraat 72, Den Bosch costs: EUR 2 for non-members info: tel. 073-6133336 (J. Croonen) c) Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO) URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 14:45 for a 15:00 start place: filmzaal, 2nd floor, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Rapenburg 28, Leiden costs: open to all info: email d) Leiden University Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden * Symposium: "Egyptology and Anthropology" On the application of theory from social sciences to the field of Egyptology. date: 29 March 2008; 09:15 - 17:00 costs: admission is free and registration is not required. info: abstracts of papers are available at URL e) Het Huis van Horus URL * TBA date: .., 2008; 20.30 h (in Dutch) place: Leiden (Holland). costs: reservation in advance is obligatory, with email info: further details will be announced at URL --GERMANY-- a) Institut für Aegyptologie der Universitaet Wuerzburg Residenzplatz 2, D-97070 Wuerzburg tel.: +49 931 31 28 18, fax: +49 931 57 22 61 e-mail: i-aegyptologie@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de * "40. Jahrestagung der Ständigen Ägyptologen-Konferenz" (SÄK 2008) date: June 27 - 29, 2008 info: Erster Rundbrief at URL also as pdf-file (50 KB) URL info: new information and program [Zweiter Rundbrief] at URL b) Aegyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung Schlossstr. 70, D-14059 Berlin email museum's website tel: +49-30-34357311 * Regular lectures: -- "Zweisprachigkeit im hellenistischen Ägypten - Demotisch- griechische Kaufverträge aus Dime", by Fabian Reiter date: May 13, 2008; 07.15 h p.m. -- "Lesbar, aber kaum verständlich - Das Schrift- und Sprachsystem des Meroitischen", by Karl-Heinz Priese date: May 27, 2008; 07.15 h p.m. -- "Das Aramäische - Eine Sprache Ägyptens?", by Verena Lepper date: June 10, 2008; 07.15 h p.m. -- "Literatur und Kunst - Cheops und die Zauberei im alten Ägypten", by Verena Lepper date: June 24, 2008; 07.15 h p.m. -- For all lectures is valid: place: Brugsch-Pascha-Saal im Haus 20 B, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 2-8, 10117 Berlin costs: entrance 2 Euro; no fee for Museum community members and members of Aegypten Forum Berlin e.V info: URL c) Forum Aegyptologie an der Universitatet Hamburg e.V. c/o Universität Hamburg, Archäologisches Institut, - Abteilung Ägyptologie - Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügel West, D-20146 Hamburg * Lecture series: -- "Minshat Abu Omar. Ein vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Friedhof im Nildelta" by Karla Kröper date: May 8, 2008, 6:30 pm -- "Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Unterägypten - Neue Grabungsergebnisse aus Maadi und dem Nildelta" by Ulrich Hartung date: July 3, 2008, 6:30 pm -- "Am Beginn der Geschichte. Datierung nach Ereignissen in der Frühzeit des Alten Reichs" by Günter Dreyer date: July 24, 2008, 6:30 pm -- For all lectures is valid: place: Warburg-Haus, Heilwigstr. 116, D-20249 Hamburg info: URL d) Ägyptologisches Institut Schloss, D-72070 Tübingen tel: +49 7071 29-72650, fax: +49 7071 29-5909 e-mail: aegyptologie@uni-tuebingen.de * TBA e) Sudanarchaeologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. c/o Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin Philosophische Fakultaet III, Richard-Lepsius-Institut Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin tel.: +49 30 47 97 328, fax: +49 30 47 97 326 society's website * TBA date: ...., 2008; 18.00, place: Remise des Ägyptischen Museums Charlottenburg (Berlin) costs: free and open to all f) Institut fuer Aegyptologie Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg 5, D-55099 Mainz tel.: +49 6131 392 2438, fax: +49 6131 392 5409 e-mail: instaegypt@mail.uni-mainz.de URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6:30 pm place: Hörsaal N6, Gebäude der Naturwiss. Fakultät info: URL info: URL g) Die Aegyptisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft Nord e.V. c/o Dr.-Ing. Hani El Nokraschy An de Masch 24, D-25488 Holm tel.: +49 4103 15199, fax: +49 4103 919792 * TBA date: ..., 2008, 11 am place: Vortragssaal des Museums fuer Völkerkunde, Rothenbaumchaussee 64, Hamburg info: [Word document]: URL source: URL h) Collegium Aegyptium e.V. Foerderkreis des Instituts fuer Aegyptologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen e.V. tel.: +49 89 289 27 540, fax: +49 89 289 27 545 e-mail: collegium-aegyptium@aegyp.fak12.uni-muenchen.de * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19:00 place: Groszer Hoersaal of the Institute für Ägyptologie, Meiserstr. 10, D-80333 München, 2nd floor costs: open to non-members at a donation of EUR 6 info: URL i) Aegypten-Forum-Berlin e.V. URL * Regular lectures: -- "Dreidimensionale Rekonstruktionen in der Ägyptologie und Archäologie", by Mark Praus date: May 02, 2008; 07.30 h p.m. -- “Ausgrabungen auf Elephantine”, by Dr. Dietrich Raue date: May 29, 2008; 07.30 h p.m -- "Ergebnisse der Arbeiten in Tuna el-Gebel", by Dr. Veronique Berteaux date: June 19, 2008; 07.30 h p.m -- "Die Grabungen der Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Deir el-Berscha und Umgebung", by Dr. Peter Dils date: July 17, 2008; 07.30 h p.m -- For all lectures is valid: place: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hörsaal 2091/92, Hauptgebäude, 1. Etage Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin costs: no fee info: URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19.30 h place: Botschaft der Arabischen Republik Ägypten (Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Berlin), Stauffenbergstraße 6-7, 10785 Berlin costs: free; note that registration in advance is required! (with email) info: URL j) Ägyptologisches Institut Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig Burgstraße 21, D-04109 Leipzig tel.: +49 341 97 370 10, fax: +49 341 97 370 29; e-mail:aegmus@rz.uni-leipzig.de * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:15 place: Städtisches Kaufhaus, Eingang Universitätsstraße, Raum 0208 info: URL k) Urania e.V. An der Urania 17, D-10787 Berlin tel.: +49 30 2 18 90 91, fax: +49 30 2 11 03 98 * TBA date: ...., 2008; 3:30 pm info: URL URL l) Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim Am Steine 1-2, D-31134 Hildesheim tel.: +49 5121 9369-21, fax: +49 5121 35283 e-mail: info@rpmuseum.de * TBA m) Uschebti e.V c/o Seminar für Aegyptologie der Universitaet zu Koeln Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Koeln tel.: +49 221 470 3876, fax: +49 221 470 5079 e-mail: Svenja.Guelden@uni-koeln.de * TBA date: ..., 2008, 7 pm s.t. place: Hörsaalgebäude der Universität zu Köln, Hörsaal E entry: EUR 3 for non-members info: URL n) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, * TBA date: .., 2008 place: Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Hoersaal 2091/92, Hauptgebaeude, 1. Etage, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin costs: free and open to all info: URL o) Freundeskreis Aegyptologie an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz e. V. Johann-Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg 5, D-55128 Mainz tel.: +49 69 51 42 53 (Marianne Arnold), e-mail: FK-Aegyptologie-MZ@web.de URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:30 place: Philosophicum, Hörsaal P2 info: URL p) Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Bonner Sammlung von Aegyptiaca e. V. c/o Ägyptologisches Seminar der Universität Bonn Regina-Pacis Weg 7, D-53113 Bonn tel: +49 228 737587 * TBA date: ..., 2008, 06:00 pm place: Hörsaal 17 des Englischen Seminars, Regina-Pacis-Weg 5, Bonn costs: EUR 2 for non-members info: URL q) Ägyptologische Arbeitsgruppe Megypt * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Münchner Institut für Ägyptologie, Meiserstraße 10, 80333 München costs: - info: URL r) - s) Ägyptisches Museum, Bonner Sammlung von Aegyptiaca Regina-Pacis-Weg 7, D-53113 Bonn tel.: +49 228-739717 (Kasse), fax: +49 228-737360 e-mail: aegyptisches-museum@uni-bonn.de website: URL * TBA date: ... 2008; 07:15 pm info: URL t) Seminar fuer Aegyptologie und Koptologie, Georg-August-Universitaet Prinzenstrasse 21, D-37073 Goettingen tel.: +49 551 39-4400, fax: +49 551 39-9332 e-mail: uhak@uni-goettingen.de * TBA date: ..., 2008, 7:15 pm source: URL u) Institut fuer Aegyptologie, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet Meiserstr. 10, D-80333 Muenchen tel.: +49 89 289 27 540, fax: +49 89 289 27 545 e-mail: aegyptologie@aegyp.fak12.uni-muenchen.de * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:00 place: Grosser Hoersaal of the Institute info: URL v) Seminars für Ägyptologie der Universität zu Köln * Ständige Ägyptologenkonferenz (SÄK) date: TBA w) Freie Universität zu Berlin Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften Ägyptologisches Seminar * TBA date: ..., 2008, 18:00 h. place: Hörsaal 1 im Gebäude Schwendener Straße 1, 14195 Berlin (2. Obergeschoss, links) costs: free info: email x) Ägyptologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Marstallhof 4, D-69117 Heidelberg tel.: +49-06221-542533, fax: +49-06221-542551 e-mail: aegypt-inst@urz.uni-heidelberg.de * TBA date: ..., 2008; 07:00 pm - 03:00 am place: Sammlung des Ägyptologischen Instituts, Marstallhof 4, 4. Stock info: URL z) Philipps-Universität Marburg * TBA date: .., 2008 za) Ägyptologisches Seminar Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Regina-Pacis-Weg 7, D-53113 Bonn e-mail: aegyptologisches.seminar@uni-bonn.de * TBA date: .., 2008 zb) - zc) Freundes- und Förderkreis 'Antike und Gegenwart e.V.' Kestner-Museum Trammplatz 3, D-30159 Hannover tel.: +49 511 168-42120, fax: +49 511 168-46530 e-mail: kestner-museum@hannover-stadt.de * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:30 place: Kestner-Museum, Trammplatz 3, D-30159 Hannover info: URL zd) Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut / Fachbereich Orientalistik Rothenbaumchaussee 67/69, D-20148 Hamburg tel.: +49 40 42838-4055, fax: +49 40 42838-6530 e-mail: aai@uni-hamburg.de * TBA date: ..., 2008, 6:30 pm ze) Egyptological Institute, University of Leipzig * Conference: "Language Typology and Egyptian-Coptic Linguistics" The aim of the conference is to stimulate, or re-intensify, mutual perception of Egyptologists and general linguists. Abstracts of papers are due by March 31, 2008. date: October 2 - 5, 2008 place: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig info: URL info: email --SOUTH AFRICA-- a) The Egyptian Society of South-Africa society's website * TBA date: .., 2008; place: The Jenny Mallett Hall, St. George's Grammar School Richmond Road, Mowbray, Cape Town costs: members free, non-members R20 info: grenvill@iafrica.com --EGYPT-- a) Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) 1, Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street P.O. Box 50, 11211 Zamalek - Cairo - Egypt phone: ++20 2 738.2522 / 738.2520 email: nvic@rite.com; institute's website * Conference: "The Peoples of the Eastern Desert from Prehistory to the Present" Organized by The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo. The Call for Papers may be found at the below info URLs. date: November 25-27, 2008. place: NVIC, Cairo info: URL (Eastern Desert conference) info: URL info: email or email * Conference: "Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean" The registration of papers closes at 1 August 2008. date: 26-29 October 2008. info: Call for papers at URL b) EES Cairo * TBA date: .., 2008; 7:00 pm place: British Council, 192 Sharei el-Nil St. Agouza, Cairo. costs: free info: email c) Japan Egyptology Society in Cairo * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7:00pm place: Embassy of Japan (Information & Culture Center), 3rd Floor, Cairo Center Bldg., 106 Kasr Al-Aini St., Garden City, Cairo costs: free and open to all info: Yukinori Kawae at yukinegy@soficom.com.eg d) Italian Cultural Institute 3, El Sheikh El Marsafi Zamalek, Cairo tel +20 2 27358791 - 27355423 URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 5.00 pm place: Theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute info: email e) Italian Embassy * TBA date: ..., 2008; 6.30 p.m. place: 14 Champollion str, Tahrir Square, Archaological Section, Italian Embassy info: tel. 5790129, email f) Supreme Council of Antiquities 3 el-Adel Abu Bakr Street, Zamalek, Cairo phone: +2/02 736-5645; fax: 735-7239 * The lecture originally scheduled for May 19 has been rescheduled to June 9, see below. * "Rescuing and Studying the New Kingdom Rock Tombs of Saqqara", by Alain Zivie date: Monday, June 2, 2008; 6:00 PM place: Ahmad Pasha Kamal Hall, SCA Building, Zamalek info: email * "Salvage Archaeology in Aswan: Recent Work of the Swiss-Egyptian Mission", by Dr. Cornelius von Pilgrim date: Monday, June 9, 2008; 6:00 PM place: Ahmad Pasha Kamal Hall, SCA Building, Zamalek info: email g) Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo URL * TBA date: .., 2008 place: Conference Room, Hotel Conrad Cairo, 1191 Corniche Al Nil, Cairo --ITALY-- a) Centro Italiano Studi Egittologici (CISE) piazza Gramsci, 21, 40026 Imola tel. 349 1858983; CISE info website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:00h -- For all lectures is valid: place: Sala delle Stagioni, via Emilia 25, Imola. info: tel. 349 1858983; email b) Associazione Napoletana di Studi Egittologici * Congress: "Primo Convegno Napoletano di Egittologia" This international event, organised by ANSE, will be about recent discoveries and studies in Egyptology date: June 18-20, 2008. place: Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, at Palazzo Reale info: details and programme at URL c) Associazione Collaboratori Museo Egizio (ACME) c/o Museo Egizio di Torino, via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123 Turin, Italy * TBA date: ..., 2008; 18:00 (6 pm) place: Centro Congressi dell'Unione Industriale, via Fanti 17, Turin costs: free for ACME members; non-members should contact ACME in advance. info: on Saturday mornings only - phone: +39-011-5617776 d) European Academy Bolzano (EURAC) Institute for Mummies and the Iceman URL * First Bolzano Mummy Congress - "Mummies and Life Sciences" date: March 2009 On the application of biomedical sciences in mummy studies. info: email e) Istituto Italiano per la Civiltà Egizia Via Massena 52/a, I-10128 Torino tel.: +39 011599813, fax: +39 011599813 * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Università degli Studi, Palermo f) Università di Pisa * "Into the jaws of Hapy", by Dr. Stephen Quirke date: May 6, 2008; 10:00 am place: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico - sez. di Egittologia, Via Galvani 1, V piano costs: free info: URL g) ICAANE * Sixth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) The conference aims to promote cooperation and information exchange between archaeologists working in all fields and areas of the Ancient Near East, from the Eastern Mediterranean to Iran and from Anatolia to Arabia, from prehistoric times to Alexander the Great. The 6th congress has four main themes, and papers are invited. Deadline for submission of abstracts (with registration) has been extended to January 26, 2008 [was: December 31, 2007]. date: May 5-10, 2008 place: Museo dell'Arte Classica, in the basement of the Facoltà di Scienze Umanistiche, Piazzale A. Moro 5 (Città Universitaria), Rome info: URL info: email h) - i) Associazione Culturale Seshat International of Turin, Italy * TBA date: ....., 2008; 18:00 (6 pm) site: Aula Magna "Giovanni Agnelli", Politecnico, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin costs: free info: mobile: +39-347-9445090 - e-mail: info@seshat.it --FRANCE-- a) Musee du Louvre F-75058 Paris Cedex 01, France tel. : +33 1 40 20 50 50; fax : +33 1 40 20 54 42; email * Lecture series "Actualité de la recherche archéologique" -- "El Hassa : construire un temple d'Amon dans l''île de Méroé" by Vincent Rodot date: March 14, 2008, 12:30h info: URL -- "Á la recherche des rois perdus de la VIe dynastie : découverte d'une nouvelle nécropole à Saqqâra-sud" by Vassil Dobrev date: April 7, 2008, 12:30h info: URL -- "Les tombes thébaines de Sennefer (TT96) et d'Aménémopé (TT29): dix années de recherches et de conservation" by Laurent Bavay date: June 13, 2008, 12:30h info: URL -- For all lectures is valid: place: Auditorium of the Louvre b) Centre culturel d'Egypte 111, boulevard Saint-Michel, F-75005 Paris tel.: +33 1 46 33 75 67, fax: +33 1 43 26 18 83 e-mail: centre-culturel@egypt.edu * TBA date: ..., 2008, 06:30 pm info: URL c) Association Rennes Egyptologie * TBA date: ... 2008; 20h30 place : La Maison du Champ de Mars 6, Cours des Alliers, 35000 Rennes info: rennes.egyptologie@wanadoo.fr (Henri Doranlo) d) Societe francaise d'Egyptologie Cabinet d'egyptologie, College de France place Marcelin-Berthelot, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 tel./fax: +33 1 40 46 94 31, e-mail: sfe@egypt.edu * TBA date: ..., 2008; 05:30 pm place: grand amphithéâtre de l'université de Paris IV, 108 boulevard Malesherbes, F-75017 Paris e) Association France-Égypte Secretariat: 41 rue Joseph-de Maistre, F-75018 Paris tel.: +33 1 42 29 22 70, e-mail: france.egypte@egypt.edu * TBA date: ..., 2008, 6:45 pm place: Centre Asiem, 6 rue Albert-de-Lapparent, F-75007 Paris f) Collège de France, Paris. La chaire d'égyptologie, Collège de France place Marcelin-Berthelot, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 * TBA date: ..., 2008 g) L'Association Dauphinoise D'Egyptologie CHAMPOLLION (ADEC) c/o Musée Dauphinois 30, rue Maurice Gignoux, F-38031 Grenoble Cedex 1 website: URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 3 pm place: Archives Départementales de l'Isère, 2 rue Auguste Prudhomme, Grenoble info: URL h) Rencontres Egyptologiques de Strasbourg * "La redécouverte du temple de Douch (oasis de Kharga en Haute-Egypte): des fouilles à l’histoire des édifices", by Mme Françoise Laroche-Traunecker date: May 17, 2008; 18h45 (doors open at 18h15) place: Maison des Associations de Strasbourg, 1A place des Orphelins, 67000 Strasbourg costs: RES members EUR 2, non-members EUR 6 (students EUR 3) info: tel. 03 88 30 14 60; email i) Association Égyptologique du Gard (Nîmes) * TBA date: ..., 2008; 9:00-18:00 place: Hôtel ATRIA Novotel, 5 Boulevard de Pragues, Nîmes info: URL j) L'Association Provence Égyptologie * TBA date: ..., 2008; 9:30 - 17:30 info: URL info: email k) Archives départementales rue, Auguste Prudhomme, F-38000 Grenoble tel.: 04.76.54.37.81 * Lectures -- "Le temple d'Hermonthis : du mammisi de Cléopâtre aux découvertes récentes" by Christophe Tiers date: March 8, 2008, 3 pm info: URL -- "Histoire de momies" by Marie-Christine Graber date: April 5, 2008, 3 pm -- "Du Sahara à l'Égypte : héritage culturel commun?" by Christian Dupuy date: May 17, 2008, 3 pm info: URL l) Archéo-Nil c/o Cabinet d'Égyptologie, Collège de France 11 place Marcelin-Berthelot, F-75005 Paris adresse administrative: M. Alain Fortier, abs institut Khéops 16, rue Albert-Bayet, F-75013 Paris email * TBA date: .., 2008, 4:30 pm place: L'école du Louvre, palais du Louvre, place du Carroussel, dans l'amphithéâtre Cézanne info: URL --PORTUGAL-- a) - --BELGIUM-- a) Egyptologica a.s.b.l. 42, Av. Hansen-Soulie, B-1040 Bruxelles tel./fax: +32 2 736 93 31, e-mail : fdoyen@ulb.ac.be website: URL * Conference Egyptologica -- "Le dieu Sobek, crocodile bienveillant ou féroce" by M. Broze date: April 12, 2008, 2 pm -- "Peuple de pierre. Pharaons et particuliers dans la statuaire du Moyen Empire. Partie II: les particuliers" by D. Lorand date: April 26, 2008, 2 pm -- La Journée d'Egyptologica: La nécropole de Saqqara date: May 17, 2008, 2 pm -- "Le dieu Seth, meurtrier du roi et pourfendeur des ennemis de Rê" by M. Broze date: May 31, 2008, 2 pm -- "Les divines adoratrices et le temple de Medinet Habou" by R. Preys date: June 14, 2008, 2 pm -- For all lectures is valid: place: Salle Jean Capart au 1er étage de la Maison communale de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 93 Av. Charles Thielemans, 1150 Bruxelles info: URL b) Egyptologica Vlaanderen * TBA date: ...., 2008; 20.00 u. place: Justus Lipsiuszaal (8th floor of the Erasmushuis), Blijde Inkomst-straat 21, 3000 Leuven * TBA date: ..., 2008; 20:00u place: Mgr. Sencie Instituut, Erasmusplein 2, 3000 Leuven (behind the Centrale Bibliotheek of the KUL) c) Association égyptologique néo-louvaniste * TBA date: ..., 2008; 20:00h info: 0474/451149 or egyptelln@hotmail.com info: URL d) Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (MRAH) Parc du Cinquantenaire, 10, 1000 Bruxelles * "Reprise des fouilles à Antinoé (Égypte): archéologie et papyrologie" by Rosario Pintaudi date: March 9, 2008, 10:30 am place: Auditorium info: URL e) Royal Musea of Art and History Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Brussels URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 10h30 costs: small entrance fee (free for the Egyptological Association members) f) Le Musée royal de Mariemont / Het Koninklijke Museum van Mariemont Chaussée de Mariemont, 100, BE-7140 Morlanwelz tel.: + 32 64 21 21 93, fax: + 32 64 26 29 24 email * TBA date: ..., 2008 g) Ptah-hotep a.s.b.l. Association d'égyptologie belge Chemin des Postes, 234, CP 1410 Waterloo tel.: 0495.896.148 * Lectures -- "La tombe de la reine Nefertari: itinéraire d'une résurrection" by Florence Doyen date: March 2, 2008, 3 pm info: URL -- "Maternité et petite enfance en Egypte" by Amandine Marshall date: April 27, 2008, 3 pm info: URL -- For all lectures is valid: place: Salle Jules Bastin de la maison communale de Waterloo, 26, rue François Libert, 1410 Waterloo h) Université Libre de Bruxelles 44 av. Jeanne, 1050 Bruxelles * Quatrième journée pluridisciplinaire: "Égypte gréco-romaine" date: 23 avril 2008; 9:30-17:30 costs: EUR 5 info: email i) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Research Unit Ancient History Blijde Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven * "10th International Demotic Congress" date: August 26-30, 2008 costs: EUR 125 (students EUR 100); registration before July 31. info: info, preliminary programme, and abstracts at URL --SPAIN-- a) Instituto de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto, Madrid URL email: antiguoegipto@telefonica.net tel: 00 34 91 576 57 95 * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Jaime Ferrer, 3., Palma de Mallorca. info: programme at URL info: antiguoegipto@telefonica.net; info@fundacionsophia.com b) Asociacion Espanola de Egiptologia (AEDE) URL * TBA date: .., 2008; 19:00h place: Aula Magna del CSIC, C/Serrano 117, Madrid info: aedeweb@arrakis.es c) Asociacion Andaluza de Egiptologia (ASADE) email address: asade@supercable.es * TBA date: .., 2008; 18:00-19:30h place: Sala de Conferencias del Museo Arqueologico de Sevilla. costs: free * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19:00h place: Paraninfo de la Universidad de Sevilla. costs: free info: asade@supercable.es --AUSTRALIA-- a) Egyptology Society of Victoria society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 8.00pm place: Lecture Theatre E7 (Building 72; Melways Map No.475 near Engineering), Clayton Campus, Monash University info: Colin.Hope@arts.monash.edu.au info: URL b) Rundle Foundation for Egyptian Archaeology * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7.30-9.00pm place: W5A Theatre 2, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney costs: tickets $11 per person, incl. GST info: tel. (02) 9850 8848 c) Australian Centre for Egyptology Division of Humanities, Macquarie University, Sydney tel. (02) 9850 8848; egyptology@hmn.mq.edu.au * Two-day conference: "Memphis in the First Two Millennia" Keynote speakers will be: Miroslav Barta, Beatrix Gessler-Löhr, Jaromir Malek, Yvonne Harpur, David Jeffreys, Audran Labrousse, Adela Oppenheim, and Alain Zivie. The meeting is open to both established scholars and graduate students. Abstracts of 30 minute papers on a topic related to the archaeology or cultural history of the Memphite region up to end of the NK are invited before November 1, 2007. date: August 14-15, 2008 place: Macquarie University, Sydney info: URL info: email d) The West Australian Museum Centre for Ancient Egyptian Studies * A lecture series sponsored by the State Library of Western Australia: -- "Archaeologists, Travellers and Vandals: The story of the earliest fully decorated tombs of Ancient Egypt; the Old Kingdom tombs of Nefermaat and his wife Atet and of Rahotep and his wife Nefert." by Dr Yvonne Harpur (Linacre College, Oxford) and Paolo Scremin LBIPP (Oxford Expedition to Egypt) date: Friday 22 August, 2008; 7.30 -- Day School of four illustrated lectures by Yvonne Harpur and Paolo Scremin on the Oxford Expedition to Saqqara. date: Sunday 24 August, 2008; 10am to 4 pm -- For both lectures is valid: place: Lecture Theatre in the Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Centre, James St, Perth, West Australia. info: enquiries: Alice Beale (08) 9212 3718, or Moya Smith (08) 9212 3722 e) Ancient Egypt Society of Western Australia * TBA date: ..., 2008; 7.00 pm for 7.15 pm start place: Institution of Engineers, Murray St, West Perth, W.A. costs: members $A 3.00, non-members $A 5 00c info: vydenhall@bigpond.com or (08) 9795 7023 f) Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation, The University of Sydney * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: The New Education Building (Rm 424), University of Sydney, cost: $15.00/Student members free info: neaf@antiquity.usyd.edu.au --GREECE-- a) International Association of Egyptologists in cooperation with the Archaeology Division of the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean * Xth International Congress of Egyptologists The first announcement went out in September 2006 [appeared on EEF; #]. Deadline for early registration: 1 November 2007 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 November 2007 Deadline for late registration: 1 February 2008 . Final announcement with complete programme and participants list: February 2008. date: May 22-29, 2008 place: Rodos Palace Hotel & Convention Center, Rhodes info: URL (link is active from October 2006) info: email (Panagiotis Kousoulis), email (generic) (active from October 2006) info: the lists of participants, abstracts and the program are now online at URL --SWITZERLAND-- a) Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig St. Albangraben 5, CH-4010 Basel tel.: +41 61 271 22 02, fax: +41 61 272 18 61 e-mail: office@antikenmuseumbasel.ch * TBA date: ..., 2008, 8 pm place: Antikenmuseum costs: CHF 10 info: URL b) Aegyptologie der Universitaet Zuerich Orientalisches Seminar, Wiesenstrasse 9, CH-8008 Zuerich tel.: +41 1 634 07 31, fax: +41 1 634 36 92 e-mail: orient@oriental.unizh.ch * TBA date: ..., 2008 c) Historische und Antiquarische Gesellschaft zu Basel c/o Archaeologisches Seminar Schoenbeinstr. 20, CH-4056 Basel tel.: +41 61 267 30 65, e-mail Annemarie.Kaufmann@unibas.ch * TBA date: ..., 2008, 6:15 pm place: Alte Aula der Museen info: URL d) Ägyptologisches Seminar Bernoullistrasse 32, CH-4056 Basel tel.: +41 61 267 30 62, fax: +41 61 267 31 94 e-mail: aegyptologie@unibas.ch * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: BildungsZentrum 21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4055 Basel info: program at URL e) Basler Forum für Ägyptologie URL * TBA date: ..., 2008; 19:15 place: Bildungszentrum 21 (Basler Mission), Missionsstrasse 21, Basel --RUSSIA-- a) Association of Ancient Egypt Studies "MAAT" society's website * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: State Library for Foreign Cultures and Literature Exhibition Center, Nikoloyamskaya str, 1, Moscow. costs: free admission. info: info@maat.ru * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Stromynka str. 4, Moscow info: info@maat.ru b) The Center for Egyptological Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences * TBA date: ..., 2008 place: Moscow --AUSTRIA-- a) Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft / Hammer-Purgstall Dominikanerbastei 6/6, A-1010 Wien tel.: +43 1 5128936, fax: +43 1 512893617 e-mail: orient-gesellschaft@oeog.org * TBA date: ..., 2008, 06:00 pm place: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Medienraum, Burgring 5 info: URL b) Institut fuer Afrikanistik der Universitaet Wien * 11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies The papers should cover all aspects relating to the kingdom of Kush (i.e. the Napatan and Meroitic periods). date: September 1-4, 2008 place: Lecture Centre, Vienna University Campus, info: first circular (in PDF) at URL c) The IAE Computer Working Group * "Informatique et Egyptologie (I&E) 2008" date: 8-11 July, 2008 (sessions on 9-10 July) place: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna info: call for papers at URL --HUNGARY-- a) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest H-1146, Budapest (Pest), Dózsa György út 41. & The Hungarian-Egyptian Friendship Society * Aegyptus et Pannonia Symposium V: "Priests and cults in Late Egyptian Religion in and outside Egypt" Deadline of abstract submission is 31st September 2008. date: October 15-17, 2008 place: Hungarian National Museum (H-, Budapest, Múzeum körút ) costs: free and open to all scholars; registration required info: email (please entitle e-mail messages: AeP5.) --BRAZIL-- a) UERJ - IFCH: Núcleo de Estudos da Antiguidade Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 9º andar, sala 9030 A, Maracanã CEP20550-020 phone : 55 21-2587-7162 / 2587-7295; fax: 55 21- 2284-0547 website * TBA date: ..., 2008; 08:30-11:30 am place: Nucleo de Estudos da Antiguidade - NEA-UERJ (Ancient Research Center) from Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (State University from Rio de Janeiro Brazil) info: jorphil@uol.com.br or egisto@bol.com.br --CHINA-- a) The Institute of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Peking University, Beijing * TBA --CZECH REPUBLIC-- a) Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts Czech Institute of Egyptology Celetná 20, CZ-110 00 Prague 1 tel.: +420 224491394, fax: +420 224491628 URL * TBA --POLAND-- a) National Museum Al. Jerozolimskie 3, Warsaw * 8th Egyptological Tempeltagung: "Interconnections between temples" Abstracts of contributions are due before the end of April. date: Monday, 22 September - Thursday, 25 September, 2008 info: URL info: email --DENMARK-- a) Carsten Niebuhr Section of Near Eastern Studies, Institute of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen * TBA --ISRAEL-- a) - b) Ben Gurion University Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Beer Sheva 84105 * Irene Levi-Sala Annual Research Seminar on Cultural Interconnections in the Ancient Near East, 2008: "Queen Hatshepsut and her Mortuary Temple Comple