This ancient #Egyptian #artefact initially intrigued #Egyptologists at the Fitzwilliam Museum due to its complicated design. What was it like on the inside? And how did it all connect?

www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/reveali...

Thanks to micro-computed tomography (#microCT), we can find out👇

#Egyptologists uncover 2,500 year-old observatory full of precise tools - The Temple of Buto's #astronomical facility tracked the sun for religious, political and agricultural events.

Link: bit.ly/43SWJIH

two pictures, left: egyptian pyramid in the background, cheops pyramid, in front large brick with IKEA written on it right: picture of IKEA inbus screwdriver

I knew it!! ... But how?

#skystorians #humor #archeology #egyptology #egyptologists

🪷 #Egyptologists have found troop quarters at a Sinai border fort that offer insights into life of soldiers and their families on Egypt’s eastern frontier during the time of #Hadrian and #Antinous. Full story: english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/... 🪷

Hello everyone. Today is #Friday. Wishing you a good weekend! This is a pen and ink drawing I made for a game.
#worldtok #bostontok #eurotok
#globaltok #egyptologists
#theBarnesFoundation

New Tomb of Ancient Pharaoh Uncovered in Egypt Some mysteries remain: The tomb was empty, and the location of the mummy is in dispute.

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King #Tut, #Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the #Luxor area, west of the famous Valley of the Kings burial site.

Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches | The Past REVIEW BY CAMPBELL PRICE Much-anticipated from the prolific pen of Kara Cooney, the undisputed queen of coffin (re)commodification, this enormous tome is no ...

Attention #Egyptologists, this books looks fascinating.

I had no idea the Egyptians reused ancient coffins to 'enhance their chances of posthumous deification.'

the-past.com/review/books...

#Academia #Egyptology #Egyptologists #Mechanism
#Disinformation #Truth #Excavated #Society #Life #Science

(I’m a dabbler at best in this stuff, so I’d be grateful if any actual #Egyptologists jump in and set me straight on any errors I make.)

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#Academia #Egyptology #Egyptologists #Mechanism
#Disinformation #Truth #Excavated #Society #Life #Science

Are there any Starter Packs full of #Egyptologists and others studying #Egypt, from the #Prehistoric to #EarlyModern periods?

#StarterPacks

Monday Miscellany 19 August 2024

Monday Miscellany!

This week:
- Numbers 7:1-8:26
- #Psalm 8
- #Armed in church?
- #Hebrews papyri
- Book reviews: #James commentary, women #Egyptologists

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Love and Gold in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Amarna Letters. In: G. Rosati - M. Guidotti (eds.). 2017. Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists. Florence, Italy, 23-30 August,... This essay analyzes the relationship between the supplies of gold, the inter-states alliances, and the concept of love in the cross-cultural discourse in the Amarna Letters. The Amarna Letters record ...

Love and #Gold in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the #AmarnaLetters

In: G. Rosati - M. Guidotti (eds.). 2017. Proceedings of the XI International Congress of #Egyptologists

Florence, Italy, 23-30 August, 2015
www.academia.edu/15304463/Lov...

Tomorrow I will be on @BBCEssex talking about @EssexEgyptology #Egyptology in #Essex and our forthcoming talk by @chrisnaunton
on #Egyptologists notebooks.

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Impressed that there is an entire funerary cone website for #Egyptologists www.funerarycones.com/Original_locations/Origi...

Do any #archaeologists #egyptologists know where #BarryKemp did his PhD and the subject? I suspect #Cambridge but impossible to confirm.

#Egyptologists #archaeologists can anyome remember reading any comments/criticisms of Kemp's Anatomy of a Civilisation?