Edition - June, 2011
Gantenbrink’s Door – Part I: the Orginal Discovery
Although we now know that there is chamber at the end of the shafts in the Queen’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid, I still remember first hearing in the late 1990s that something had been found. The whole affair was shrouded in secrecy, back in the days when Dr. Hawass was the Director in charge of the Giza Plateau rather than Minister of State, the position he holds today. [more…]
Television Review: Egypt’s Lost Cities
“Space Archaeology” is the new buzzword adopted by the BBC in its documentary “Egypt’s Lost Cities.” Not to be confused with the branch of archaeology studying orbiting space debris, it describes instead the use of satellite images to locate archaeological remains beneath the earth’s surface. [more…]
Le sAb à l’Ancien Empire: une Approche du Titre en Marge d’une étude Prosopographique
Le sAb à l’Ancien Empire : une approche du titre en marge d’une étude prosopographique Etienne Vande Walle [Editors’ Note – this the orginal French text. An English translation appeared in the Journal on 30th June 2011.] A l’occasion de l’examen de 522 titulatures d’Ancien Empire contenant le terme sAb nous avons pu constater […] [more…]
Studying Hieroglyphs Online – Some Observations
In 2009 I signed up to study the ancient Egyptian Language online through the Glyphstudy group. The Glyphstudy group is available, free of charge, to anyone interested in studying the grammar of ancient Egyptian. There are a number of groups under the Glyphstudy banner. [more…]
Edition 1, June 30th 2011
On 30th June 2011 we will be launching the first edition of Egyptological, barring last minute glitches. We hope that you will find plenty to keep you interested. If you have comments or queries about the articles published, you can reply to any of them to start a discussion by clicking “Post Comment” at the […] [more…]
By Andrea
Pigs in Ancient Egypt – Photographs
Does anyone have any photographs of pigs in AE contexts that they would be willing for me to use? I want to write an article on the subject of how pigs were used in the Egyptian agricultural mix, and need photographs to illustrate the article which may appear online. You would need to own the […] [more…]
Please help identify these Egyptologists / Anthropologists
Marianne Clancy has sent in a couple of photos and would appreciate help in identifying the people shown, thought to be Egyptologists. She believes they were taken in 1925/6 and knows that the gentleman in the top left in the close up is the anthropologist Maurice Emetaz who was a member of Societe d’Anthropologie de […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Odd-headed deity from Abydos
James Whitfield, who has added some great photos of Abydos to the Photo Album, has a query about the figure in this post: I haven’t seen any figures like this before that I can remember. I can see the hieroglyphs for Nephthys on the right side of the photo, but I’m unsure if […] [more…]
Edition - May, 2011
Egyptological Blog Portal
28th May 2011. A year or so ago we launched the Egyptological Blog Portal. Now that the main Egyptologocal site is up and running, the portal has a a new permament home at the bottom of the main menu – and a new name. It is now simply, “Our Favourite Blogs“. Within the layout we […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Picture Wanted: KV58 Shabti (CCG 60472)
Dylan Bickerstaffe is still trying to trace a photograph of this shabti, shown in this drawing – Plate XCI by Lancelot Crane, from Theodore Davis’ The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatankhamanou (London 1912). The figure is 23.5 cm high and numbered CCG 60472. If anybody has a photograph, Dylan would be very appreciative! I have […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley