After years of searching, I’m finally the proud owner of Alexandre Piankoff’s The Tomb of Ramesses VI. Ramesses VI had one of the best-decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and its walls were decorated with an unusually complete … Continue reading
This book looks awesome. Too bad I’ll have to wait until the end of the year to get my hands on it! Tweet
This is cool: http://www.unreportedheritagenews.com/2011/03/ancient-egyptians-made-arduous-trek-to.html I have to admire someone who could leave the relative comfort of the Nile Valley and go off trekking through the desert. That takes a lot more guts than I have! The idea of a correlation … Continue reading
I visited my mom over Easter and, while I was there, I had the chance to look through some of my old books. One of the titles I came across was Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green. … Continue reading
Given the omnipresence of magic in ancient Egyptian society, it should come as little surprise that feats of magic are commonplace in Egyptian literature. Their stories are filled with wise lector priests who can reattach severed heads, part the Nile, … Continue reading
I came across this picture of a statue of Amenope and his wife Hathor this evening. It’s a fairly typical New Kingdom statue of an aristocratic couple, but it made me think about the limits of the archaeological record. As … Continue reading
I stumbled upon this today and thought it was massively cool: http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Edfu-Projekt//Edfu-Projekt%20-%20Official%20Homepage.html A good deal of what we know about Egyptian temples comes from Edfu, so I’m pleased to see that this German team is making an effort to make … Continue reading
I read today that Will Smith is planning to make a movie entitled The Last Pharaoh. The title seems to be a bit of a misnomer since the movie is about Taharqa, one of the Nubian kings who ruled over … Continue reading
The blogosphere has produced some good commentary on the recent JAMA article I discussed here. The improbably-named Shoveling Ferret blog has a four-part series discussing the article: Part 1: http://shovelingferret.blogspot.com/2010/02/commentary-on-recent-tutankhamun.html Part 2: http://shovelingferret.blogspot.com/2010/02/commentary-on-recent-tutankhamun_18.html Part 3: http://shovelingferret.blogspot.com/2010/02/commentary-on-recent-tutankhamun_19.html Part 4: http://shovelingferret.blogspot.com/2010/02/commentary-on-recent-tutankhamun_8728.html The … Continue reading
I promise I won’t turn this into Jason’s Boring Ass Egyptology Blog, but I encourage any of you who have even a passing interest in ancient Egypt to check out the website of the Theban Mapping Project: http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/. While you’re … Continue reading