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Author Topic: November 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt  (Read 1479 times)

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November 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« on: November 06, 2011, 01:17:50 pm »
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More on Arabian 'Nazca Lines':
http://www.thenational.ae/thenational/news/worldwide/middle-east/ancient-middle-eastern-stone-structures-revealed-by-google-earth

Abu Dhabi
Sites from various periods identified at a couple of sites in Al Gharbia and Sharjah:
http://www.thenational.ae/thenational/news/uae-news/ancient-settlements-detected-at-dalma-island-and-al-khan

Egypt
Latest CT scan of a mummy failed to discern a child mummy's sex:
http://www.livescience.com/16853-egyptian-mummy-hospital.html
 
Egypt is allowing a mummy to stay at University College Cork:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/egypt-says-mummy-can-stay-at-ucc-if-its-too-fragile-for-travel-2923081.html

Recreating Egyptian beer:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/drink-like-an-egyptian/

The Biography folks had a feature on Howard Carter:
http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395

The Amarna Letters are now online:
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/september-2011/article/ancient-amarna-letters-of-egypt-now-online

Interview with Mark Glickman about the Cairo Genizah:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/weblogs/joe-nalven/2011/oct/30/mark-glickman-the-cairo-genizah/

More on that mummy with prostate cancer:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2057026/Prostate-cancer-2-000-year-old-Egyptian-mummy.html

Israel
A new theory for the stone circles known as Rujm al-Hiri:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=51583

A Second Temple Miqveh from near Beit Shemesh:
 http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=51465

Landminds interview with Chaim Cohen about Biblical Hebrew and other matters:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-011111a.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-011111b.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-011111c.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-011111d.mp3

Latest from Tel Burna:
http://telburna.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/more-test-pits-and-work-with-ibex-next-week/

Tel Jezreel now has an online presence:
http://www.jezreel-expedition.com/?mid=51768

A couple of videos from the Tel Shikmona dig:



The Knesset is still refusing to declassify their Temple Mount Report:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149312

An illegal Muslim burial on Temple Mount is also adding fuel to the fire:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149422
A plan to preserve the Dead Sea:
http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=243909

Review of Alice Hoffman, *The Dovekeepers*:
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/05/141905655/a-tale-of-forgiveness-from-the-tragedy-of-masada

More on that Byzantine 'prayer box':
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1877&module_id=#as

More on the dig at Acre/Akko:
http://www.macon.com/2011/10/29/1763443/crusader-town-being-rediscovered.html

Palestine
The effects of UNESCO recognition of Palestine on archaeology:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1082018

Turkey
An account of the Domuztepe Dig:
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/category/archaeology/domuztepe-dig-2011/

Hagia Sophia may once again become a mosque:
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/1951696.html

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Re: November 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2011, 02:17:11 pm »
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Egypt
Another feature on the Cairo Genizah:
http://www.forward.com/articles/145977/

Latest recreations of ancient beer:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/drink-like-an-egyptian/

Egypt closed the Great Pyramid on Friday to prevent it being used for 'spiritual ceremonies':
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/egypt-pyramid-11-11-11_n_1087823.html

More on that child-mummy CT scan:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102190010.htm

Israel
Complaints about the politicization of archaeology in Israel:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/archaeologists-criticize-new-bill-for-politicizing-israel-antiquities-authority-1.394671

... but, of course, that's been going on for a while:
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node/88740

... and here's a timely case in point:
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=244452

A feature on Eilat Mazar:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/november/archaeology-rebel.html

A semi-touristy thing/video on Herod's tomb:
http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=244814

A Landminds interview with Tim Harrison about ASOR and the upcoming meeting:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-081111a.mp3

Qatar
Interesting 7500 years b.p. (or so) finds from Qatar:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=468921&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Turkey
The Bogazkoy Sphinx will be on display soon:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=hattusa-reunites-with-sphinx-2011-11-07

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Re: November 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2011, 12:18:57 pm »
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A project to mark Abraham's route:
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/in-the-footsteps-and-spirit-of-abraham-1.395851

Egypt
Feature on animal mummies:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15780427

More protests at the SCA:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/9/40/26444/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-protests-against-the-head-of-Egypts-Supreme-Co.aspx

More on that mummy with prostate cancer:
http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1139-15

Israel
Archaeologists are digging at the Museum of Tolerance site again:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/archaeologists-resume-work-at-contentious-worksite-of-jerusalem-museum-1.395417

High tech mapping of graves in the Mount of Olives necropolis:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=51829
 
Coverage of the translation of an Arabic Crusader inscription:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Crusader_inscription_Arabic_14-Nov-2011.htm
 
OpEd on Temple Mount:
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=246012

Feature/insert on the Safed site:
http://www.livnot.com/documents/JPost-Nov112011.pdf

Another feature on Eilat Mazar:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/november/archaeology-rebel.html

Lebanon
Feature on Tyre (not quite touristy):
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/old-city-tyre-tale-two-quarters

Turkey
Overviewish thing on the dig season at Kutahya:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=excavation-season-breaks-new-record-2011-11-17
 
Remember that Noah's Ark thing a while back? There's a press release about it (hmmm):
http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-114562.htm

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Re: November 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2011, 12:15:47 pm »
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The Essenes may have written the DSS:
http://www.livescience.com/17123-dead-sea-scrolls-writers-textiles.html

Egypt
Interesting item on a mixed marriage in ancient Egypt:
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judaism/Article.aspx?id=246821

Some forgotten ancient Egyptian chariot trappings have been rediscovered:
http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-egyptian-chariot-trappings-rediscovered-1.9388

Archaeology in Egypt is struggling to restart:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=archaeology-research-in-egypt-struggles-to-restart

Israel
Good evidence that Herod didn't complete the Western Wall in his lifetime:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=51951
 
Overviewish thing on the dig at the Be'er Sheva Central Bus Station:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148010

Scholars aren't happy with proposed changes to the IAA:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/scholars-slam-bill-to-change-makeup-of-israel-antiquities-authority-1.397918

Next saga in the making: an illegal mosque is being built on the Mount of Olives:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149963

In Our Time featured Judas Maccabeus:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017cjm8

Turkey
Ottoman glass from the Marmaray excavations:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=marmaray-dig-reveals-glasswork-in-ottoman-2011-11-24

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