Author Topic: February 2012 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt (Read 1219 times)

Aisling · « **on:** February 05, 2012, 10:39:54 am »

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Egypt
Not sure why, but that mummy with evidence of prostate cancer is making the news rounds again (I don't think this is a different one):
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-cancer-ancient-egyptian-mummy.html

Iraq
More on Babylonian humour in written form:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/babylonian-yo-mama-joke_n_1242617.html

Israel
The Ramat Rachel dig has found the earliest evidence for the cultivation of etrogs:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/jerusalem-dig-uncovers-earliest-evidence-of-local-cultivation-of-etrogs-1.410505

Controversy over plans (maybe) to rebuild Herod's tomb:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/top-archeologists-condemn-israeli-plan-to-rebuild-ancient-tomb-1.409779

Nice feature on Aren Maeir:
http://israel21c.org/people/constant-surprises-keep-professor-digging-for-more

More on that index to the Talmud:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145985303/a-lawyer-not-a-sage-creates-talmud-index

Syria
Abstract of an AJA article (with photo gallery) about the Umm El- Marra Project:
http://www.ajaonline.org/node/1065

Turkey
More on Bathonea:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/science/istanbul-yields-a-treasure-trove-in-ancient-bathonea.html

Aisling · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2012, 09:45:51 am »

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What Irving Finkel is up to:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120206/NEWS/202060333

Egypt
A new approach to the Nag Hammadi codices:
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2012/nag-hammadi-codices-a-new-interpretive-approach

The Spanish mission has returned to dig in Egypt:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/egypt/2012/02/06/visualizza_new.html_75538782.html

Israel
Plenty of coverage that the 'Hill of Jonah' was inhabited some 3000 years b.p.:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=53483

Mount Scopus National Park seems to be the latest site of archaeological controversy in Israel:
http://www.haaretz.com/watch-israel-nature-authority-destroys-caves-in-new-national-park-1.411431

Turkey
Feature on a dig at the acropolis of Kinik Hoyuk (and environs):
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/turkey/2012/02/10/visualizza_new.html_77413658.html

Aisling · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2012, 11:41:21 am »

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Feature on Himyar:
http://www.hs.ias.edu/files/Bowersock_RiseAndFall.pdf

Egypt
A wooden sarcophagus find from Qubbet el-Hawa (finally we're getting some real news from Egypt!):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2102035/Wooden-sarcophagus-dug-Aswan-tombs-Qubbet-el-Hawa.html

They're still working on that second Khufu solar boat:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/34691/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/nd-phase-of-Khufu-solar-boat-project-to-begin-Mond.aspx

Feature on animal mummies and other things from Abydos apparently recently-found:
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt-animal-mummy-abydos-burial-site-120214.html

Israel
Studying pollen from Ramat Rahel:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120216134112.htm

Interesting feature on a Judeo-Arabic translation of Maimonides:
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judaism/Article.aspx?id=258141

A small model of Temple Mount has returned to Jerusalem, after being in Switzerland for quite a while:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/1.412909

Latest in the search for an IAA chair:
http://www.haaretz.com/academics-bow-out-of-search-for-antiquities-authority-leadership-1.412056

Jerusalem has approved construction of a visitors' centre in Sliwan:
http://www.haaretz.com/1.412700

More on that fortress from the Hill of Jonah:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=53483

Aisling · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2012, 11:37:22 am »

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Egypt
A 12th Dynasty tomb from Qubbet el-Hawa:
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/spain/91428-spanish-archaeologists-make-egyptian-discovery

A different sort of mummy scan looks promising:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mummys-secrets-no-longer-under-170100181.html

The next phase of the Khufu solar boat project is about to begin (I think we mentioned this last week):
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/34691/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/nd-phase-of-Khufu-solar-boat-project-to-begin-Mond.aspx

Egypt has recovered a pile of artifacts from Israel:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201202211274.html

Iran
A history of Persian carpets:
http://www.payvand.com/news/12/feb/1229.html

Iraq
Neil MacGregor did a TED talk on the Cyrus Cylinder:
http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object.html

Israel
Feature on archaeology in Aelia Capitolina:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/archaeologists-bringing-jerusalem-s-ancient-roman-city-back-to-life-1.413874

LandMinds interview with Tom Levy about Hirbet en-Nahas and other things:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/page32/files/LM-31Jan12a.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/page32/files/LM-31Jan12b.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/page32/files/LM-31Jan12c.mp3

The Israeli version of Wikipedia is arguing with the Israel Museum about photographs:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/wikipedia-s-archaeology-editor-slams-israel-museum-for-prohibiting-photography-1.412739

Funding to preserve Tel Shiloh:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/1.413665

Latest in the Temple Mount saga (these vary in main topic):
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4194585,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153101

Reviewish of Shmuley Boteach, *Kosher Jesus*:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/is_jesus_really_kosher_20120224/

Jordan
Jordan's earliest buildings:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/archaeologists-discover-jordans-earliest-buildings/

Turkey
Evidence of a massacre in Bronze Age Titris Hoyuk:
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2012/evidence-of-massacre-in-bronze-age-turkey

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