The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

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Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered the name of a previously-unknown 17th dynasty pharaoh:
http://news.discovery.com/history/new-king-120307.html
 
We're starting to get hype for that Chinese dentists' plans to send a robot into the Great pyramid (and Zahi Hawass is involved):
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/us-hongkong-dentist-egypt-idUSBRE82707K20120308

 The Penn Museum put up a nice video of Josef Wegner's talk about his work at Abydos this year:


... and another Wegner was giving a talk about love in the ancient world (along with Ralph Rosen):


Feature on Alexandria:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1087/he2.htm

Israel
Nice feature on the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palestinae project:
http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16117

A verdict in the James Ossuary case will be coming this week:
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/biblical-archaeology-topics/date-set-for-james-ossuary-verdict/?mqsc=E3066328

Big bucks for a year one silver shekel:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54100

 
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Egypt
A proposed redating of the Meidum cemetery:
http://en.naukawpolsce.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_naukapl.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=szablon.depesza&dz=archeology&dep=388729&data=&lang=EN&_CheckSum=-1851997953

Plans to open six tombs on the Giza Plateau:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/37069/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Six-Old-Kingdom-tombs-to-be-opened-at-Giza-Plateau.aspx

Followup to Harvard's revival of an Egyptology program:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/3/23/egyptologist-manuelian/

Review of Joyce Tyldesley, *Tutankhamen*:
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2012/03/tutankhamen_the_search_for_an.html

Iraq
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/23/149231682/-archaeologists-revisit-iraq

Israel
Earliest known horse bit turns up at Tel-Haror:
http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/03/20/archaeologists-discover-earliest-known-metal-bit/

The Israel MFA ponders Israel's greatest archaeological finds:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Greatest-archeological-finds-in-Israel-15-Mar-2012.htm

A reporter spent a week digging at KhirbetQeiyafa:
http://www.freep.com/article/20120318/FEATURES07/203180306/

Pondering the purpose of some ancient figurines from Israel:
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/apotropaic-guardians-ancient-symbols-divine-icons-or-children%E2%80%99s-toys/

Pondering the question of the existence of Israel in ancient times:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/march172012/ancient-israel-ae.php

Some followup opinions to the Oded Golan trial:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-burleigh-bible-ossuary-forgery-20120325,0,2491331.story
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/fle368021.shtml
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israeli-cleared-of-forging-jesus-brothers-burial-box-relic-7567034.html

Latest TAU microarchaeology lab newsletter:
http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/LCM%20Mar%2012.pdf

Review of Elaine Pagels, *Revelations*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/books/revelations-by-elaine-pagels.html

More on that 'Year One' shekel sale:
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54100

Saudi Arabia
A Bethesda woman returned a number of objects (prehistoric) to Saudi Arabia:
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120321/NEWS/703219502/1007/bethesda-woman-returns-to-saudi-arabia-with-prehistoric-artifacts&template=gazette

Syria
Combining assorted satellite methods has revealed a pile of sites in Syria:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=satellites-expose-8000-years-lost-civilization
Archaeologists return to Iraq:

Turkey
More on Gobelki Tepe as 'cosmopolitan centre':
http://www.livescience.com/19085-world-oldest-temple-tools-pilgrimage.html