NT-ARCE Menhedj — Newsletter Archive

2016

  • August 2016 Issue.pdf (4.7 MB) — Vol. 4, No. 6. 19 pages. Cover: Egyptian cosmetic spoon sculpture. CyberScribe No. 228 on looting at Abusir el-Malek, Met Museum Ptolemaic exhibition, Battle of the Nile, Temple of Debod in Madrid, oldest papyrus logbook from Great Pyramid construction. Featured lecture: Molly Limmer on bidding on Egyptian art at auction.

  • July 2016 Issue.pdf (3.2 MB) — Vol. 4, No. 5. 17 pages. Cover: pharaoh/deity stone relief with elaborate crown. No meeting this month (no speaker found). CyberScribe by Clair Ossian. Where the Heck Is It? answer: Persepolis, Iran — Palace of Darius I. Seeking new Crook & Flail chairperson.

  • June 2016 Issue.pdf (3.4 MB) — Vol. 4, No. 4. 19 pages. Cover: ancient Near Eastern archaeological site. CyberScribe No. 226 on Karnak temple attack sentencing, gold mining in Egypt's eastern desert, Bronze Age glass trade between Mesopotamia and Egypt.

  • May 2016 Issue.pdf (4.6 MB) — Vol. 4, No. 3. 20 pages. Cover: Great Sphinx illuminated in purple. CyberScribe No. 225 on Tut hidden chamber controversy (debunked by radar), burial of Sattjeni, muon radiography of the Bent Pyramid, nilometer at Thmuis, geology of Egypt, Egyptian Blue pigment. Featured lecture: Clair Ossian on "The Egyptian Court of London's Crystal Palace."

  • March 2016 Issue.pdf (3.0 MB) — Vol. 4, No. 1. 16 pages. Cover: hieroglyphic carvings with cartouche. CyberScribe No. 225 on Tut tomb hidden chambers debate and radar scan results. Featured lecture: Kathryn Bard (Boston University) on archaeology of contact between Egypt, Nubia and Punt.

  • February 2016 Issue.pdf (2.6 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 16. 14 pages. Cover: Valley of the Kings. CyberScribe No. 224 on Sarah Parcak winning 2016 TED Prize, Abu Simbel equinox celebration. Featured lecture: John Adams on "The Millionaire and the Mummy: Theodore Davis."

2015

  • November 2015 Issue.pdf (4.2 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 14. 13 pages. Cover: massive carved temple pylons. CyberScribe No. 222 on Sarah Parcak's TED Prize, thermal anomalies in Khufu pyramid, Reeves Tut tomb hypothesis, colorized Harry Burton photos from 1922 excavation. Chapter elections. Featured lecture: Susan Houck Allen (Brown University) on "All's Fair in War."

  • October 2015 Issue.pdf (2.4 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 13. 13 pages. Cover: hieroglyphic carvings close-up. CyberScribe on Egyptian antiquities budget cuts, Reeves hidden room theory, Hawass rebuttal. Featured lecture: Gayle Gibson (Royal Ontario Museum) all-day seminar on "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs."

  • August 2015 Issue.pdf (3.2 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 11. 20 pages. Cover: people on Nile riverbank beneath palm trees. CyberScribe tribute to Barbara Mertz/Elizabeth Peters. August 29 swimming party and potluck at a member's home.

  • July 2015 Issue.pdf (2.4 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 10. 14 pages. Cover: Egyptian temple column with carved relief. Featured lecture: Amanda Davis on "An Egyptian Colony at Byblos?" covering the Royal Expedition, elite imitation, and patronage during the Old Kingdom.

  • June 2015 Issue.pdf (3.9 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 9. 14 pages. Cover: hieroglyphs and Egyptian temple gateway. CyberScribe on June 2015 Karnak attack, Grand Egyptian Museum progress, BBC mummy scanning, fake animal mummies, exotic pets in ancient Egypt. Featured lecture: Clair Ossian on "Limestone Jewel in the Desert: The Cenotaph Tomb of Ramesses II at Abydos."

  • May 2015 Issue.pdf (2.0 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 8. 13 pages. Cover: turquoise faience bowl with bird imagery. CyberScribe No. 217 on ethnicity of modern Egyptians and body height in ancient mummies. Featured lecture: Paul Nicholson (Cardiff University) on "Brilliant Things for Akhenaten: Glass and Faience at Tel el-Amarna."

  • April 2015 Issue.pdf (4.7 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 5. 13+ pages. Cover: Egyptian temple pylon. CyberScribe No. 216, 18th anniversary of the column, on Egyptian visa policy changes and colossal statues of Amenhotep III. Featured lecture: Nadine Moeller (University of Chicago) on "Recent Discoveries at Tell Edfu."

  • March 2015 Issue.pdf (4.2 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 6. 16 pages. Cover: Amarna period stone head (likely Akhenaten). CyberScribe No. 213 on ISIS destruction of Iraqi/Syrian sites (Mosul Museum, Nimrud), discovery of King Senebkay at Abydos with battlefield wounds. Featured lecture: Jerry Rose (University of Arkansas) on "Ancient Amarna: Report from the Archaeological Trenches."

  • February 2015 Issue.pdf (4.4 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 5. 12 pages. CyberScribe on Tut's beard damage incident at Cairo Museum, Rosetta spacecraft mission, BASE-jumping over Giza pyramids, mummies found in sewage in Upper Egypt, beer brewed from ancient Egyptian recipe. Obituary for member Deborah Lynn Winters.

  • January 2015 Issue.pdf (4.6 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 4. 18 pages. Cover: Dahshur pyramid field. "Menhedj" means "white palette" in hieroglyphics. CyberScribe No. 213 on BYU million-mummies controversy, ritual tomb of Osiris at Luxor, tomb of Queen Khentkaus III at Abusir, sandstone quarry carvings at Gebel el Silsila.

2014

  • December 2014 Issue.pdf (4.7 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 3. Holiday Party announcement (Dec 13, 2014 at Erin Schmidt's home). Where the Heck Is It? answer: Erment, 12 miles south of Luxor, built by Cleopatra VII. CyberScribe by Clair Ossian.

  • November 2014 Issue.pdf (4.6 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 2. 15 pages. Cover: Egyptian temple doorway with title in hieroglyphs. CyberScribe No. 211 on mummy Nefret-Mut identification at Royal Ontario Museum, debunking the "Legend of the Sesostris Canal," illegal excavations at Giza, sound-and-light show at Meidum, Ka-Nefer-Nefer mask legal battle, Howard Carter watercolors at Bonhams.

  • October 2014 Issue.pdf (2.2 MB) — Vol. 3, No. 1. 9 pages. Revival of publication after hiatus. Cover: colorful Egyptian tomb painting of offering scenes. CyberScribe No. 210 on St. Louis Museum deaccessioning artifacts (sold to Met), Egyptology open-access bibliography at University of Memphis, controversial Step Pyramid restoration at Saqqara.