Ok, so maybe I am not reviving the Blogroll Roundup as a regular feature, at least not until I get caught up on my own material, although I do have to say that I am amazed at how many hits months-old editions continue to garner. But there has been so much really great material that has appeared in the Egyptology blogosphere in the last couple of weeks, I can’t help but share it. So, for your convenience and enjoyment…
Re-wrapping a mummy, new Pyramid Texts, Abydos abides, the Akhenaten Museum, Hieroglyphs 101, Hanging out with Dr. Andrzej Cwiek, and WV22?
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Tags: Abydos, Akhenaten, Akhenaten Museum, Amenhotep III, Andrzej Cwiek, Deir el Bahri, Hieroglyphs, KV35, Osirion, Pyramid Texts, Queen Behenu, Temple of Hatshepsut, WV22
Dr. David O’Connor is the Co-Director of the Yale University-University of Pennsylvania-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Excavations at Abydos, which just had their group symposium at Penn Museum on September 19, 2009.
I interviewed Dr. O’Connor for Heritage Key under my daytime name, Keith Payne. Dr. O’Connor offered his insights on such subjects as the Cult of Osiris, royal mortuary chapels, the excavation of an entire fleet of ships, and human sacrifice!
Read the interview at: Exclusive Interview: Dr David O’Connor of the Abydos Expedition.
Tags: Abydos, Archaeology, David O'Connor, Tombs
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Tags: Abydos, Early Dynastic Period, Hotepsekhemwy, Khasekhemwy, Memphis, Neferkara, Neferkaseker, Nynetjer, Peribsen, Raneb, Sekhemib, Sened, Thinis, Wenegnebti
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Tags: Abydos, Anedjib, Den, Djer, Djet, First Dynasty, Hor-Aha, Menes, Narmer, Qaa, Qa’a, Queen Merneith, Semerkhet, Thinis, Thinite Confederacy
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The complex of Djoser at Saqqara is more than just the first pyramid and template for all pyramid complexes that would follow.
Djoser’s complex is a highly integrated machine, an eternal representation of institutions, religions, and architecture culled from all corners of Egypt and incorporated into a stone microcosm intended to project the king’s world into the afterlife.
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Tags: Abydos, Anedjib, Djoser, Egyptian Tombs, Heb Sed, Imhotep, Mastabas, Memphis Necropolis, Netjerikhet, Old Kingdom, Pyramid Complex, Pyramids, Saqqara, Serdab, Step Pyramid of Djoser, Third Dynasty
