Newsletter, 27 June 1951

: Our Membership Secretary, Richard A. Parker, Professor of Egyptology at Brown University, has sent the following delightful account of his recent visit to Egypt- The fruits of his researches will no doubt be more savory to us than the accomplishment was to him: those of us who cannot visit Egypt in the near future will find some consolation in this evidence that a visit is not all roses. ’’Shortly after the close of the first semester at Brown University I left for Egypt for a stay of nearly three months. I had not been in Egypt since I turned over the directorship of the University of Chicago expedition at Chicago House, Luxor, to George Hughes very early in 19U9; and I was anxious to see what two years’ work had brought to light from Egypt’s buried past. I had the primary purpose, however, of rechecking some of ny previous copies of astronomical ceilings and of recording a few new ones as well as a few which time had not permitted me to record before. During xny stay at home, I and my colleague Otto Neugebauer had worked over much of the material which we had previously collected toward the goal of a publication of all Egyptian astronomical texts; and various questions about correct readings had come up which could of course be answered only in the field.

Newsletter, 30 June 1956

: It has become quiet about the wooden boat of King Cheops which was found in a pit on the south side of the Great Pyramid in 1954, and even the -New York Times in a recent advertisement calls the bark funerary rather than solar. At the end of April, a representative of the Center was permitted to take exclusive pictures of the work in progress for publication in the forthcoming issue of Archaeology. He reports that he owed this unusual privilege to the kindness of the Director General of the Antiquities Department, Professor Mustafa Amer, and that he was received at the site by the Chief Inspector of the Antiquities Department for Cairo and Giza, Mr. Zaki Noor, who took him around and showed him all details of the installation. The large brick building, which was erected last year between the eastern part of the baseline of the Great Pyramid's south side and the wooden shed surmounting the boat chamber, is about 40 meters long, and except for a small office in the southwest corner presents itself as a large hall, the south wall of which has not been built in order to give ready access to the boat pit and permit the removal of large beams from the latter without difficulty. Here and there on the floor are a number of large panels, actually the walls of deck cabins, which have already been treated by Dr. Zaki Iskander, Chief Chemist of the Cairo Museum, who is in charge of the technical work. The material mainly used in treating the wood is a solution of suitable thermo-plastics of different brands which is crystal-clear in appearance.

Newsletter, 30 April 1953

: ’’During the past season there has been a great change in general conditions in Egypt. The atmosphere of unrest and antagonism towards non-Egyptians has disappeared, making way for the friendliness that was always one of the finest characteristics of Egypt. More visitors are coming to Egypt and an impressive number of foreign scholars have come here to study. There is, in my opinion, no doubt that this new spirit will continue and that greater cooperation between Egyptians and foreigners will be typical of the immediate future.

Newsletter,9 Novamber 1953

: The following is quoted from Professor Jeffery!s letter of August 1st to the President؟ ”Perhaps this letter had better begin by assuring you that we are weathering safely this terrific heat wave of which your papers have been telling you٠ As a matter of fact It has not been so bad here in Cairo ٥ Although it has not been under 95٥ since we arrived it has not been over 1٠5٥ so far, though It has been 114 in Aswan, and 124 in Bagdad Transjordan reports that it Is the worst summer on record

Newsletter,10 Novamber 1954

: Mr. William K. Simpson (Research Associate), Mr. Bernard V. Bothmer (Director), and Mrs. Bothmer (Administrative Officer) arrived in Alexandria on September 16 on board the Gumhuryat Misr, one of the new boats of the Khedivial Mail Line. En route to Egypt they were able to visit the Egyptian collections in the Museo Nazionale in Naples and in the Mus،e National Libanais in Beirut and to make an excursion to the Nahr el Kelb, north of Beirut, where since the times of Ramesses II conquerors and victors had left their inscriptions on the rocks overlooking one of the finest bays of the Mediterranean.

Geology of archaeologists: a short introduction

: This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Each chapter ends with a short reading list, and many have selected case-histories in illustration of the points made. Included is a glossary of technical terms.

Geophysical phenomena and the Alexandrian littoral

Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece: Studies on Ancient Greek Death and Burial

: This volume is born out of the international workshop for early career scholars entitled ‘Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece’ that was held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens, Greece on December 1-2, 2016. The idea for this workshop stemmed from our mutual interest in ancient Greek death practices, and in understanding how the political, economic, and social realities that characterized Greek history related to funerary ideology and informed the ways in which the Greeks dealt with their dead. Two main questions are central to this problem: 1) how were local social structure and social roles – for example those the elderly or children, men or women, locals or migrants, or the poor or the wealthy – reflected in and motivated the way people were treated in death, and 2) how did large-scale developments such as political change and processes of ‘globalization’ influence death practice on the level of the individual, the social group, the local community, and the region.

Kom al-Ahmer — Kom Wasit II: Coin Finds 2012-2016: Late Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Kom al-Ahmer

: and Kom Wasit, to investigate them intensively and reveal their importance. Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit are located 6 km west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile, 35 km south of Rosetta, 40 km southeast of the port of Thonis-Heracleion, and 52 km southeast of the port of Alexandria (Figures i–ii). Given their well-connected location with respect to these Mediterranean and Nile ports, it can be assumed that a significant volume of commercial traffic moved through these sites. Historical sources and Hellenistic and Roman geographers located the capital of the Metelite nome in this region, and our research has made it possible to identify the likely location of the nome capital, Metelis, at Kom al-Ahmer, at least during the Roman, Late Roman, and Early Arab periods. This short introduction discusses the results of the study of two cultural materials finds, coins and pottery that brought to light massive information that can be gathered from a Delta site.

Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt: Iconography and Intent

: The aim of the study is to examine a particular set of images found only on ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt. These scenes show women, often with a child, sitting on a bed in a domestic environment; alternatively, they depict women with a child in a kiosk, in an outdoor setting. The purpose of this research is to examine why these images were drawn and to explore what these representations meant to their creators and viewers. The functionality of the ostraca will also be analysed, considering if they were objects in their own right or merely practice pieces for larger scale compositions.

JOURNEYS ERASED BY TIME: The rediscovered footprints of travellers in Egypt and the Near East

: Early travellers in Egypt and the Near East made great contributions to our historical and geographical knowledge and gave us a better understanding of the different peoples, languages and religions of the region. Travellers in this volume are a mixture of rich and poor, bravely adventuring into the unknown, not knowing if would ever return home.

The Hypocephalus: An Ancient Egyptian Funerary Amulet

: The hypocephalus is still a topic seldom investigated in Egyptology. Between 1961 and 1998, Edith Varga studied the antecedents of the object type, discussing all practices aimed at the protection of the head up to the 4th century BC from all over Egypt.1 Through her ongoing commitment to the subject, hypocephali were ‘rediscovered’ for Egyptology. She identified no fewer than two-thirds of the examples presently known, and published these in several articles.2 The analysis and typology of these amuletic objects at the time when they appeared in the 4th century BC remained for a further research project. In my work, I aimed at continuing the research of Edith Varga, and at presenting the catalogue of hypocephali to the public.

Current Research in Egyptology 2019 : Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium, University of Alcalá, 17–21 June 2019

: Presents proceedings from the 20th meeting of the prestigious international student Egyptology conference, held at the University of Alcala, 2019. 15 papers address a wide range of topics including all periods of ancient Egyptian History and different aspects of its material culture, archaeology, history, society, religion and language ...

Newsletter, Number 104 (SPRING 1978)

: CONTENTS: ARCE News-- Annual Meeting, 1978-- Publications-- Research Experiences in Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut / David B. Ruedig-- The Nag Hammadi Codices Editing Project: A Final Report / Stephen Emmel-- From Mawla to Mamluk: Origins of Islamic Military Slavery / Daniel Pipes-- Change in the Arabic Music Tradition of Cairo: 1932-1977 / Salwa El-Shawan

Newsletter, Number 108 (SPRING 1979)

: CONTENTS: In Memoriam: Richard Ettinghausen-- ARCE News-- Annual Meeting, 1979-- Annual Meeting, 1980: Preliminary Announcement-- News from Cairo-- Visiting Lectureships in Egypt-- Antiquities News-- News of Other Associations-- Fieldnotes-- Report on a Field Trip to India: September-October 1978 / David A. King.

Newsletter, Number 3 (Spring 1980)

: Contents: ARCE News-- Fieldnotes-- A GLIMPSE AT OBSTETRICAL PRACTICES IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE / Dr. W. Benson Harer-- THE SA’ÏD BY MOTORCYCLE, A. Chris Eccol-- THE FOURTH SEASON OP THE NAG HAMMADI EXCAVATIONS / Bastiaan Van Elderen, Director-- THE FOURTH SEASON OP THE NAG HAMMADI EXCAVATIONS / Bastiaan Van Elderen, Director-- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EGYPT AND THE RISE OP THE EGYPTIAN BOURGEOISIE, 1920-1952 / Robert L. Tignor-- THE OSTRACA OP THE COPTIC MUSEUM: A PRELIMINARY REPORT / S. Kent Brown.

Newsletter, Number 174 (OCTOBER 1997)

: CONTENTS: UP THE NILE IN STYLE Susan Allen -- NEWS FROM CAIRO -- ANNOUNCEMENTS -- NEWS FROM NEW YORK -- SUMMER VACATION -- DEVELOPMENT NEWS -- SCANDAL IN THE EMBALMING HOUSE W. Benson Harer -- HOLD THE DATE.

Newsletter, Number 175 (FEBRUARY 1998)

: CONTENTS: THE PTOLEMAIC CITY OF ALEXANDRIA RECONSIDERED Robert Steven Bianchi -- NEWS FROM CAIRO -- NEWS FROM NEW YORK -- DEVELOPMENT NEWS -- MYTH, IMAGINATION, REALITY: NEW EGYPTIAN DIRECTORS 6 -- GIFTS OF THE NILE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE -- DEATH AND ETERNITY IN ANCIENT EGYPT -- HOLD THE DATE.

Newsletter, Number 176 (JULY 1998)

: CONTENTS: ARCE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY GALA -- NEWS FROM CAIRO -- NEWS FROM NEW YORK -- EXHIBITIONS -- ANNOUNCEMENTS -- HOLD THE DATE.

Newsletter, Number 177 (NOVEMBER 1998)

: CONTENTS: CREATING A FUTURE OUT OF THE PAST -- 9TH INT'L CONFERENCE -- DEVELOPMENT NEWS -- EXHIBITIONS -- A FELLOW AT WORK -- ERRATA -- HOLD THE DATE.