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What specialised websites do you recommend for learning about and keeping up-to-date with new discoveries/knowledge on Egypt's ancient history/archaeology?

Lorraine Evans a right lunatic, knows everyone and everything Egypt...

It depends really on what you want - for instance, if you want 'learned' information about the existing monuments, I'd recommend Osiris Net - which even gives translations of all of the inscriptions within tombs http://www.osirisnet.net/e_centra.htm . For a general introduction to virtually every site in Egypt, Egyptsites is excellent. http://egyptsites.wordpress.com

Many of the archaeological missions here have websites or blogs detailing their day to day activity, but these can be hard to find. The easiest way to find information as to what is happening currently is to subscribe to the Egyptologists Electronic Forum. You will get mails - sometimes quite a few per day, and a weekly summary of media reports, websites, books, both digital and printed. To get a feel of this weekly summary, take a look at http://egyptologyforum.org/EEFNEWS.html

The EEF home page is at http://egyptologyforum.org/ where you can subscribe to their mailing list, and keep up to date with Egyptological topics, but to be fair, some of the articles are often extremely academic in nature!

Sorry Who2, no idea what you mean.

Thanks, Stan, I'll have a look.

Yoo hoo! Kevin, are you out there? :look: Where do you find those interesting pieces you post?

I agree with Stan, especially EEF for keeping you up to date, but would also add http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/

I subscribe & get emails every 2 or 3 days from them with links to a wide variety of interesting stories from all round the world so not just Egypt, but you can sift out the ones you don't want to read.

Another one I like is:- http://www.egyptological.com/

[quote="Winged Isis"]Sorry Who2, no idea what you mean.

Google works down-under I presume, all be it upside down..

Thanks, Fran.

W2, just couldn't be bothered wading through tonnes of stuff when you could tell me quickly and simply or give a link.

Winged Isis, I posted this one for you at Egypt4u too. It might provide something of what you want:

http://www.egyptological.com/welcome/leader

Edit: Oops, looks like the one FABlux already gave. I'll leave it up in case it has any additional stuff.

Thanks RM!

FABlux wrote:I agree with Stan, especially EEF for keeping you up to date, but would also add http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/

Just home from the opening of an exhibition of artifacts from the site in Paphos, Cyprus where I excavated twice with Sydney Uni, having caught up with my fellow dirt-slaves, clicked on to your link, and found this!


Digs reveal evolution of Paphos theatre
Posted by TANNAncient, ArchaeoHeritage, Archaeology, Breakingnews, Cyprus, Europe, Southern Europe 7:30 PM
Fragments of marble sculptures from a monument consecrated to the nymphs of ancient Greek and Roman mythology have been uncovered during on-going excavations at Paphos' ancient theatre, the archaeological team in charge of the dig have announced.


Archaeologists working at the theatre of Nea Paphos on the southern slope of Fabrika hill [Credit: Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus]
The 15th season of excavations into one of Cyprus’ largest ancient theatres unearthed a number of significant finds, including fragments of carved marble adornments from the stage and from a monument to the nymphs or nymphaeum.

Paphos was the capital of Cyprus in Greek and Roman times and its ancient archaeological remains are on the World Heritage List.

Of particular interest to the archaeological team, led by Dr Craig Barker and Dr Smadar Gabrielli of the University of Sydney, is that the Paphos theatre is the only ancient theatre of Cyprus not to have undergone modern restoration. As such it is a unique structure because it is the sole remaining theatre containing visible traces of its architectural development.

Investigations have revealed that the theatre underwent five phases of renovations between 300 BC and the 4th century AD, each phase representing the evolution of ancient performance and theatre architecture. Many of the architectural features were robbed in later antiquity, and the area of the site was built over in the Middle Ages.

Five trenches were opened by the team in 2012 in various locations around the theatre and the nearby Roman nymphaeum.

Trench 12A was on the eastern side of the stage building, and located the bedrock foundations of the eastern end of the Roman stage. A new entrance way leading from the south into the eastern section of the theatre was located at a lower level than a Roman period one which may provide a rare indication of the architectural layout of the earlier phases of the theatre building.

Trench 12B continued work in the area of the Roman road to the south of the theatre that began in 2010, clearing more of the road pavements and more of a medieval building above it.

Trench 12C was on the upper levels of the cavea, the underground cells where wild animals were confined before entering combat on stage, and indicates that there were significant buildings constructed on the top of Fabrika hill after the theatre was no longer in use for performance.

All areas provided new architectural information about the layout of the theatre and surrounding building, and all areas will be explored further in the future.

In parallel with the excavation, the team’s specialists continued the archaeological interpretation of the architecture for a final academic publication in the near future.

The Australian archaeological excavations in Paphos are supported by the Nicholson Museum and by the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens.

FABlux wrote:I agree with Stan, especially EEF for keeping you up to date, but would also add http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/

Just home from the opening of an exhibition of artifacts from the site in Paphos, Cyprus where I excavated twice with Sydney Uni, having caught up with my fellow dirt-slaves, clicked on to your link, and found this!


Digs reveal evolution of Paphos theatre
Posted by TANNAncient, ArchaeoHeritage, Archaeology, Breakingnews, Cyprus, Europe, Southern Europe 7:30 PM
Fragments of marble sculptures from a monument consecrated to the nymphs of ancient Greek and Roman mythology have been uncovered during on-going excavations at Paphos' ancient theatre, the archaeological team in charge of the dig have announced.


Archaeologists working at the theatre of Nea Paphos on the southern slope of Fabrika hill [Credit: Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus]
The 15th season of excavations into one of Cyprus’ largest ancient theatres unearthed a number of significant finds, including fragments of carved marble adornments from the stage and from a monument to the nymphs or nymphaeum.

Paphos was the capital of Cyprus in Greek and Roman times and its ancient archaeological remains are on the World Heritage List.

Of particular interest to the archaeological team, led by Dr Craig Barker and Dr Smadar Gabrielli of the University of Sydney, is that the Paphos theatre is the only ancient theatre of Cyprus not to have undergone modern restoration. As such it is a unique structure because it is the sole remaining theatre containing visible traces of its architectural development.

Investigations have revealed that the theatre underwent five phases of renovations between 300 BC and the 4th century AD, each phase representing the evolution of ancient performance and theatre architecture. Many of the architectural features were robbed in later antiquity, and the area of the site was built over in the Middle Ages.

Five trenches were opened by the team in 2012 in various locations around the theatre and the nearby Roman nymphaeum.

Trench 12A was on the eastern side of the stage building, and located the bedrock foundations of the eastern end of the Roman stage. A new entrance way leading from the south into the eastern section of the theatre was located at a lower level than a Roman period one which may provide a rare indication of the architectural layout of the earlier phases of the theatre building.

Trench 12B continued work in the area of the Roman road to the south of the theatre that began in 2010, clearing more of the road pavements and more of a medieval building above it.

Trench 12C was on the upper levels of the cavea, the underground cells where wild animals were confined before entering combat on stage, and indicates that there were significant buildings constructed on the top of Fabrika hill after the theatre was no longer in use for performance.

All areas provided new architectural information about the layout of the theatre and surrounding building, and all areas will be explored further in the future.

In parallel with the excavation, the team’s specialists continued the archaeological interpretation of the architecture for a final academic publication in the near future.

The Australian archaeological excavations in Paphos are supported by the Nicholson Museum and by the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens.

Damn ISE!!!