Open Access Journal;: The Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund Newsletter

 [First posted in AWOL 6 June 1019, updated 20 August 2022]

The Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund Newsletter

The Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund is a registered 501c3, private, nonprofit organization with a mission is to support research and conservation on Egyptian history and culture. In particular, it seeks to record and publish sites and monuments at risk from agricultural and urban expansion, looting, and vandalism.

In affiliation with the American University of Cairo and working at the Invitation of the Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt, we have been working since 2017 at the site of Deir el-Ballas. As the forward capital for the Theban kings during the Hyksos expulsion, Deir el-Ballas is of great archaeological and historical importance, but the site is at extreme risk from both looting and from the uncontrolled expansion of the neighboring modern town. Our fieldwork also dovetails with a grant we received from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications to prepare the results of the original expedition conducted at the site in 1900-1901 by George Andrew Reisner working for the Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition of the University of California.

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Open Access Journal: Le Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (BIFAO)

[First posted in AWOL 6 July 2009. Updated 9 September 2022]

n.b. BIFAO is is now also beginning to emerge at Open Edition.  121 appeared there most recently.

Le Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (BIFAO)

Le BIFAO est maintenant disponible en ligne pour tous les numéros jusqu’au 100 (2000). Le site rassemble près de 1 650 articles pour un total de plus de 35 000 pages de texte et d’illustrations, permettant l’accès direct aux numéros de la revue qui sont actuellement pour une très grande part épuisés. Ce site est destiné à être mis à jour régulièrement. Les sommaires de tous les numéros (1 à 111) sont également accessibles sur ce site.  

Issu d’un projet lancé par l’Ifao en 2001, cet outil de recherche est le fruit de la collaboration, au sein de l’institut, de l’imprimerie, du service des publications et du service informatique. La première phase, réalisée à l’imprimerie, a consisté à scanner les 95 premiers volumes du Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, puis à appliquer aux fichiers obtenus le traitement optique de reconnaissance des caractères. Les numéros récents déjà disponibles sous forme électronique ont été ajoutés. Le service des publications a effectué ensuite la relecture et la correction des tables des matières. L’ensemble des données a ensuite été transmis au service informatique qui a réalisé l’indexation du texte et sa mise en ligne.

Volumes up to and including 121 (2022) are open access:

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BIFAO 121 (2021)

auteurs titre pages taille fichier Mohamed Ibrahim Aly, Noha Ahmed Khaled Un naos cintré de Khâemouaset p. 1-21 8 Mb BIFAO121_art_01.pdf Marie-Lys Arnette Deux jeux, un astre, les yeux : sur un plateau de senet biface inédit p. 23-63 5 Mb BIFAO121_art_02.pdf Stefan Bojowald Eine weitere Erklärung für das zweite Kerbtier in Szene 10 des Mundöffnungsrituals p. 65-68 151 Mb BIFAO121_art_03.pdf Anne Boud’hors, Delphine Dixneuf, Ivan Guermeur, Christian Leitz, Sandra Lippert, Marcus Müller, Carolina Teotino, Naïm Vanthieghem Les dépotoirs à tessons de Hout-Répit/Athribis et leur matériel inscrit. Rapport préliminaire (mission 2019-2020) p. 69-145 15 Mb BIFAO121_art_04.pdf Sven Eicke In die Höhle des Löwen.Teil I: Ein unpublizierter snḏ-n-Hymnus aus Kom Ombo p. 147-181 3 Mb BIFAO121_art_05.pdf Hélène Eristov, Hélène Cuvigny, Wilfried Van Rengen Le Faune et le préfet. Une chambre peinte au Mons Claudianus p. 183-254 14 Mb BIFAO121_art_06.pdf Gersande Eschenbrenner-Diemer, Lisa Sartini, Margaret Serpico Rediscovering Black Coffins from Deir el-Medina: A Comprehensive Approach p. 255-305 9 Mb BIFAO121_art_07.pdf Olivier Lavigne Proposition d’une nouvelle typologie de l’outillage en pierre (pour travailler la pierre). L’exemple des carrières d’Hatnoub, en Moyenne Égypte p. 307-320 2 Mb BIFAO121_art_08.pdf Lorenzo Medini, Zsuzsanna Végh La stèle abydénienne du directeur des prêtres Ipou d’Hermopolis p. 321-368 7 Mb BIFAO121_art_09.pdf Daniel Miguel Méndez-Rodríguez An Excerpt from the Book of the Twelve Caverns in the Tomb of Petosiris (Tuna el-Gebel) p. 369-396 7 Mb BIFAO121_art_10.pdf Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier Une clé vivante du langage des dieux p. 397-412 4 Mb BIFAO121_art_11.pdf Félix Relats Montserrat, Christina Karlshausen, Thierry De Putter L’usage du calcaire dans l’architecture du temple de Médamoud à la lumière des autres temples thébains p. 413-439 6 Mb BIFAO121_art_12.pdf Julie Stauder-Porchet Inscriptional Layout in Continuous Texts of the Old Kingdom p. 441-474 8 Mb BIFAO121_art_13.pdf Lorenzo Uggetti The Agents of Hathor in P.Tor.Botti and the Ptolemaic Temple of Deir el-Medina p. 475-509 10 Mb BIFAO121_art_14.pdf Silvia Zago A Cosmography of the Unknown. The qbḥw (nṯrw) Region of the Outer Sky in the Book of Nut p. 511-529 1 Mb BIFAO121_art_15.pd

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• Annales islamologiques en ligne 

• BCAI en ligne

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Open Access Journal: The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture

[First posted in AWOL 20 December 2016, updated 6 Jjne 2022]

The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture
ISSN: 2472-999X

The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture is a scientific, open access and annual periodical. Its purpose is to promote the publication of research devoted to Ancient Egyptian architecture (domestic, civil, military, ritual/religious and funerary), from the Predynastic Period to the Roman imperial era, whatever the modern geographical context (Egypt, Sudan, Near East, etc). The subject scope includes everything relating to construction, regardless of its original importance or purpose.

The journal publishes fieldwork reports and studies undertaken in the Egyptological tradition, including discussions of epigraphy and iconography, but also work that utilizes specific skills such as structural and materials sciences, or modern investigative techniques. In this way, JAEA seeks to encourage the development of detailed technical descriptions, and deeply theorized understanding (of architectural symbolism, propaganda, climatic and geological influences, etc.). This interdisciplinary approach will help connect adjacent areas of expertise which, alone, could not reflect the richness and complexity of the Ancient Egyptian built heritage.

The periodical welcomes any study that meets any one of these goals, only on the condition that the formatting and content of articles are subject to JAEA scientific publication requirements.

Click on the abstracts below to read or download the PDF of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture articles.

Volume 5

2021

Click on the abstracts below to read or download the PDF of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture articles.

Le ‘poteau cultuel thinite’ : un élément méconnu de l’architecture religieuse sous la première dynastie (p. 1)

Matthieu Begon

This paper addresses a great wooden (?) pole that appears in several Early Dynastic representations of sacred shrines from the Thinite period. The discussion includes an architectural analysis of the use of this pole in its context set in front of the larger structures. Based on its shape and its apparent function, it is proposed here that it should be referred to as a ‘worship pole’.

Published 6 February 2021 695 Views 153 Downloads

18th Dynasty dipinti from Gebel el-Silsila (East Bank) (p. 7)

Maria Nilsson, Joost Golverdingen, John Ward with assisting contributions by Huibert van Verseveld

The current paper serves as the primary publication of a group of 30 dipinti (painted epigraphic documents), including 19 hieratic texts and 11 pictorial images or quarry marks. These were found and recorded within a series of quarries located on the east bank of Gebel el-Silsila. Recently excavated archaeological material places the creation of these quarries chronologically within the 18th dynasty. The texts predominantly consist of dates, but also include signatures and titles. Among them is an exceptional four-lined text from early in the reign of Amenhotep IV. This includes a novel graphical element relevant to the chronological development of Ra-Horakhty-Aton representations. Included in the material is a unique representation of the hippopotamus goddess depicted dressed and holding knives. This can be dated to the 33rd regnal year of Amenhotep III.

Published 20 March 2021 2004 Views 325 Downloads

Le complexe funéraire monumental de Dara (reconstitution et datation) (p. 59)

Franck Monnier, Rémi Legros

The necropolis of Dara in Middle Egypt is dominated by a huge tomb whose origins and dating have often been discussed by Egyptologists. Various interpretations of the evidence have been made to date, but important questions remain unanswered about who may have been buried there and the type of tomb it was intended to be (pyramid or mastaba). This situation persists despite the excavations carried out during the first half of the 20th century. In this article, the authors undertake an in-depth critical analysis of the existing reports in order to propose a more accurate reconstruction of this unique funerary complex. They demonstrate that the details of this mortuary structure can throw light on the military architecture of the First Intermediate Period, and that the few inscribed objects found at site also permit a reevaluation of the dating of the monument, when the new criteria available for understanding it are also taken into account.

Published 21 June 2021 1937 Views 326 Downloads

The Tutankhamun-Nefertiti joint burial hypothesis: a critique (p. 83)

David Ian Lightbody

This article reviews and evaluates the hypothesis that Nefertiti is entombed behind the north wall of the burial chamber in KV62, the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. Egyptologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves first formally proposed this in print in 2015. The current article now evaluates the results of three radar surveys carried out to test the hypothesis, as well as the wider arguments put forward to both support and refute the hypothesis. Based on an analysis of all three main classes of evidence (superficial wall irregularities, circumstantial art-historical details, and hard radar data), the current study finds that the corpus of evidence stands overwhelmingly against the hypothesis. Despite this, the study also finds that the main proponents of the idea have not yet properly accepted the negative results of the investigations. Finally, this article should serve as an accurate and permanent record detailing how the project unfolded over time.

Published 28 June 2021 1282 Views 190 Downloads

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Open Access Journal: British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)

[First posted in AWOL 8 October 2009. Updated 4 June 2022]

British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)

ISSN: 2049-5021 (on-line)

The British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal dedicated to presenting research on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Sudan and the representation of these cultures in modern times.

BMSAES is open-access: all articles in this journal can be viewed and downloaded free-of-charge.

This journal offers scholars the opportunity to include a large number of colour images, and other multimedia content, where appropriate to the article. Accepted papers will be published as soon as possible: there is no defined publication schedule or deadlines, as with print journals. The articles do not need to concern British Museum objects or projects.

Issue 26

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• The transfer of wall paintings from their original locations has been practised since antiquity. Many art collections contain wall paintings which were historically detached and rebacked. Such transfer is now rarely undertaken, and only under very specific circumstances. This extensive article is specifically concerned with the transfer of ancient Egyptian wall painting and was encouraged by research into the historic transfer and conservation history of the wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, now at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The painting was conserved and redisplayed in Gallery 43 as part of the EU funded project Transforming the Egyptian Museum Cairo. Prior to that phase extensive research into the necessary conservation work took place during the Covid-19 pandemic when work had to be halted and most team members were working from home. The research developed into a more general interest in the practice of the transfer of ancient Egyptian wall paintings, and the subsequent associated conservation interventions. The subject is relevant not only to the current treatment of wall paintings which were historically transferred but also in the rare present occasions where transfer may be the only option to rescue a painting. Available in English and Arabic (second half), by drawing attention to the highly interventive nature of this irreversible process, the complications faced both in past operations and in the current remedial conservation work required to re-back or stabilise earlier transfers, the article aims to inform future conservation work, planning and intervention. It may help avoiding problems by learning from the mistakes of the past while building on current practice. The research was made possible with the financial support of the European Union

• . تُمارس أنشطة نقل الرسومات الجدارية من مواقعها الأصلية منذ العصور القديمة. ونتيجة لرواج أنشطة النقل السالفة تحتوي العديد من مجموعات الآثار على رسومات جدارية جرى نزعها في الماضي وأعيد تدعيمها. نادرًا ما تجرى أنشطة نقل الرسومات الجدارية في الوقت الراهن، وإن حدث ذلك فيكون فقط في ظل ظروف خاصة جدًا. تتناول هذه المقالة نقل الرسومات الجدارية المصرية القديمة على وجه التحديد. وتمثلت نقطة البداية في إجراء بحث في عملية النقل التي جرت قديمًا للرسم الجداري من المقبرة رقم 100 الواقعة بمدينة هيراكونبوليس (الكوم الأحمر بالقرب من مدينة إدفو حاليًا) والمعروض حاليًا بالمتحف المصري بالقاهرة. تم ترميم اللوحة وإعادة عرضها في صالة العرض 43 كجزء من مشروع تطوير المتحف المصري بالقاهرة. الممول من الاتحاد الأوروبي. قبل تلك المرحلة، تم إجراء بحث مكثف حول أعمال الحفاظ والترميم الضرورية للوحة الاثرية أثناء جائحة الكوفيد-19حيث كان معظم أعضاء الفريق يعملون من المنزل اثناء وقف الاعمال بالمتحف. لا يتعلق هذا الموضوع بالمعالجة الحالية للرسومات الجدارية التي نُقلت في الماضي فحسب، بل يتعلق أيضًا بالحالات الراهنة النادرة التي تكون فيها عملية النقل هي الخيار الوحيد لإنقاذ هذه الرسومات. يهدف هذا البحث إلى إثراء أعمال الحفظ والصيانة والتخطيط والتدخل المستقبلية من خلال لفت الانتباه إلى طبيعة هذه العملية التي لا رجعة فيها والتي تنطوي على تدخل واسع النطاق وإلى التعقيدات التي واجهتها عمليات النزع السابقة وأعمال الحفظ والصيانة العلاجية الحالية اللازمة لإعادة تدعيم وتثبيت الرسومات المنقولة في الماضي، وأيضًا من خلال تقديم أمثلة لعمليات نقل أحدث عهدًا. قد تسهم هذه المقالة في تجنب المشكلات وفي التعلم من أخطاء الماضي والاستفادة من التجربة الحالية. تم إجراء البحث بدعم مالي من الاتحاد الأوروبي.

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Open Access Journal: Hieratic Studies Online (HSO)

 [First posted in AWOL 2 November 2021, updated 27 May 2022]

Hieratic Studies Online (HSO)

The Hieratic Studies Online (HSO) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal dedicated to presenting research on all aspects of hieratic and cursive hieroglyphs, for example:

• writing materials and techniques
• the system of the Ancient Egyptian cursive scripts
• development and interconnections between cursive and monumental scripts
• palaeography of signs from single scribes, texts, periods, or regions
• any sources of handwritings and hieratic inscriptions
• text editions
• new readings
• manufacturing of and copying features
• layout, extratextual notes, corrections, additions, marginalia

HSO is open-access: All articles in this journal can be viewed and downloaded free-of-charge at the Gutenberg Open (University Bibliography Open Access Publications) platform.

HSO has an open format: Accepted papers will be published as soon as possible.  We recommend that you use the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE license (if necessary, however, it is possible to use other license formats). There is no defined publication schedule or deadlines. With support of the authors or editors substantial monographs or proceedings may also be integrated in the publication process.

HSO offers scholars the opportunity to include a large number of colour images where appropriate to the article.

HSO is edited by Svenja A. Gülden, Kyra van der Moezel and Ursula Verhoeven from the project „Altägyptische Kursivschriften“ at the Mainz academy of Sciences and Literature.

1 | 2016	Ein „nouveau Möller“? Grenzen und Möglichkeiten. Ein working paper zum gleichnamigen Vortrag Svenja A. Gülden Though more than 100 years old Möller’s Hieratische Paläographie still is the standard reference work for palaeographic questions. Parts of this palaeography could be complemented and replaced by studies concentrating on specific times spans or sources, but a systematic study of the hieratic script covering all time spans of Egyptian history is– for many reasons – still missing. ‚Ein „nouveau Möller“? Grenzen und Möglichkeiten’ was the title of a paper given at the conference „Ägyptologische ,Binsen‘-Weisheiten“ I, at Mainz in 2011 – this working paper sums up the different aspects discussed in that paper. http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-811
2 | 2021	Hieratische Aktenvermerke Johannes Jüngling Although a significant number of the hieratic archival documents bear additional auxiliary signs or sign groups, a systematical study of these hieratic check marks is still missing. The present paper aims to close this gap by providing an overview of the already known hieratic check marks, covering the period between the 5th and 25th dynasties. Those marks are examined with respect to their graphic, phonological, morphological, and semantic features, including a short excursus on hieratic inscriptions on the Amarna tablets. At the end, a table with facsimile samples of the check marks is given. http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6202
3 | 2022	Standardisierung und Variation. Eine Analyse zur Graphetik der Zeichenkategorie [VOGEL] in den hieratischen Papyri Berlin P. 3022–5 Tabitha Kraus This publication aims to analyse the multitude von bird graphemes existent in the hieratic script. Using four 12th dynasty papyri as source material, these graphemes are described and compared to the underlying birds as well as their corresponding hieroglyphs. Furthermore, the function of the different sign forms of the graphemes and their influence on the reading process will be discussed. Eight basic forms of bird graphemes are determined, which can be recognized as different graphemes using additive elements. http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6615

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Open Access Journal: Archéo-Nil: Revue de la société pour l'étude des cultures prépharaoniques de la vallée du Nil

 [First posted in AWOL 24 October 2012, updated  (new host) 19 April 2022]

Archéo-Nil: Revue de la société pour l'étude des cultures prépharaoniques de la vallée du Nil
ISSN: 1161-0492

Fondée en 1990 par Béatrix Midant-Reynes, avec le soutien du Professeur Jean Leclant (AIBL), la revue Archéo-Nil est le fer de lance de l'association du même nom. Son but: offrir un lieu de réflexion et d'échanges interdisciplinaires sur l'Égypte des ve et ive millénaire dans le contexte d'une recherche internationale réactivée depuis les années quatre-vingt. Cette période voit émerger les premières sociétés agro-pastorales de la vallée du Nil, puis s'amorcer et s'intensifier un développement culturel, social et économique particulier, qui aboutit à la naissance d'une royauté unifiée et aux premières dynasties pharaoniques. Bien que centrées sur l'Égypte, vallée et déserts, les études publiées dans la revue couvrent une aire géographique plus large, qui s'étend à l'Afrique centrale, au Sahara, aux rives orientales de la Méditerranée, à la Mer Rouge et au Proche-Orient. Les thématiques abordées sont le reflet des travaux archéologiques les plus récents. Ils concernent tous les aspects sociaux, culturels, économiques, politiques et idéologiques des sociétés pré-pharaoniques, aussi bien du point de vue des implications théoriques de la recherche que de ses méthodes.

Mots clés décrivant « Revue » : Egypte Archéologie Pré et protohistoire Anthropologie Anthropobiologie Ethnologie Géoarchéologie Début de l'écriture.

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