I have already give up on loking for a Demotic course in Berlin ... and I found one! Well, it kind of found me. Anyways, I missed the first two classes, but i hav permission to join and was given all materials. It's mostly co-workers of the institute, people with a PhD studying the course, together with four fifth-year MA students, so the class ( Read more... )

Our Thebes exhibition is still open and here we are planning another one. We've been selecting the objects today and the following are just a few unpublished pieces I found in our museum:

1. A big greenish cat, statue of the goddess Bastet, simply adorable. The front paws are missing and reconstructed in such a failed attempt at Egyptian sculpture ( Read more... )

or why I'm behind on the dissertation ( Read more... )

Found this at stargateficrec. All five are wonderful, but Monday is just like my normal day at work. Me in the position of Danny, of course. That's why I can imagine the faces of the whole team so well ( Read more... )