Recent Issue with Newsfeeds / Comments – Resolved
The site news feeds have recently been acting up. Our apologies. You might wish to visit to check on the latest content in case your newsreader missed any of the recent posts. The problem has been traced to a plugin called Hyper Cache Extended which has now been removed. We have reverted back to the [more…]
By Kate
Editorial: Egyptological Magazine Edition 5
We aim to bring you a new edition of the Magazine every two or three months but Edition 5 is published less than 6 weeks after Edition 4 as Egyptological goes from strength to strength. Headlining this edition, experienced writer Barbara O’Neill demonstrates a new talent as a journalist. Her interview of Dr Joyce Tyldesley [more…]
Edition - February, 2012
Editorial – Journal Edition 3 and Magazine Edition 4
Welcome to our latest editions of the Journal and Magazine sections. There is a great mixture of topics, which we hope will provide something for everyone. In the Journal section Kate Phizackerley has brought together the results of two excavations in the tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings, separated by nearly a century, [more…]
By Andie
A very happy New Year
We hope you have enjoyed Egyptological throughout 2011. Why not celebrate the New Year by writing an article for Egyptological? Add it to your New Years Resolution list :-) Wishing you all the best for 2012. Andrea and Kate [more…]
By Andie
Minor Menu Changes to Egyptological Site
As the site matures we are trying to make the ever-increasing amount of content easy to find. Over the next few months expect a few changes to various pages to try to make Egyptological even better and both quicker and easier to use. In today’s change, we have removed Colloquy from the menu (although the [more…]
By Kate
Editorial – Journal Edition 2 and Magazine Edition 3
Welcome to our latest editions of the Journal and Magazine sections. There is a great mixture of topics, which we hope will provide something for everyone. In the Journal section Etienne Vande Walle has contributed more of his research into the legal terminology of Ancient Egypt, this time focusing on the significance of two titles [more…]
By Andie
Edition 3 – Coming next week
This is a quick update to let you know that the new edition of Egyptological will be out on December 7th, with new articles in both the Journal and Magazine sections, together with our latest Photo Album, with topics ranging from the Early Dynastic to the Coptic periods, taking in the Eighteenth Dynasty along the [more…]
By Andie
Small Update and Dates for Next Editions
We made some small changes to the site a few days ago, tweaking the Home menu to highlight editions, renaming “Leader Articles” as “Latest Articles” and clarifying what is shown there – the articles from the latest edition. We will continue to evolve the layout of the site in response to readers’ feedback and as [more…]
By Kate
Edition - September, 2011
Egyptological Magazine – Edition 2
Welcome to the Second Edition of the Egyptological Magazine
In the Magazine we are pleased to see the return of two authors from the first edition. Brian Alm is continuing his popular series on the religion of the ancient Egyptians while Barbara O’Neill returns with another lavishly illustrated article. The image alongside, from the tomb of Nebamun is just one of the images in her article on the depiction of animal companions in tombs. We are delighted to welcome two new authors. Philip A. Femano has written a must-read article questioning the purpose of the blocking stones in the Ascending Passage of the Great Pyramid. Gary Beuk presents a biography of one of the best known early Egyptologists, and certainly the most colourful, Gionanni Battista Belzoni. Andrea Byrnes has added an article on the little known subject of Libyan Desert glass, a real treat for any Tutankhamun fans who have not heard of this unusual material found amongst his jewelery. We hope you will show your appreciation for all of our writers by leaving comments on their pieces. Our plan is for the Magazine to feature reviews as well as articles and you will find three of those as well, written by us. We attended the AWT conference last weekend and offer an overview and the first of our detailed reviews of invidual lectures. More will follow over the next few weeks. [more…]
By Andrea Byrnes and Kate Phizackerley
Upcoming: Edition 2, September 9th 2011
On Friday 9th September 2011 Edition 2 of the Magazine section of Egyptological will be published. The second edition of the Journal will be published at the end of the month, with details to follow. With five articles in the Magazine Articles section, a book review in Magazine Reviews and a new Photo Album in [more…]
By Andie
Visitor Statistics for Edition 1
Our contributors – and visitors – might be interested in the visitor statistics over the nearly 3 weeks up to 20th July since we launched Edition 1 of Egyptological. During that period we welcomed 4,072 visits (2,660 unique visitors) from 87 countries who have read a total of 15,789 pages on the main Egyptological site. [more…]
By Kate
Busy Ten Days
9th July 2011. It usually works out that with two of us when one of us with busy with other things that the other isn’t. That hasn’t quite worked out for the next ten days and both of us have quite a lot on. One or other us will be online every day – in [more…]
By Kate
Edition 1, June 30th 2011
On 30th June 2011 we will be launching the first edition of Egyptological, barring last minute glitches. We hope that you will find plenty to keep you interested. If you have comments or queries about the articles published, you can reply to any of them to start a discussion by clicking “Post Comment” at the [more…]
By Andie
Egyptological Blog Portal
28th May 2011. A year or so ago we launched the Egyptological Blog Portal. Now that the main Egyptologocal site is up and running, the portal has a a new permament home at the bottom of the main menu – and a new name. It is now simply, “Our Favourite Blogs“. Within the layout we [more…]
Egyptological launches
Saturday 16th April, 2011 – After several months of development Kate Phizackerley and Andrea Byrnes are very pleased to announce that we are ready to invite writers and photographers to contribute to the first issue of our free online magazine, Egytpological. Please feel free to explore the site, look at our sample content and get [more…]
By Andie
Quick Progress Report
26th January 2011. Thanks for stopping by. You may have noticed that the static content is starting to appear. Please keep an eye on these pages because you will find a lot more appearing in the very near future! [more…]
By Kate