September 2000
1. Childhood Mortality: some observations on infant mortality and infant burrials.
2. Amelia Edwards: writings of, and books/websites on, Amelia A. Blanford Edwards.
3. Alabaster: literature on stone/alabaster vases and thoughts about the etymology of 'alabaster'.
4. Cleopatra's Signature: the discovery of what may be Cleopatra VII's handwriting on P. Bingen 45.
5. Early Computation: what are the earliest proofs of AE calculation (vs. simple addition); plus literature
on AE math.
6. Human Sacrifice: did it occur in AE?
7. Divine King: about royal titles and divine kingship.
8. Nxx-star: what were the Nekhekh stars, about the "Upper and Lower Sky", and (pseudo-)decans.
9. Nabta Playa: the megalithic objects in this desert depression and their relation to AE.
10. Sheshonk's name: the ways in which the name of this king was written in AE and in Mesopotamia.
11. Silk: about the discovery of silk in dyn. 21 context.
12. Strikes: literature on labour strikes in AE.
13. Tomb Photo's: is it allowed to use tripods/monopods/flash-light when photographing inside tombs?
14. Miscellaneous: the Eastern Desert, the discovered tomb of 'Netcherouymes' (*nTr.w.y-ms), and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
15. EEF NEWS: issues 116-119.
16. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
October 2000
1. Bes' origin: was this god of indigenous or of Libyan or Sudanese origin?
2. AEs in Persia: literature about Egyptians in Babylonia and Persia during the 1st millenium BC.
3. Djed Pillar variations: the Dd glyph in different compositions.
4. Herihor's tomb: more news on Niwinski's claim to find this tomb.
5. Horakhty in leonine form: this godhead depicted as sphinx or with lion head.
6. Libyan Desert Glass: charcteristics of this exotic material likely employed in some AE jewels.
7. Seti I objects: what material do we have out of the tomb of this pharaoh?
8. Son of Re and Nesutbiti titles: when was the s3 r' title first employed, and what
is the etymology of the niswt-bity title?
9. Tiye, Meryre and rainbows: about the Amarna tombs of these two persons, and about the
very remarkable solar scene (rainbow or sun halo?) in the latter tomb.
10. Miscellaneous: MSc programs for Egyptology, ancient public knowledge of the BD, moon
and calendar, the publications of Orly Goldwasser, Reliquaries of Osiris website, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
11. EEF NEWS: issues 120-123.
12. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
November 2000
1. Copper: the composition of Egyptian copper.
2. Silk and Amber: silk in dyn. 21 context, and the difference between copal and amber, with an
excursus to the amber scarab of Thuya.
3. Tut's Foetuses and NTDs: literature about the foetusses found in Tutankhamun's tomb, and
about Neural tube defects (NTDs) like spina bifida and Anencephaly.
4. Miscellaneous: the Stela of Buto, Arsinoe III and the Exedra of Thermos, the goddess Wosret, boundary stones, and
some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
5. EEF NEWS: issues 124-128.
6. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
December 2000
1. AE Songs: references to songs in Ancient Egypt.
2. KV55 and Royal Pelvises: who was in tomb KV55, was it a man or woman and how can
one tell?
3. The KV55 Collar: was it a nfrw or a xrw collar, and in what position was it found?
4. Menophris: was the Era of Menophris a Classical invention?
5. Pleated Garments: how did they do it!?
6. Prisoner Figurines: some literature on this topic.
7. Suicide and Disposal of Criminals: what would be the effect of suicide and what happened with the bodies of criminals?
8. Miscellaneous: Age Reckoning in Ptolemaic Egypt, horned Venus, the autobiography of Rekmire, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
9. EEF NEWS: issues 129-130.
10. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).