September 2003
1. Lower Class Burials: a few thoughts on lower-class and intrusive burials.
2. Ivories: literature about NK ivories / ivory trade with the ANE.
3. Inventory Stele and Kamose Stele: some bibliography about both steles.
4. Incised Serekhs: Dyn. 0-1 incised serekhs and their distribution.
5. Headrests (2): the use and symbolisms of headrests.
6. Decorated Burial Chambers: when did it start in royal tombs and wen in elite commoner tombs?
7. Amarna Eclipse: on the idea of whether a solar eclipse could have influenced the Amarna Period, plus the
technical problems of dating past eclipses (the Delta-T factor).
8. Wadj-wer: what mass of water was refered to with the term "The Great Green"?
9. Seven Holy Oils: names of the 7 Sacred Oils mentioned in funerary and offering formulae.
10. Regicide and Heb Sed: recent literature on the Heb Sed and whether regicide was ever part of this feast.
11. Miscellaneous: about 'unjustified dead', the Central Mastaba Field at Giza, Aanen (Tiye's brother), and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
12. EEF NEWS: issues 266-269.
13. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
October 2003
1. Pharaoh (title): when did the title Pr-aA first occur?
2. Papyrus paper: how to make paper out of papyrus.
3. Job Prospects: the (im)possibilities of finding a job as an Egyptologist.
4. Isis at Philae: literature on the Isis temple at Philae.
5. Hetepheres: the sarcophagus of the mother of Khufu and other examples of sealed but empty sarcophagi.
6. Theodore Davis: bibliographical data about this Egyptologist.
7. Textiles (2): linen and surviving textiles in AE.
8. SCA: some issues about foreign missions, excavation methodology, and site management.
9. Miscellaneous: Thuya's daughter(s), the so-called Osiris (Shaft) Tomb, a stele of Thutmosis IV, Late Period temple economics, the Egyptological division in 'Kingdoms',
and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
10. EEF NEWS: issues 270-274.
11. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
November 2003
1. Tutankhamun Papyrus: about the idea that there would be papyri in statues from Tutankhamun's tomb.
2. Qurna Mummies: about a mummy head in the possession of Empress Josephine.
3. Pyramidiots: when was this term used for the first time?
4. Petrie and OK Chronology: why Petrie and his followers used such 'high' dates.
5. Ka and Ba: literature about these two central concepts of AE religion.
6. Egyptian Egyptology: indigenous Egyptology since President Nasser.
7. Writing Boards: writing tablets in Egypt and the ANE.
8. Wood identification: some thoughts about scientific analysis of timbers.
9. Miscellaneous: the ka-statue of king Hor, the earliest exploration of Deir el Medina, Hemiunu's tomb, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
10. EEF NEWS: issues 275-278.
11. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
December 2003
1. Stamped Bricks: mud-bricks stamped with the names of AE individuals or institutions.
2. Genelein Linen: a painted textile from the Naqada periods.
3. Edfu Dates: "double dates" (Civil - lunar) in the tempel of Edfu.
4. Aswan Quarry Art: depictions of fishes and ostriches at the Aswan quarry harbor.
5. Yuya's Tomb and Charriot: KV46 and the charriot found therein.
6. Miscellaneous: charity in AE, TT 341, the ayin, Pentu, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
7. EEF NEWS: issues 279-282.
8. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).