Januari 1999
1. Circumcision: circumcision in AE, with an excursus to counting dead foes.
2. Dyn. 13-14: literature dealing with the Second Intermediate Period.
3. Etymology and ankh symbol: etymological theories for _(w)S(3)(w)btj_, _'nx_ and _wsjr_, and literature
dealing with the 'ankh' and 'was' symbols.
4. Arks and priest: musings about the side-locks and leopard-skins worn by priests.
5. Seven Shining Ones: about these godheads and the Sons of Horus, with an excursus to the Pleiades.
6. IFA Symposium report: report of the IFA symposium "Cosmological and Contextual Approaches
in Egyptian Art History".
7. Miscellaneous: about medicinal herbs, the Lund Papyrus, literature on Manetho and pyramids,
Djer's mummy arm, Egyptian Historiography and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
8. EEF NEWS: issues 31 to 34.
9. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
Februari 1999
1. Preserving wood and faience: about the effects of time on these substances, and about Horemhab's
rod and the (royal) cubit.
2. Book of the Celestial Cow: concerning this piece of AE literature and whether it reflects the Amarna Age.
3. Ityphallic Mut: Mut as androgynous creator.
4. History books: recommended books on the Predynastic and OK, and general history books for AE.
5. Razors and beards: types of facial hair depicted and how they removed it.
6. Lecture reports: ESNY lecture "The Absent Spouse and the Little Woman" by
Dr. Ann Macy Roth, and ARCE/NC lecture "The Origins of Egyptian Calendars and Their
Modern Legacy" by Dr. Ronald Wells.
7. Miscellaneous: men's height in AE, Amenhotep III and IV coregency, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
8. EEF NEWS: issues 35 to 38.
9. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
March 1999
1. Astronomical concepts in PTs: astronomical concepts in Pyramid Texts, and did the
AEs use astronomy in any practical/scientific way?
2. David in Karnak: about Kitchen's suggestion that king David of Israel is mentionned in
a toponym in the campaign list of Sheshonk I at Karnak.
3. Emotions and gestures in AE art: literature dealing with this element of AE art
4. Italian Exhibits: report on the exibition in Florence.
5. The KV tombs: overview of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
6. Military Road Egypt-Canaan: literature on the ancient military road between Egypt
and Canaan, plus literature on the Battle of Kadesh.
7. Mistress of the Temple: report of a lecture given by Dr. Emily Teeter at the
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
8. Natural phenomena: literature on Nile flood levels, plus observations concerning
the Theban landscape.
9. Nefertiti, lineage and deeds: was Ay the father of Nefertiti?, did Nefertiti write
to the Hittite king (or: who did write the Zannanza Letters), and does Nefertiti appear on the
Stela of Pase wearing the blue crown?
10. Philip Glass's opera 'Akhenaten'
11. Soap in AE: with what did they wash themselves.
12. The Doomed Prince: thoughts around how this famous tale may have ended.
13. Eunuchs: did the term _sxti_ denote castrates?
14. LP Names: a load of resources for Late Period names and titles.
15. Tombs of Mahu and Imiseba: funerary cones of mH, and wood from the tomb of Nebamun/Imiseba (TT65).
16. Miscellaneous: some literature on Egyptomania, on the Soleb volumes, on Dyn. 4 funeral ceremony, on
AE Funerary Stelae, plus some largely unanswered questions and unsettled matters.
17. EEF NEWS: issues 39 to 42.
18. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
April 1999
1. Stela of scribe Seti: discussion of some special traits of Cairo Mus JE 54155, and on
whether it is possible to date statues et.al. on the basis of wig type.
2. Color in Art: about the meaning of skin color, and colors in general, in AE art.
3. Denderah zodiak: literature on the zodiac ceilings at Denderah and their archaeoastronomical dating.
4. Egyptology education: pointers to those who want to prepair for a formal Egyptological education or an excavation
opportunity.
5. Royal Triumph Scenes: literature on the so-called "Smiting Scenes" and literature on prisonners of war.
6. Nomarch Renni: literature on the nomarch of el-Kab during dyn.18.
7. Miscellaneous: some Giza matters, faience beads, the "Instruction of Khety" (literature),
MK challenges and administration, Carter Catalogue No.267D (Tut Scarab), plus some largely unanswered questions and unsettled matters.
8. EEF NEWS: issues 43 to 47.
9. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).