May 1999
1. Ay and Horemhab: which role did they play in the 'Zannanza Affair' (Egyptian queen
writing to Suppiluliuma of Hatti for a husband)?
2. Battles of Thutmoses III: literature on the campaigns of this pharaoh.
3. Egyptian World-views: the AE outlook on the monstrous (hybrids, anthropomorphic animals, etc.),
on the divine, and on human nature.
4. Symbolism of papyrus: papyrus figuring in rites and myths.
5. Tulli Papyrus: hoax?: about a supposed UFO sighting during the reign of Thutmose III.
6. UE, LE and Unification: the origin of the Red Crown; the Ma'adi and Naqada cultures
of Lower and Upper Egypt (contacts and transitions); cultural and political unification of the land;
Menes - Narmer or Hor-Aha?
7. Miscellaneous: ancient route from Delta to Sinai, Abydos King List publications, and some other
(largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
8. EEF NEWS: issues 48-50.
9. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
June 1999
1. Memphis: the location of the oldest Memphis, and about two names of the city,
"White Wall" (_jnbw-HD_) and "Balance of the Two Lands" (_mx3.t - t3.wj_).
2. Winding Waterway: the location of this mythical stream and how to read its name
(_mr n x3_, _mr nx3j_).
3. Rosetta Stone: essay on the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Michael Tilgner,
with authentic French reports quoted.
4. OK-MK-NK concept: did the AEs use the concept of succeeding 'Kingdoms'?
5. Cosmological buildings: cosmological aspect of Egyptian houses
6. Mathematics: literature and websites dealing with AE mathematics.
7. Blunt arrows: literature dealing with blunt-tipped hunting arrows.
8. Amarna Royal Tombs Project: report of an ESNY lecture of Dr. Geoffrey T. Martin.
9. Ptolemaic coins: literature dealing with Ptolemaic
10. Hathor and Astarte: did Hathor have the warlike attributes of Astarte, and were
their ever any associations between both fertility goddesses?
11. Istnofret: the different women of this name in Dyn. 19.
12. Miscellaneous: the Nemes headcloth, the Bennu bird, TT A17, publications
of the Papyrus Harris and the Admonitions of Ipuwer, and some other (largely unanswered)
questions and unsettled matters.
13. EEF NEWS: issues 51-54.
14. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
July 1999
1. Amarna Mummies: looking at some remains of Dyn.18 kings - what was the age
of Tut at death?; what was the age of the KV55 remains?; what does the mummy of
Amenhotep III tell us?; do the depictions of Akhenaton per se reflect some kind of
physical condition?
2. BD 168: some comments to Book of the Dead chapter 168.
3. Mathematics (Part II): thoughts about the level of AE math, plus some more literature and
website references.
4. Music(al instruments): what instruments did the AEs play?, plus literature.
5. Foundation deposits: scenes and rituals surrounding foundation deposits (literature).
6. Heb Sed: long thread about the Heb Sed - what could the name mean?, when was it kept?,
which kings kept it?, the myth of regicide, the Lion Bed/Couch involved, etc.
7. Horses in AE: when did these animals appear for the first time in AE?
8. Pepi and his general: reflections on this tale with its gay motif.
9. PTs and Horus Eye: a long thread with a variety of ideas concerning (certain) Pyramid
Texts and the Eye of Horus.
10. Smenkhkare picture (Part I): looking at a scene that could depict this pharaoh,
and news about the gold foil in KV55.
11. Tell Tabilla: what do we know of this place?
12. Miscellaneous: some matters of terminology and spelling (ushabti, Amon, et.al.),
and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
13. EEF NEWS: issues 55-59.
14. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).
August 1999
1. Hathor, Bat and Thebes: Hathor, her b3t cult object and her connections with the
goddess Bat, and whether there was a cult of Hathor in Thebes during the MK.
2. Climate Changes: literature list for climate changes causing cultural changes in AE.
3. The Mititary: literature list for weapons and military organisation in AE.
4. Weird + Omm Sety: anecdotes about colorfull Egyptophiles, the relativity of weird, and the
scholarly face of Omm Sety.
5. Sms(w)-Hr: about the meaning of the terms "Following" and "Followers of Horus".
6. Crypts of Dendera: literature list about the Hathor Temple in Dendera.
7. Serapeum human mummy?: about traces of Khaemwaset found in the Serapeum by Mariette.
8. Temple folklore: Arabian folklore around AE statues and AE temple ruins, and about the origin of vertical grooves in holy places.
9. Smenkhkare picture (Part II): more thoughts about the scene that could depict this pharaoh,
and whether there was a male Smenkhkare, a female Smenkhkare, or both. (long!)
10. Miscellaneous: Wendorf, El Kab and Epipalaeolithic, Sinai,
Cleopatra Selene, water for the dead, Chancellor of the KLE, Hermaphrodites, and some other
(largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
11. EEF NEWS: issues 60-63.
12. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by
authors and publishers (new books), by institutions (jobs, lectures, etc.).