Alexandria ICE Postponed16.05.2013
The International Association of Egyptologists has received notification from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, host of the International Congress of Egyptologists scheduled for September 2013, that the Congress is postponed for one year, until September 2014, in order to allow more participants to register. As the organization of the Congress is entirely in the hands of the host institution, the IAE has deferred to this decision. IAE members are encouraged to follow further developments on this website and that of the Congress (www.bibalex.org/EgytologyCongressBA2013/News/List.aspx), and to support the efforts of our Egyptian colleagues by registering for the 2014 Congress.James P. Allen, President, IAE
11th ICE in Alexandria: Latest News27.03.2013
Dear colleagues,Kindly follow the latest news on the website of the organizers:
www.bibalex.org/EgytologyCongressBA2013/News/List.aspx .
25 March 2013:
Due to the delay of receiving the results of the abstracts from the scientific committee, kindly be informed that the Late Payments are cancelled for Academia, PhD Students, Visitors and Poster Session. You are kindly asked to pay the rate of the Early Fees till 31st of May. No Late Payment.
12 February 2013
A new theme has been added among the themes of the congress which is the "BioArcheology".
The Secretary General, IAE
Ursula Verhoeven
11th ICE in Alexandria, 13th-20th September 2013: Website and Registration online05.11.2012
Until the end of May 2013 you can registrate for the 11th International Congress of Egyptologists in Alexandria, 13th-20th September 2013. Please use the "Registration Form" on the website of the organizers:www.bibalex.org/EgytologyCongressBA2013/Home/Home.aspx
For the first announcement please refer to:
www.bibalex.org/EgytologyCongressBA2013/News/Details.aspx?ID=vIK2sVBC4ALqRwdakinX/A==&lang=en
The Secretary General, IAE
Ursula Verhoeven
Urgent SCA message for Egyptologists01.08.2012
Dear Colleagues,The Department of the Foreign Missions Affairs at the Supreme Council of Antiquities would like to inform you that there are few changes in the procedures of the application process for Foreign Missions and Scholars to work in Egypt.
Missions working in non-military sites, the security clearance form MUST be accompanied by 6 personal photographs and 2 passport copies.
As for mission working in military areas, the security clearance form MUST be accompanied by 9 personal photographs and 4 passport copies.
These new changes by the National Security will be applied for the new applications from 1st of August, 2012. However, for the applications already submitted prior to this date, the department will handle it .
Best wishes
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled
Director of Department of Foreign Missions Affairs Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA)
3. El Adel Abou Bakr St.
Zamalek - Cairo.
Tel./Fax: +20 02-2735-0629
Humboldt-Stiftung: Sonderinitiative Ägypten und Tunesien05.03.2012
Bewerbungen für Forschungsstipendien aus Sondermitteln sind noch bis zum 15. März möglich.Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Ägypten und Tunesien, die noch nicht von der Humboldt-Stiftung gefördert wurden, können sich bis zum 15. März um eines von insgesamt zehn Sonderforschungsstipendien bewerben. Über diese Bewerbungen wird in einem besonderen Auswahlverfahren vor Ort in den beiden Ländern entschieden.
Details: www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/newsletter-1-2012-2.html
SOUSCRIPTION Acta Orientalia Belgica XXV 26.01.2012
Regards sur l’orientalisme belge, suivis études égyptologiques et orientales. Mélanges offerts à Claude VandersleyenLa liste des souscripteurs sera publiée dans la TABULA GRATULATORIA, les associant à l’hommage rendu à Claude Vandersleyen
Details: AOB XXV souscription.pdf
ANNOUNCEMENT: International Congress to be Held in Alexandria in 201320.01.2012
Last year, the changes in Egypt made it impossible for the Egyptian organizers to continue their plans for the International Congress of Egyptologists that had been scheduled for September 2012 in Cairo. As a result, the IAE asked member organizations for bids to host the next Congress elsewhere, which we had planned to post on the IAE website this month so that all IAE members could vote on them. We have received a large number of such bids, and are all very grateful for the vision and initiative of the IAE members and member organizations who submitted them.In the last few months, however, our Egyptian colleagues have come forward with a proposal to host the next Congress at the Calligraphy Center in Alexandria. As you may recall, this was actually the proposal first discussed at the 2008 ICE in Rhodes, before the Egyptian authorities changed the venue to Cairo. The officers of the IAE have discussed this new proposal in detail with our Egyptian counterparts, and we are agreed that we should accept it on behalf of the IAE. We have reached this decision primarily for two reasons. First, we feel a sense of commitment to our Egyptian colleagues because of the agreement reached in 2008 to hold the Congress in Egypt and because it has been the tradition to award the Congress to Egypt if they request it. Second, we feel it is important for the IAE to show its support for the efforts of our Egyptian colleagues to continue academic work after the disruptions of last year. In this, we believe that we reflect the feelings of all Egyptologists.
The next Congress will be held at the Calligraphy Center in Alexandria, under the direction of Ahmed Mansour, Deputy Director of the Center. The schedule has been set preliminarily for Friday, September 13, to Friday, September 20. All announcements, news, and details regarding the Congress will be posted on this website as we receive them. In addition, the Calligraphy Center is preparing its own website devoted to the Congress.
We extend our thanks and best wishes to our Egyptian hosts, and urge all IAE members to plan on attending. The IAE will cooperate in every way possible to ensure that ICE 2013 is a success.
See you in Alex!
James P. Allen, President, IAE
Laure Pantalacci, Vice-President, IAE
Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen, General Secretary, IAE
LETTER OF INVITATION20.01.2012
Dear Colleagues,The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the General Assembly of the International Association of Egyptologists cordially invite Egyptologists from all countries to participate in the Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists, which will be held in Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, from 13 to 20 September 2013.
The congress will be organized by the Calligraphy Center in Bibliotheca Alexandria under the auspices of the International Association of Egyptologists and the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt. The aim is to provide a meeting point for all Egyptologists based on some selected themes.
The International Congress of Egyptologists is traditionally open to all areas of Egyptological research, and its goal is to seek for research papers focusing on all major themes of Egyptology. However, the contributions are organized on a series of major themes within Egyptology:
1- The Ancient Egyptian Language in the form of writings and inscriptions.
2- The Cultural Heritage in ancient Egypt.
3- Funerary beliefs and practices.
4- Egyptian Archeology, Art and Religion.
5- Sociology, Literature, Economy and Philology.
6- Egyptian History, Foreign Relations and Diplomacy.
7- Fieldwork and Site management.
The ICE 2013 organizing committee will administer a refereed congress with the Bibliotheca Alexandria, whereby abstracts will be peer-reviewed. In the same manner, articles submitted for publication of the ICE 2013 proceedings will also be subject to peer-review. Also proposals of the keynote speakers and the closed session’s papers will be considered by the scientific committee of the ICE and BA, and time slots will be allocated upon approval of the proposal.
More themes may be added as the overall subject-matter of the proposed papers becomes apparent. Papers are to be sent to Calligraphy.Center@bibalex.org or to ahmed.mansour@bibalex.org.
Looking forward to seeing you in September 2013,
Ahmed Mansour, Deputy Director, Calligraphy Center, Bibliotheca Alexandria
James P. Allen, President, IAE
Laure Pantalacci, Vice-President, IAE
Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen, General Secretary, IAE
Neue Web-Seite zur Hieratistik19.12.2011
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,im April 2011 hat das Institut für Ägyptologie und Altorientalistik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz mehrere Vertreter der Hieratistik zu einem Arbeitstreffen nach Mainz eingeladen. Dieses erste Treffen stand unter dem Titel: „Ägyptologische ‚Binsen’-Weisheiten. Neue Impulse für die Wissenschaft der hieratischen Handschrift“ (zum Programm: www.aegyptologie-altorientalistik.uni-mainz.de/780.php).
Es wurde von den Teilnehmern vereinbart, eine Web-Seite einzurichten, auf der zukünftig Informationen zur Hieratistik zusammengeführt und transparent gemacht werden können. Heute kann ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass diese Seite nunmehr eingerichtet ist:
www.hieratistik.uni-mainz.de
Diese Homepage soll vornehmlich als Plattform zur Vernetzung und Information der Hieratisten untereinander sowie mit Kolleg(inn)en benachbarter Gebiete dienen. Ein weiteres Ziel ist es, den Studierenden und Nachwuchswissenschaftlern der Ägyptologie einen leichteren Zugang zu hieratischen Quellen zu ermöglichen.
Die aktuelle Fassung ist erst ein Anfang. Um die Seite mit weiteren Informationen füllen zu können, bitte ich Sie um Mithilfe. Bitte lassen Sie uns Hinweise zukommen, die sowohl Ihre eigenen Forschungen betreffen als auch Ihnen bekannte laufende Projekte, bei denen wir dann rückfragen können. Im Einzelnen ist folgendes von Interesse:
• Größere Forschungsprojekte (mit Ansprechpartner, bei dem wir uns erkundigen werden, ob die Nennung erwünscht ist)
• Titel von Examensarbeiten oder anderen Werken, die zur Zeit entstehen
• Links zu Datenbanken
• pdf-Dokumente von eigener Literatur, Arbeitspapieren, Materialien u.ä.
• Bibliographische Hinweise
• Aktuelle Nachrichten wie Neuerscheinungen u.ä.
• Ankündigungen von relevanten Tagungen, Vorträgen, Ausstellungen
Es wäre schön, wenn sich möglichst viele Fachleute beteiligen würden. Anregungen zu Form und Inhalt, Erweiterungen und Kritik sind ebenfalls sehr willkommen.
Wir planen, im kommenden Jahr ein weiteres Arbeitstreffen zu organisieren, um die Hieratistik als Spezialgebiet der Ägyptologie stärken zu können. Mit Details werden wir sobald wie möglich auf Sie zukommen.
Mit den besten Wünschen für die kommenden Feiertage und ein erfolgreiches und gesundes Neues Jahr 2012.
Herzliche Grüße
Ursula Verhoeven
Petition: Austria´s Scientific Landscape in Jeopardy17.11.2011
The Performance Agreement between the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which was signed on the 4th November 2011 paves the way for the factual budget reduction of the largest and most eminent non-university research establishment in the country.Read more / sign up for the petition: openpetition.de/petition/gezeichnet/bedrohung-des-forschungsstandortes-oesterreich
EES Director27.10.2011
The Egypt Exploration Society is pleased to announce that the current Deputy Director, Chris Naunton, has been appointed to succeed Dr Patricia Spencer as EES Director from 1 January 2012, see: www.ees.ac.uk/news/index/143.htmlAnnouncement of the SCA25.08.2011
Dear Colleagues,In the last few weeks you all watched and heard in the media that the Ministry of State for Antiquities returned back to be Supreme Council of Antiquities which has maintained its independence from the Ministry of Culture. It is reporting directly to the Cabinet and the Prime Minister.
Mr. Mohamed Abdel Fattah is the Secretary General of the SCA and all official letters should be addressed to him.
In the last days many rumors were widespread about stopping the work of the foreign missions in Egypt, others saying that no more excavation will be undertaken in Egypt. Therefore, I would like to pay your attention to the fact that all what you hear or read is completely wrong, since you did not receive an official note from our department.
The SCA is not intended to stop any excavation work in Egypt, except for some sites which are under threat from robbery according to the security reports. Therefore, the Permanent Committee has suspended only some excavation work for some missions due to the security status of each site. However, the study season or conservation and protection work are approved at all the sites. In other words, the SCA is dealing with sites case-by-case according to its security conditions.
I would like also to inform you that our department is ready to receive any application and it is working with the same system as before. There is no change at all till further notice.
You can visit our website to see our regulation: www.sca-egypt.org/eng/FMR_RR.htm
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled
Director of the Permanent Committee & Foreign Missions Affairs
Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
3. El Adel Abou Bakr St.
Zamalek - Cairo.
ib_wr@yahoo.com
ICE: Clarification10.08.2011
The International Association of Egyptologists sponsors the International Congress of Egyptologists but does not organize it. All planning and organization is done by the host institution(s), including venue and dates. The decision to cancel the 2012 Cairo Congress was made by the Egyptian hosts and is theirs alone. The IAE is open to all bids for the place and time of the next Congress, including Egypt. As announced on the IAE website, bids must be submitted to the Secretary General of the IAE before January 1, 2012. The decision as to which bid to accept will be up to the IAE membership, voting by electronic ballot.Potential hosts should be aware that there is considerable expense involved in planning the ICE. The IAE will subsidize the ICE to the extent possible, but at present IAE resources are sufficient only for operations of the Association.
James P. Allen
President of the IAE
Looking for a new host for the next International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE) 08.08.2011
In view of the transitional situation in Egypt, our Egyptian colleagues have decided that it is in the best interests of the IAE to cancel the International Congress of Egyptologists they had planned to host in 2012 in Cairo. The IAE is grateful to our Egyptian colleagues for the preliminary work they have put into the planned Congress and we wish them well in all their future endeavors. We look forward to the day when the Congress can return to Egypt.Accordingly, the IAE will welcome proposals from organizations for hosting the next Congress in another venue. Please send all proposals and inquiries to the Secretary General of the IAE (mail to: secretary@iae-egyptology.org). Timing of the Congress will be up to the host organization, but in order to ensure continuity should be no later than 2016. All proposals will be posted on the IAE website and will be voted on by IAE members. Deadline for proposals is December 31, 2011, and voting will commence in January 2012.
James P. Allen
President of the IAE
Metropolitan Museum to return 19 artifacts to Egypt01.08.2011
Read more: af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE76T04N20110730Georg Steindorff's collection in Leipzig30.06.2011
... remains in Leipzig! The last news are to be found here:www.faz.net/artikel/C30108/restitutionsansprueche-steindorffs-wille-30447478.html
www.uni-leipzig.de/~egypt/Institutshomepage/start.htm
Online now: The Museum Newsletter 2925.05.2011
The Museum Newsletter 29 (2009, edited by the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim in 2011) is now available for download (service for members only):www.iae-egyptology.org/services.php?site=museum_news
An Appeal to Stop the Destruction of Nubia15.04.2011
By Bruce Williams, presented at the recent meeting of the American Research Center in EgyptThe Nubian people, their land, habitat, and heritage are once again under threat of exile and destruction by the construction of great dams. As widely documented on the internet, and especially on the site www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/6121, three dams are now under contract in Sudan and a fourth (Dal) is moving forward. ...
Read more: Appeal Nubia.pdf
List of Missing Artifacts from the Egyptian Museum Cairo 15.03.2011
Dr. Tarek El Awady, Director of the Egyptian Museum, would like to ask for help in the repatriation of the missing artifacts after the attack on January 28, 2011. Complete list:www.sca-egypt.org/eng/pdfs/Objects%20Missing%20from%20the%20Egyptian%20Museum_2011-03-15.pdf
Petition forwarded by the Egyptian Museum: Petition to Prime Minister.pdf
Petition to Egypt's Transitional Authority to Provide Adequate Monument and Site Security09.03.2011
In light of the recent security crisis concerning the monuments, sites and antiquities in Egypt, Andrew Bayuk has created an online petition addressed to the Transition Authority and Military calling for the immediate resumption of adequate security activities to endangered areas.Petition: www.gopetition.com/petition/43574.html
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-Egypts-Transitional-Authority-to-Provide-Monument-Site-Security/189115044460863
The Most Recent Summary of Damage to Antiquities03.03.2011
www.drhawass.com/blog/status-egyptian-antiquities-today-3-march-2011The State of Antiquities: Latest Press Releases by the SCA23.02.2011
www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MR_PR.htmSCA Announcement by Ramadan B. Hussein07.02.2011
Sunday, 6th of Febr., 2011In the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), we all realize with great appreciation the concerns of the entire Egyptological and archaeological communities around the world on the safety of Egypt's archaeological heritage. We also understand that these concerns are growing higher and higher with the frightening news about "ransacking", "looting", "plundering", "vandalizing"…etc. of Egypt's museums, magazines and archaeological sites. These reports on the situation of Egypt's archaeological heritage are not entirely accurate. There were indeed incidents of vandalism, but have not reached the level of looting. We would like to assure everybody that archaeological sites and museums in Egypt are in the capable hands of the Egyptian Army, the inspectors of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and most importantly the villagers living in the vicinity of these archaeological sites. Villagers have formed human shields around the sites and are assisting the army and the inspectors in guarding the magazines and sites.
The story of the vandalism of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo is very complex with multiple sides to it. The people who congregated in the garden of the museum on Friday, January 28 had different intensions. Some people were protecting the museum; others entered the garden with the intension to break into the museum. A third group was just hanging out as if they were in a picnic!
The newly opened museum gift-shop was vandalized and ransacked. Looters thought all along that the gift-shop is the Egyptian Museum and that the jewelry gifts and replicas are antiquities. The majority of the looted jewelry was returned by the Egyptian Army personnel, who rushed into the museum once the curfew was forced. They arrested a number of looters and used the help of volunteers to form a human shield around the museum. The funny part of the story is that only the books of the gift-shop remained untouched. Looters are never interested in books, I guess. However, ca. 6 people broke into the museum through the windows in the museum ceiling using ropes. One of those people fell down on a showcase, while going down using the rope. He got injured and could not escape, and was arrested inside the museum. The army also arrested ca. 10 more people who tried relentlessly to scale the western museum surrounding wall.
The preliminary damage assessment of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo was conducted on Saturday, January 29, by a committee of Egyptologists, army personnel and policemen. This committee included Dr. Tarek El-Awady, the General Director of the Museum, Mr. Ibraheim Abd El-Mageid, a Senior Curator at the museum and myself. We found out that only 13 (thirteen) showcases were smashed and objects were taken out. Fortunately, the thieves were after "treasures". In their understanding, "treasures" are gold objects. Therefore, they left all the objects of the smashed showcases lying on the floors of the galleries. Some of these objects are found broken, while others are still intact. A full account of the vandalism of Egypt's archaeological sites and museums could be found on Dr. Zahi Hawass's website, www.zahihawass.com, and on that of the SCA (www.sca-egypt.org).
New Comment by James P. Allen04.02.2011
Now that communications have been restored in Egypt, there has been emerging more news about Egypt's antiquities than was available when I last wrote. The official voice of the government in this regard, Zahi Hawass, has issued numerous press releases to assure everyone that "All the museums and monuments of Egypt are safe" (personal communication, Feb., 3rd). These are posted on the SCA website (www.sca-egypt.org).Reports from others in Egypt are less optimistic. While we cannot post them all here, we would encourage those of you who are concerned to monitor the Facebook page "Egyptologists for Egypt," which has been serving as an ongoing forum about the crisis, mostly with personal opinions but occasionally with news from contacts in Egypt itself:
www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptologists-for-Egypt-Supporting-the-peoples-demands/104270532983680
The news of the last few days has not been encouraging, for Egypt's cultural heritage as well as for its people. For those of you with contacts in Egypt, please let them know that we stand with them in spirit and in the hope that Egypt's people and its cultural heritage will both emerge from this crisis not only safely but with a brighter future.
James P. Allen
President of the IAE
CIPEG Statement on the Situation in Egypt03.02.2011
Download:CIPEG-Statement.pdf
ICOM has published an additional statement on Egypt:
icom.museum/news/news/article/icom-urges-to-protect-egypts-cultural-heritage/L/0.html
UNESCO Warns on Egypt Heritage03.02.2011
The United Nations' cultural organisation urged Egyptian authorities and protesters Tuesday to protect the country's heritage and respect freedom of expression during the ongoing political crisis.Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVqzcdH6PFpXKroQBQ5p-m9IvnUQ?docId=CNG.30ff0b57ab72bd5eaa39bfcd8d0f2119.611
The Situation in Egypt: Activities undertaken by individuals03.02.2011
We would like to inform about activities undertaken by individuals independently from the IAE:Egyptological Looting Database 2011:
egyptopaedia.com/2011/
Protect Egyptian Cultural Heritage
www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_188849054473805
Mission to Restore Antiquities in Egypt
www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_174179215959542
Restore + Save the Egyptian Museum
www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_197921123555505
Egyptologists for Egypt
www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptologists-for-Egypt-Supporting-the-peoples-demands/104270532983680
Antiquities Alert20.01.2011
As a permanent service we would like to announce stolen or illegal antiquities on this page under News. Please send any information to secretary@iae-egyptology.org.Payment of Membership Fee by PayPal12.07.2010
The vast majority of IAE members can pay their membership fee most conveniently by the web payment method PayPal. However, PayPal is NOT available in the following countries:Cuba
Arab Republic of Egypt
Monaco
Pakistan
Republic of Serbia
Sudan
Members from these countries and those who do not want to use PayPal at all, are kindly requested to contact the General Secretary (secretary@iae-egyptology.org) or their respective national representative (www.iae-egyptology.org/iae.php?site=presidency). For further information about PayPal’s offerings in your country or region, please, see: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-country-functionality-outside.
Welcome by the president24.03.2010
Dear Colleagues,Welcome to the new website of the International Association of Egyptologists! Thanks to the efforts of our Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Ursula Verhoeven, and her team - Dr. Silke Roth and Claudius Troeber -, you now have a better way of communicating with your association and with one another. Key features include access to a directory of members and their addresses (please make sure your own information is up to date), and the ability to renew your membership online. Eventually, this site will give us all a primary portal for linking to institutional and individual websites and Egyptological databases worldwide (such as the OEB, already linked). We also hope you will use it to post news of international interest, and we hope it will also help to curb the trade in illegal antiquities by serving as a site to post alerts. The site you see today is only the beginning. Please let us know your thoughts on how we can improve it and make it more useful to the international Egyptological community.
James P. Allen
The New Website23.03.2010
From March 2010 onward the new website of the IAE is online. We apologize profusely for any delay!Please click through the pages and catch up on various new features. We would very much appreciate your feedback. For any helpful suggestions, comments, and additions, please contact the General Secretary, Ursula Verhoeven, at the University of Mainz (secretary@iae-egyptology.org).
The new online membership administration system
A key feature of the new website is the online membership administration system, which will considerably simplify the membership administration for all persons involved. Above all, it enables members to subscribe and to renew their membership directly through the new website. When you do so, your name and email address are automatically added to the list of current members of the IAE. This list forms part of the restricted service sites which are accessible for accredited members only.
Payment of membership fees
With immediate effect, the membership fee can be paid most conveniently by the web payment method PayPal. That means members can pay individually with money held in their PayPal account balance or use another payment method such as their bank account or a credit card. Since PayPal is available worldwide and in all major currencies, currency conversion into Euros is no longer necessary. The conversion rate will be according to the time of the transaction. What is more, the banking charges, while unavoidable, are reduced to a minimum.
For further information see: How to join