Archaeologist at Large: Lists

Book List: Books I Want !

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:22:27 GMT

Books I Want !

Norman Davies: Europe at War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory
A new look at World War II
Peter hennessy: Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties
A particular interest of mine is British Post War identity, this promises to be be a good read
Jeanne Marie Teutonico: Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment
Essential Getty Resource Book
Peter Hennessy: Never Again: Britain 1945-1951
This is the first volume in Peter Hennessy's look at post war Britain
Simon Garfield: Private Battles: Our Intimate Diaries - How the War Almost Defeated Us
Everr sinc I read Simon's first book regarding the work of the Mass Obsevation Unit I have been fascinated by the diaries produced by Brits during the war and after
Anne Lyden: Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel and Perception
The Railway revolution
Saul Friedlander: The Years of Extermination, Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the Holocaust
Simon Garfield: We Are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
More from Simon Garfield

Custom List: CRM Resources

Sat, 19 May 2007 11:25:49 GMT

CRM Resources

Heritage Lottery Fund
See where your money goes!
They Work for You
A great site, encouraging citizens to get involved in democracy
United Nations Foundation
One aspect of their remit is the environment
Center for Suistainable Destinations
Working to protect all the world's distinctive places through wisely managed tourism and enlightened destination stewardship
Conservation International
Our mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.
Your Place or Mine Conference Blog site
Interesting way of promoting and interacting with a conference
Avebury World Heritage Site
Resource site for Avebury
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites (CMAS)
The Journal for Conservation and Site Management
The Institute of Conservation
Icon is the lead voice for the conservation of cultural heritagein the UK
Copac academic and national library catalogue
The Copac® library catalogue gives free access to the merged online catalogues of major University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library

Custom List: Conferences Past, Present & Future

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:41:23 GMT

Conferences Past, Present & Future

Cultural Landscapes in the 21st Century
11th to 16th April 2005
The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near (Astene)
Regular Yearly Conferences
Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.
Monday 9th to Thursday 12th January 2006
The Venice Charter Revisited Conference
3rd-5th November 2006, Venice, Italy
Contemporary and historical archaeology in theory (CHAT)
Regular Conferences
Seeing The Past: Building knowledge of the past and present through acts of seeing
February 4 – 6, 2005
The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal
15-17 Sept, 2005
The Archaeology of World Megalithic Cultures
28-31 Oct. 2004
Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists (CECYE 2006)
31 August - 2 September, 2006 Budapest
Heritage & the Environment 2007
20th to 22nd June, 2007
Cultural Heritage & Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual PropertyRights
3-5 December 2006
AntiCIPAting the Future of the Cultural Past
1 to 6 October 2007
RELIGION AND POWER: DIVINE KINGSHIP IN THEANCIENT WORLD AND BEYOND
February 23-24, 2007

Custom List: Valley of the Kings, Excavations, Resources etc.

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:53:42 GMT

Valley of the Kings, Excavations, Resources etc.

KV5
Dr Weeks and the Theban Mapping Project team
KV 10 & KV 63
University of Memphis team
The Valley of the Kings Foundation
Nicholas Reeves & Jeffery Martin's site
The University of Arizona
Research in the Valley of the Kings and Thebes
New KV 63 website
All the news from KV
Details of Open Tombs
Details of open tombs in Luxor area
Theban Mapping Project
The resource for the Valley
Donald Ryan's Work in KV
Resources & more

Custom List: Excavations in Egypt

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:51:37 GMT

Excavations in Egypt

Columbia University @ Amheida
Dig Reports
Macquarie University @ Saqqara
Work @ King Teti's burial site
CACHETTE of the Royal Mummies, TT320
Work in the Royal Cache
Spanish – Egyptian Mission @ Dra Abu el-Naga
Tombs of Djehuty and Hery (TT 11 – 12)
The Russian Institute of Egyptology in Cairo (RIEC)
@ Deir el-Banat (Fayoum)
Russian Institute of Egyptology in Cairo (RIEC)
@ Kom Tuman (Memphis)
The University of Göttingen and the Darmstadt University of Technology
@ Schedia
Theban Mapping Project
Luxor and Cairo
The Giza Archives Project
All about the Giza Necropolis
Liverpool University@ Tell Abqa'in
Excavations of the Ramesses II fortress in the Western Delta of Egypt
Expedition To Dahsur North by Waseda University
Survey Work
Amarna Royal Tombs Project
The Valley of the Kings Foundation
Tomb of Senneferi. TT99
West Bank, Nobles Tomb excavted by Nigel Strudwick of the BM

Custom List: Media Links

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:34:02 GMT

Media Links

Egypt Today
Egypt Today The Magazine of Egypt people / society / politics /culture Published monthly in Cairo, Egypt
Al-Ahram Weekly
English Language Newspaper from Cairo
Time Out
What to do when you are out and In!

Custom List: Historical Films

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:20:33 GMT

Historical Films

Indiana Jones Trilogy
The best films about archaeology ever!
Carry on Cleo
The ultimate historical film
The Mummy
Original & best
The Mummy, Mummy Returns and Scorpion King Trilogy
Awesome
Cleopatra
Hollywood's version with Liz Taylor
Carry on Behind
Archaeologists in England
Stargate
The truth about Ancient Egypt

Custom List: Egypt Links

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:06:28 GMT

Egypt Links

Egypt Fixer
All your Filming needs in Egypt
Qurna History Project
A great site dedicated to the people of Qurna
American University in Cairo
Our base in Cairo
Pyramid Cam
Great Site
Discovery Channel & KV 63
Media & Archaeology students, will find this a good case study
Ancient World Tours
Cultural Tours to Egypt and the world!
Campaign to Protect Rural England
UK Heritage Body
International Network for Traditional Building Architecture andUrbanism
CRM Resource
English Nature
UK Heritage Org
World Science
Wonderful site for science news
American Jounal of Archaeology
Free On-line
Nefertari's Tomb
A "virtual visit" to the Nefertari tomb can be made here
Flats in Luxor
Flats by Jane Akshar
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC )
Follow the construction of this new museum in Cairo

Custom List: Museums and Exhibitions Around the World

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:05:28 GMT

Museums and Exhibitions Around the World

Freud Museum, London
All you need to know about the great man
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, 5/11/ 2006 - 4/03/2007The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 2/12/2006- 31/12/2007

Custom List: London Links

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:56:08 GMT

London Links

The Royal Parks
London's Royal Parks in all their glory
Transport for London
All yoyr travel needs
Harrods
Shopping
British Museum
The Museum
Time Out
The original what's on mag

Custom List: Memorials in London

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:49:41 GMT

Memorials in London

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
The controversial fountain
Animals in War Memorial
This one got in before Women in War!
Women in War Memorial
Close to the Cenotaph in Whitehall
Canadian War Memorial
In Hyde Park
Australian War Memorial
One of the latest batch
New Zealand War Memorial
The newest I think
National Police Memorial
To all police who have lost their lives in service
The Battle of Britain Monument
Unveiled by the Prince of Wales on 18th September 2005, situatedon the Embankment

Book List: Books

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:48:59 GMT

Books

Karl W.Butzer: Archaeology as human ecology
A great author
Kevin Greene: Archaeology, An Introduction
Good guide to archaeology
C.Refrew & P.Bahn: Archaeology, Theories Methods & Practice
The bible of archaeology
Dr Kent R.Weeks: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (Study Edition)
Spiral Bound for ease of use
Dr Kent R.Weeks: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings: Theban Mapping Project Pt. 1
KV Mapped!
Polly Pattullo: Ethical Travel Guide: Your Passport to Exciting Alternative Holidays
I wrote the Egyptian entry!
Brian M Fagan: In the Beginning, An Introduction to Archaeology
Classic
Dr Kent R.Weeks: KV5: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings
KV5 in all its glory
Dr Kent R.Weeks: KV5: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings
Revised edition
Dr Kent Weeks: Lost Tomb (The)
The whole story
Dr Kent R.Weeks: Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings (The)
The Luxor Guide Book

Blog list: Blog list

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:46:12 GMT

Cathy Heinemann
My friend Cathy who lives in Mardi
Brown
Cool Blog
Egyptology News
Cool News Site
Wessex Archaeology
A Dig blog
A visitor
look it up
Ancient Egypt Blog
Lots of info
General Archaeology Blog
Good links
Living in Egypt
Reallife in Egypt
Antarctic conservation blog
Conservation in the Dark!
Digging & Blogging @ Megiddo
Follow the dig!
Luxor News
Jane Akshar's Luxor Blog
Flats in Luxor
by the owner of flats in Luxor
Amira's World
Daughter of Jane Akshar who runs flats in Luxor

Custom List: Exhibitions

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:17:29 GMT

Exhibitions

Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh
March 28, 2006–July 9, 2006, Met Museum New York
Modernism @ the V & A, London
6th April-23 July 2006
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
May 26, 2006 - January 1, 2007, Field Museum, Chicago
Excavating Egypt
January 21 – June 4, 2006, Albany Institute of History & Art
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
June 9 - October 8, 2006, First Center,Nashville
Tutankhamun's Wardrobe
March 29 - June 30, 2006, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Mummy: the inside story
The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL
Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery ofEgypt
June 8 - September 3, 2006
Egypt Through Other Eyes: The Popularization of Ancient Egypt
August 12, 2005–November 12, 2006