Time Team (and their bulldozers) have arrived in America – soon to begin airing on PBS. First stop: Raleigh, NC. Visit their website, and watch a preview episode:
http://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam/
Month: April 2009
It’s a full day of Egyptian archaeology in the media.
First, the New York Times featured Stacy Schiff’s Op-Ed piece on the imminent search for Cleopatra’s tomb “on an Egyptian hilltop west of Alexandria”: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/opinion/22schiff.html?th&emc=th
Then, in a featured video on Hulu.com, two of the denizens of Sesame Street ventured into a pyramid, where they discovered some interesting statues: http://www.hulu.com/watch/69061/sesame-street-bert-and-ernie-in-a-pyramid
The deadline for paper proposals for the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (7ICAANE), to be held in London, is now approaching. Paper proposals for London 7ICAANE should be submitted by the end of the month: 30th April 2009.
Papers for the Fieldwork session only may be submitted by 30th September 2009. The extended deadline is to allow for the inclusion of papers on fieldwork undertaken during the summer.
The organizing committee will look at all of the proposals in the beginning of May. Potential speakers will be informed after this as to whether their paper has been accepted. Please submit your paper proposals online at: http://7icaane.intrabench.com/?showBookEvent1&EVENTID=5030&TID=38
Albanian Heritage Foundation organizes an annual archaeological field training school for students. The course involves extensive practical teaching.
Please find attached details of the AHF annual field training school for 2009. They are
currently recruiting overseas students; anybody with interest in attending the school should contact the address below:
Ms. Valbona Hysa,
Co-ordinator Training Excavation,
Butrint Training School
Albanian Heritage Foundation
Rr. Ismail Qemali, 12/1
Tirana
Albania
Tel: +35542244935
Fax: +35542245025
Web: www.albanianheritage.net
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