http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625061.900
 You will either need to be a paying subscriber to see more of this New Scientist article, or pick up a copy of the print edition. I am a New Scientist subscriber, and it is a good article, so worth looking out for the magazine itself. "Amenhotep III was one of ancient Egypt’s greatest pharaohs. […]

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp 
"Two years ago, the SCA decided to turn Al Sakakini Palace into a museum for the history of medicine and pharmacology. It was only this year that the decision was put into effect.Although the display catalogue of the museum has already been prepared, studies are still underway to examine the strength of the palace […]

http://www.fundclos.com/exposiciones.htm
Two exhibitions in the Egyptology Museum of Barcelona (Museu Egipci de Barcelona), for anyone going over there in the near future, are due to close on July 10th, so if you get the chance to go, now is the time. The main site is written in Catalan, but these exhibition pages are written in […]

The SCA have apparently announced the discovery of a giant granite sarcophagus dating to dating to the the reign of Ramesses II in Saqqara. I haven’t managed to track down the original SCA statement yet, but the following summarize the main points of interest of the find, although as usual, see the individual articles for […]

www.arts.kuleuven.be/egyptology  
The following announcement has been made by Tempeltagung organizers at Leuven:
Dear Colleagues,
From September 28 until October 1, the 7th Egyptological Tempeltagung will be organized in Leuven. This year’s topic is "Structuring Religion". You will find the program of the conference and the abstracts on our website .
We ask you to […]

http://tinyurl.com/78fac 
"The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is working to bring a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy to town in spring 2006, in hopes of renewing the wave of tourism generated by the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, Exploreum director Mike Sullivan said Monday. Nesperennub, the mummified former priest of Karnak, is currently housed at the British Museum […]

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt/184156 
This article, posted on the Al Bawaba website is something I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else, but it claims that "Dr. Zahi Hawas, head of the Egyptian Antiquity Commission, has announced that he will not allow the filming of “Nefertiti Queen of the Nile” to commence in Egypt". The film was/is to be based […]

As a direct consequence of the previous article re the Amarna Princess sculpture currently being sold on Ebay, I went to have a hunt around on the Web to find out more about the Mansoor collection mentioned in the auction house Press Release. For those of you who are interested, here is a small selection […]

http://www.gazinauctions.com/princess
"A rare Mansoor portrait sculpture of an 18th dynasty Amarna Princess [ca 1363-1364 B.C.] goes live on eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace. . . . This princess head is in nearly perfect condition, the facial features and entire head are unblemished, the neck with a break, but repaired. The head is a complete […]

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15746901%5E15321%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
"THE CSIRO has teamed up with the National Gallery of Victoria to reconstruct and conserve the last resting place of a teenage Egyptian priestess who died around 700BC.The coffin lid, one of the first major Egyptian antiquities to arrive in Australia, is in a fragile state. About 60 per cent of the wood, and […]