January 2001
1. Music: literature, websites and debate about Ancient Egyptian Music.
2. Decans: literature on the names (and Greek transcriptions thereof) of Decans.
3. Design Canons: literature that outlines the design canons used for painting and
sculpting in Ancient Egypt.
4. Nile and Geology: literature on the geology of the Nile Valley.
5. Qurnawi: the history of this people near Luxor.
6. Roman Obelisk: resources for the obelisks in Rome.
7. Miscellaneous: dyn. 26 funerary amulets, the Lubeck Mummy, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
8. EEF NEWS: issues 131-134.
9. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
February 2001
1. Dance: literature on Ancient Egyptian dance.
2. Queens as Sphinx: queen Tiye and queen Mutnodjmet depicted as sphinx, plus the wives of Nectanabo I and
the non-existent queen Ptolemais.
3. Setnakht's records: resources about this king.
4. Opening of the Mouth: literature list for this ritual and the use of the pesesh-kef knife in it.
5. The Great Sphinx: some prime mainstream literature.
6. Discoveries Feb '01: mainly about the discovery of the tomb (and double statue) of Aton priest Mery(ty)re and his wife in Saqqara,
and a bit about the Aton temples in Memphis and Heliopolis. Plus the reconstruction of Lady X, plus some confusion about the reign lenght of Khufu.
7. 'Shadow' depictions: instances of the Swt being depicted as a black body on tomb walls.
8. Miscellaneous: Narmer's name, the envoy Harmassi of the Amarna Letters, the Wadi el-Hol alphabet, Meroitic anklets, Amelia Edwards' discovery in Abu Simbel, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
9. EEF NEWS: issues 135-138.
10. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
March 2001
1. Earthquakes: which gods were thought to be responsible?
2. Divine Staff: the concept of the p3-mdw Spsi n nTr.
3. Hermetic Writings: overview and resources (links & literature) for this genre of books.
4. Breasted and Weigall: literature about these two Egyptologists.
5. Potter's Oracle and Nectanabo's Dream: literature list for these two late 'prophetic' texts.
6. Mehy (II): considerations about this mysterious figure, and other people with this or a similar name in the NK.
7. Digital cameras: advice for the use of digital cameras in dusty Egypt.
8. Winds: what were the prevalent winds in the Valley, and what did that mean for shipping on the Nile?
9. Miscellaneous: earliest attestation of Sopdet, the Akhet-season, the Coptic monastry at Deir-el-Bahri, mummies in
the wrong chests, drinking water, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
10. EEF NEWS: issues 139-142.
11. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
April 2001
1. Adjefa aka Iydjefa: sources for the tomb of this dyn. 5 chamberlain.
2. Akhet&Eclipse: about the meaning of the term 3x.t and records of eclipses in AE.
3. Anti-drowning Magic: amulets and spells against drowning.
4. Iaheyebu aka Iuhetibu: about the queens of that name in dyn. 13.
5. Miscellaneous: insects, accoustics, new find (tomb of Naasa II) in Bahariya, AE border defense, new record about Bay?, the
stelas of Thutmosis I and II in Naharina, Amarna heb-seds?, and some other (largely unanswered) questions and unsettled matters.
6. EEF NEWS: issues 143-146.
7. Administrativa: announcements by the moderator, by members (websites, personals or offtopics), by authors and publishers (new books), by institutes (jobs, lectures, exhibitions, etc.).