In the summer of 2011, I had the pleasure to visit Highclere Castle with a tour group I was guiding together with a friend and fellow Egyptologist from the Huis van Horus foundation. Upon arrival I was impressed by its rolling lawns (lazy pheasants included), charming garden temple and majestic façade reminiscent of London’s Houses of Parliament….
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Two online courses about ancient Egypt
Over the past year, many universities have started experimenting with MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). Free of charge, these courses offer interesting video lectures and readings and often invite the ‘student’ to take part in online discussions. In the field of Egyptology, the universities of Manchester and Liverpool have taken the lead. Two of the…
A year in the life of Ancient Egypt
Should you judge a book by its writer? Or a writer by just one book? In other words, are author and work one and the same? In this case, I would argue no. To start with the author, Ann Rosalie David is a pioneering expert in the field of biomedical research in Egyptology. She basically invented…
Mrs. Tsenhor
Sometimes in life, things happen at the right moment. When Koen Donker van Heel encouraged me to start my own business, I hadn’t read his new book Mrs. Tsenhor yet, which was published in 2014 by the always lovely AUC Press (hardcover, nice design, sparkling white pages). Now that I have, I am affirmed in…