Good news: researching video games in the context of archaeology is a thing now! It’s called ‘archaeogaming’ and covers everything from the digging up of actual video games (think of the Atari video game burial) to the digitally ‘excavating’ of code inside an old computer game, the use of archaeological methods to approach video games,…
A short update on projects
I apologise for my utter absence during the past few months. Ever since I returned from Luxor halfway through February, I’ve been incredibly busy. Apart from working two jobs at Leiden University, I’ve been guiding a reading group in hieroglyphs for Mehen, designed a website and book, joined two boards, wrote an article, provided classes…
New adventures in Luxor
In February of this year I again visited Luxor with a small company. This time especially to try the Luxor Pass and to visit the tombs of Seti I and Nefertari. After an hour’s delay due to snowfall in Amsterdam, extensive security checks at the various airports and a rather awful flight on a cramped…
Mrs. Naunakhte
AUC Press 2016 264 pp. Hardbound $34.95 ISBN 9789774167737 Stand-up Egyptologist Koenraad Donker van Heel is at it again with a third popular book about business-minded ancient Egyptians. This time he chooses to resurrect a woman called Naunakhte who lived in the artist community of Deir el-Medina around 1150 BCE. Her village was home to…