The Ostracon Archives

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Thanks to Charles Toth and others we also have our  Index by Date (106Kb, PDF format)  and an Index by Author (107Kb, PDF format)  of all of the past issues of The Ostracon.

Ostracon Articles Available Online

Spring 2000
Summer 2000
Summer 2001
Spring 2002
Summer 2002
Winter 2002–03
Summer 2003
Winter 2003–04
Summer 2004
Winter 2004–05
Summer 2005
Spring 2006
Fall 2006

From the SPRING 2000 Issue...

Ancient Egyptian Gardens
by Jane M. H. Bigelow (545Kb)

From the SUMMER 2000 Issue...

The Inner Workings of the Egyptian Civil Calendar
by James R. Lowdermilk (424Kb)

From the SUMMER 2001 Issue...

The Ancient World Revealed Through DNA; A lecture by Dr. Scott Woodward, BYU
Reviewed by Judy Greenfield (359Kb)

From the SPRING 2002 Issue...

New Perspectives on the Interior of the Bent Pyramid
by Charles Rigano (288Kb)

From the SUMMER 2002 Issue...

Ancient Egyptian Hair and Wigs
By Joann Fletcher (765Kb)

From the WINTER 2002–03 Issue...

An Exercise in Exorcism, Egyptian Style: Modern Medicine Expels an Ancient Demon
by W. Benson Harer Jr., M.D. (1.45MB)
Hogging in Ancient Egypt
by Richmond T. Prehn (515Kb)
Tutankhamun's Final Burial
by Doris Auger Davis
An Exercise in Exorcism, Egyptian Style: Modern Medicine Expels an Ancient Demon
by W. Benson Harer, Jr., M.D.

From the SUMMER 2003 Issue...

Origins of Pyramid GI-D, Southeast of the Great Pyramid
by Charles Rigano (501KB)
Unit Fractions: Inception and Use
by James Lowdermilk (489KB)
Cultural Geography of the New Kingdom in the Amarna Age
Lecture by Richard Hess, Review by Charles Cook (130KB)
The Painted Box of Tutankhamun: A lecture by TGH James, Retired British Museum Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities, 18 April 2003
Lecture summary by Jan Stremme (123Kb)
Even the Gods Will Die: Divine Mortality in Ancient Egypt
by Richard H. Wilkinson (410Kb)
A Traveler's Guide to the Geology of Egypt
An interview with Bonnie M. Sampsel (171Kb)

From the WINTER 2003–04 Issue...

The Step Pyramid Within
by Charles Rigano (1.45MB)
The Burke Resurrection Machine
by Susan Cottman (1.44MB)
The Colorado River: An American Nile
by Dr. Bonnie Sampsell (1.28MB)
Space limitations prevented us from publishing a full bibliography with the printed version of Dr. Sampsell's article. She has kindly provided this Complete Bibliography (78KB) to accompany the Web version of the article.
Book Review: Whose Pharaohs? Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I, by Donald Malcolm Reid
Reviewed by Susan Cottman (134Kb)

Contents: SUMMER 2004 Issue...

Thutmosis III: Family Man
by Aidan Dodson (698KB)
The Statuary of Thutmosis III
by Dr. Bonnie Sampsell (716KB)
The Alabaster Memphis Sphinx: Thutmosis III or Hatshepsut?
by Mohammed A. Shata (273KB)
The Theban Temples of Thutmosis III
by Dr. Bonnie Sampsell (810KB)
The Importance of Being Thutmosis
by William D. Petty (223KB)

Contents: WINTER 2004–05 Issue...

Senet: The Game of Passing
by Rhonda K. Hageman (369KB)
The Domestic Cat in Egyptian Tomb Paintings
by Brenda L. Lowe
Book review: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
Reviewed by Barbara Mertz
The Mamluks and the Pharaohs
by Karen R. Mathews
Time Trials: Implications of the Thera Volcano and Tel el-Dab’a for Egypt, Part 1
by Robert C. Bigelow

Contents: SUMMER 2005 Issue...

Ancient Egyptian Temples: The Foundation Ceremony and Foundation Deposits
by Damian Greenwell
The Tausert Temple Project: 2004 and 2005 Seasons
by Richard K. Wilkinson (posted at http://web.arizona.edu/~egypt/field.htm)
Book Review: Egypt: Civilization in the Sands by Pauline And Philippe De Flers
Reviewed by Susan Cottman
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri: The Construction and Restoration of a Masterpiece, Part 1
by Bonnie Sampsell (Please note: the second part of this article was published in the next issue)
Time Trials: Implications of the Thera Volcano and Tel el-Dab’a for Egypt, Part 2
by Robert C. Bigelow

From the SPRING 2006 Issue...

How Pyramids Were Built: Where the Evidence and Lack of Evidence Leads
by Charles Rigano
The Tausert Temple: An Additional Feature Discovered in the 2005 Season
by Richard H. Wilkinson
Flax Spinning in Ancient Egypt
by Rhonda K. Hageman
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri: The Construction and Restoration of a Masterpiece, Part 2
by Bonnie Sampsell
Coloring the Ancient Egyptian World
by Heather Van Bentham
Book Review: Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
Reviewed by Richard S. Harwood

From the FALL 2006 Issue...

Private Tombs in the New Kingdom: The Creation of Sacred Space
by Ashleigh Goodwin
The Tausert Temple Project 2006 Season
by Richard H. Wilkinson
Baharia Oasis: In the Footsteps of Dinosaur Hunters
by Bonnie M. Sampsell
Book Review: Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt By Nordurft, Smith et. al.
Reviewed by Bonnie Sampsell

 
 

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