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2003 Volume 39 This issue of Buried History brings the journal’s publishing schedule almost up to date. Volume 40 will be published toward year end and will, like this volume, include papers of lectures delivered during the year. The Institute was honoured to have the 2003 Petrie Oration delivered by Prof Rosalie David. The paper presented at the lecture begins this issue. Rosalie is a prolific author and her stature as an Egyptologist was recognized in 2003 with the award of an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Honours List. She is the KNH Professor of Biomedical Egyptology, and Director of the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester. Rosalie has been responsible for reviving the scientific analysis of Egyptian mummies and it is therefore fitting that a couple of later papers in this issue deal with two of the Institute’s mummies. The 2003 Beasley Lecture sponsored by the Institute and delivered in both Sydney and Melbourne was given by Right Reverend Paul Barnett. His topic is current and he presents forceful arguments to support his position. Paul has had a distinguished career as an educator and bishop within the Sydney Anglican community. Most recently he was Master of Robert Menzies College at Macquarie University. Paul is known for his research into early church history, especially in Asia Minor, where he has also traveled extensively. The paper describing the analysis of the mummified child’s head focuses on the dental evidence. Pamela Craig is a dentist who has a special interest in Forensic Dentistry. She teaches Oral Anatomy and Radiology at the School of Dental Science, The University of Melbourne and is an honorary forensic Odontologist to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. Janet Davey, who incidentally is no relation, teaches ancient Egyptian history at the College of Advanced Education in Melbourne. She has studied Egyptology at the University of Manchester and is soon to return there for a post-graduate program in Biomedical and Forensic Egyptology. She is the founder of the Melbourne Mummy Project which has marshaled scientific expertise in Melbourne for the study of ancient remains. The paper about the Institute’s child mummy presents some of the findings of the Melbourne Mummy team. In addition to those already mentioned the authors are Dr David Ranson, a Forensic Pathologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Lee Coleman, Pediatric Radiologist, Royal Children’s Hospital and Alan McKenzie, a Diagnostic Radiologist. Other members of the team are acknowledged at the conclusion of the paper. The Institute has been delighted to have such a distinguished panel of experts studying its collection. Some of the material in the paper was presented during a demonstration inquest held at the Victorian Coroner’s Court during Professor David’s visit in 2003. The report on the survey expedition to the el-Kharga
Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt was prepared by a group of
Melbourne based scholars working on Coptic material. Dr Matthew
J Martin is at the Melbourne College of Divinity, Simone Rickerby
has a position at Whitley College and Dr Geoffrey Jenkins is an
Honorary Fellow at Deakin University. The revised format of Buried History represented by the last issue was welcomed and we trust that this volume receives similar endorsement. We acknowledge all our authors and the referees who have assisted in the task of preparation. Christopher Davey Papers William Petrie and the Egyptology Collection at the Manchester Museum, England - A. Rosalie David Read Abstract The Birth of Christianity - Paul Barnet Read Abstract A Radiographic Study of the Head of a Child from Graeco-Roman Egypt - Pamela Craig and Janet Davey Read Abstract A Mummified Child - Janet Davey, David Ranson, Pam Craig, Lee Coleman and Alan McKenzie Read Abstract Ain Sa'af, Kharga Oasis, Egypt Preliminary Survey, 2002-2003 - Matthew J Martin, Simone Rickerby, R Geoffrey Jenkins Read Abstract
Reviews and Brief Communications Matthew Whincop:
Abstracts William
Petrie and the Egyptology Collection at the Manchester Museum,
England.
Sir William Flinders Petrie (the grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders who explored the coast of Australia between 1797 and 1803) had a brilliant career as an archaeologist that spanned five decades, and his contribution to the subject in developing scientific methodologies for excavation is unparallelled. Initially, it wasAmelia B.Edwards, a founder of The Egypt Exploration Fund in London, who recognised Petrie’s genius, and ensured that he was recruited as one of the Fund’s first archaeologists. However, disagreements with the Committee led to a parting of the ways, and in 1886, he had no excavations in view and his career faced premature extinction. Amelia Edwards then introduced Petrie to Jesse Haworth, a textile manufacturer with an interest in Egyptology who lived in Manchester, England. He took up the support of Petrie’s work and, for many years, he financed his excavations. Finds from these sites came to form the basis of two major collections: at The Petrie Museum, University College London, and at The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. The recent establishment of the endowed KNH Centre and Chair for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester has fulfilled Jesse Haworth’s hope that the university would establish a professorship in Egyptology. Read More... Order Buried History Vol 39 Today! The
Birth of Christianity Crossan and Casey are examples of those who say that in the first twenty years Jesus was re-defined as ‘Son of God’ and ‘Lord’. These and other accounts make inquiry into those two decades quite critical. We are able to affirm the broad lines of the narrative of Acts by undisputed information in Paul’s earliest letters and by the data in the ‘we’ passages in Acts. Case studies in Rom 1:1-4 and in the recorded teaching of Philip points to the pervasive influence of the ‘teaching of the apostles’, Peter’s in particular. The pre-history of the underived Gospels of Mark and John, as well as the Synoptic sources Q, L and M are to be sought in this critical two-decade period immediately ‘after Jesus’. Read More... Order Buried History Vol 39 Today!
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Radiographic Study of the Head of a Child from Graeco-Roman Egypt In the case described, a request to ascertain the age at death of a Graeco-Roman mummified head by dental radiographic means revealed some unexpected and interesting information. The radiographic study revealed extensive dental caries, an unexpected low level of wear on the teeth, and evidence of possible interceptive orthodontic treatment having been carried out on the child’s teeth prior to death. The authors argue that that the latter may have contributed to the death. Read More... Order Buried History Vol 39 Today!
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Mummified Child.
The investigation of a child’s
mummified human remains from the Graeco-Roman Period, as part
of the Melbourne Mummy Project has produced some interesting results
that may offer an alternate explanation for the poor condition
of the remains. The body wrapped in linen and decorated with mismatched
cartonnage coverings shows signs of being interred for some time
before mummification. Although removal of the brain and internal
organs has occurred post mortem, there is other evidence suggesting
that the body has suffered unexplained injuries and damage not
necessarily due to poor mummification techniques. Read
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Ain Sa'af, Kharga Oasis Egypt Preliminary Survey,
2002-2003 Members of an Australian archaeological mission conducted preliminary survey work at the site of Ain Sa’af in the Kharga Oasis of Egypt's Western Desert, over two short seasons in 2002 and 2003. The site of Ain Sa’af is located three kilometres north
of the famous early Christian necropolis of Bagawat, on the
plain at the foot of the western side of the Gebel al-Teir,
and five kilometers north of the ancient town of Hibis, the
capital of the Great (Kharga) Oasis. (Fig 1). The site was
named by the Kharga Antiquities Inspectorate when they investigated
the area in the 1980s and 1990s. The ancient name of the site
is not known. Read
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Reviews and Brief Communications Akkermans,
P.M.M.G. and Schwartz, G.M. - The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex
Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (ca. 16,000-300 BC) This much anticipated synthesis of recent developments in Syrian Archaeology is, as its back cover reminds us, the "[f]irst book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC." With such a broad period and diverse cultural history in mind, this book is certainly a good introduction to the archaeology of the region. Read More... Order Buried History Vol 39 Today! Reviews and Brief Communications Places Hidden in the Old Testament - Paul J.N. Lawrence The Old Testament contains some 8,500 proper
names, of which several thousand are place names. The overwhelming
majority of these place names have been identified as place
names and have been translated as such.
In this article I hope to look at
two examples where the traditional Hebrew text of the Old Testament
may conceal a hidden place name, and briefly comment on an example
of the process in reverse. Read
More... Order Buried History Vol 39 Today! Exploring the Bronze Age in Cyrus: Australian Perspectives - Jennifer M. Webb, Jennifer M. Webb, Exploring the Bronze
Age in Cyprus. Australian Perspectives, Museum of Antiquities,
Maurice Kelly Lecture, University of New England, 2002 (36pp) This lecture was the fifth in a series
of public lectures established to honour Dr. Maurice Kelly and
to recognise his vision in establishing in the the 1950’s
the Museum of Antiquities at the University of New England –
the onlt archaeological museum at a non metropolitan university
in Australia. The Museum has acquired quite a significant collection
of Cypriot artifacts since it was established. Read
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