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• Egypt: Lost ancient Memphis tomb rediscovered
  A lost ancient Egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists in the desert sands south of Cairo. [Source: BBC News]
  

• UNESCO recommends reconstruction of Ugandan World Heritage Site
  UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed her relief at the news that the reconstruction of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) is feasible, following its near-destruction by fire on 16 March. [Source: UNESCO]
  
  
• Laas Geel: Somaliland's ancient treasure
  Discussion of the Laas Geel caves in Somaliland by Sean McLachlan as part of his blog on his travels in Somaliland. [Source: Gadling.com]
  
  
• Ghana Dig Reveals Ancient Society
  Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of clay figures in Ghana, shedding light on a sophisticated society which existed before the arrival of Islam. [Source: BBC News]
  
  
• War Vets Dig Up Great Zimbabwe Ruins
  Riot police had running battles with Robert Mugabe's war veterans on Friday night who were digging up one of the world's historical monuments, The Zimbabwe Ruins, to exhume remains of bodies of fighters of the liberation struggle, which they said had been buried there. [Source: The Zimbabwean]
  
  
• Slavery Secrets
  Discovery at plantation uncovers link to African culture. [Source: Chron.com]
  
  
• Steak Dinners Go Back 2.5 Million Years
  A new fossil skull of a bull confirms that beef has been "what's for dinner" since the dawn of humans. [Source: Discovery News]
  
  
• Paul Hubbard's Total Bibliography of Zimbabwean Archaeology has 4762 entries, comprehensive author and subject indices and covers articles from the early 1860s to 2005. This is now available to consult by following this link.
  
  
• 14th International Congress "Cultural Heritage and New Technologies"
  November 16th- 18th, 2009. City Hall of Vienna, Austria- Wappensaalgruppe
  
  Main Topic: Archiving
  Archiving is today central to nearly all aspects of Archaeology and Cultural
  Heritage Management. Archives (Archaeological excavations, libraries, documents, data collections,...) are important data repositories. The data contained in correctly treated and accessible archives makes wide and varied information available.
  
  
• Shrines, Substances and Medicine in Africa: Archaeological, Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. Day Conference, Friday 18th September 2009
  

Student Exhibition at UCL

Conferences

• Howard University Department of Sociology and Anthropology 2010 Conference:
  Windows from the Present to the Past: The Archaeology of Africa and the African Diaspora
  February 25-27, 2010. Further details
  
  
• BIEA Conference 2008:
  Comparative Perspectives on the History and Archaeology of Slavery in Eastern and Western Africa
  • poster [pdf file - 142 kB]
  • programme [pdf file - 88 kB]
  • abstracts [pdf file - 126 kb]
    
    
• Conference:
  Abolition 2007: Archaeology and Heritage of the African Diaspora in the New World
  • poster [pdf file - 407 kB]
  • programme [pdf file - 125 kB]

Courses

• 2010 Rift Valley Institute
  Horn of Africa Course, May-June 2010: A one-week, graduate-level, residential programme. Details at the Rift Valley Institute website.
  
  

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