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Announcements and information of a semi-commercial nature
Although these items are largely commercial, things will only appear here which are specifically Egyptological and mainly academic, such as announcements of new books, and notices about relevant software such as hieroglyphic text-processors. I do not necessarily have personal experience of everything or can recommend it.

The following now have separate pages:

Egyptian Treasures in Europe

March 16, 2001--Second CD available Color

I am pleased to inform you that the third volume of Egyptian Treasures in Europe has been released (http://www.egyptiantreasures.org). Again a top quality CD ROM with 1500 pieces from the collection of the National Museum of Ireland.

Click here for full announcement

Glyphtutor for Windows

Lucas Venter has produced a program called "GlyphTutor" for Windows that tests the user on his / her knowledge of Egyptian 2-consonant and 3-consonant signs. It can be found at his site: http://glyphtutor.8m.com

NB: this URL does not work with older browsers

Egyptian Treasures in Europe

STOP PRESS: the first museum CD, from Brussels, is now available and can be ordered directly from http://www.EgyptianTreasures.org

We are happy to announce that the first CD-ROM in the series "Egyptian Treasures in Europe" is now available for purchase directly from our web-site at

http://www.EgyptianTreasures.org

For your convenience the order page includes secure server facilities for secure credit card payment.

The first CD-ROM presents a total of 1000 "Highlights" from 10 European collections with scientific object information, full colour images of all objects, guided tours, QTVRs and a glossary offered in an interactive way. If you are interested to learn more about this series and view sample pages of the highlights CD-ROM we kindly invite you to visit our web site.

Prof. Dr Dirk van der Plas
Director

Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research
U-CCER Production BV
Utrecht University
The Netherlands

Macscribe 2.0

Version 2 of Macscribe is now available. It's home page is http://www.kagi.com/Eric.Aubourg/MacScribe.html

It may be acquired from

CCER: www.ccer.nl
Kagi: www.kagi.com

Demo versions are available from, among others, the Egyptology Resources web site.

Tours to Egypt with an educational element

Ancient World Tours

Lithographs by David Roberts

James Hoch's teaching grammar

A new version has been announced: click here to see the announcement.

Hieroglyphic patterns

Charted Hieroglyph Pattern Set: This collection of detailed charted patterns can be used for many types of needlwork techniques. The set includes:

  • Patterns for four different color versions of each phonetic letter of the ancient Egyptian language, complete with name brand floss guide for color accuracy.
  • Image Diskette containing Bitmap images for each pattern for use in computer design
  • Separate patterns for writing letters from left to right and from right to left
  • Transliteration chart for design reference
  • Additional patterns: Cartouche (with reference information), scarab, and two border designs

Fifty page pattern book with Image Diskette: $24.95 plus $4.00 Shipping. Orders and Inquiries: AER Designs, 162 B Montvale Avenue, Woburn, Mass. 01801, USA. Internet: ARopple@aol.com

http://members.aol.com/ARopple/aerdes.htm

Peter Manuelian's home page

Click here to see the announcement.

Ancient Egyptian shareware games by Steve Neeley

These now include Senet, 20 Squares, and Mehen. See

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PSNeeley

Publications of the Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research

Details of publications may be accessed from the CCER's home page by clicking here.

Links on this page tend to go dead quite easily. Last checked 30/10/03, when a number did not work.

Nigel Strudwick