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A Cool Head!


This is a slideshow of objects and archaeological sites though not all pictures are Egyptian the one of the newly discovered Nilometer I have not seen before.




- Antiquities Council To List Endangered Archeological Sites In Lower Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm The Supreme Council of Antiquities is preparing a list of endangered archaeological sites in the Delta region and Lower Egypt, announced Mostaf Amin, the council’s newly appointed head, on Sunday. The list is to be published on the...

- Recovery Of Items From Qantara East
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered. Following archaeological investigations, a committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) approved the authenticity...

- More Re Discoveries On Avenues Of Sphinxes
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The remins of a fifth-century church and a Nilometer have been uncovered this week by an Egyptian mission carrying out routine excavations at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, Nevine El-Aref reports. The excavations came...

- Down The Big River
http://www.geographical.co.uk/The Geographical website has relaunched, with a new look and some excellent new features in a number of sections. At the moment it includes twelve pictures of the Nile in a slideshow. To reach the slideshow go to the above...

- Two Tombs
Here is a series of pictures of Saqqara and the newly discovered tombs. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_sc/ml_egypt_new_tombs...



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