Egypt
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- Book Review: Inside The Egyptian Museum
Arab News (Review by Lisa Kaaki) Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass” is an invitation to visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This beautifully illustrated book is told by the charismatic author, Zahi Hawass, who is a world-renowned archaeologist,...
- Brew Like The Ancient Egyptians
examiner.com Thanks to Tony Cagle's ArchaeoBlog for pointing me to this story: If you're trying to be thrifty in the midst of this recession, try brewing your own beer in the style of the ancient Egyptians. Their yeast cells have been preserved...
- Omar Sharif And The Pyramid Builders
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) More than 10 years ago, when I was teaching Egyptology courses at UCLA, Lisa Truitt of National Geographic came to see me about an IMax film entitled Mysteries of Egypt, which they were planning to produce. I told Lisa that...
- Dental Disease Identified In 2000 Year Old Mummy
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/04/02/health2/health04.txt"USC orthodontist James Mah may have the oldest client ever - a 2,000-year-old Egyptian girl. His patient was the mummy of a 4- or 5-year-old Egyptian girl. Wrapped and embalmed two...
- Museum Teaches Visitors Of All Ages All About Egypt
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/12498835.htm A chatty description of the San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium, built by the Rosicrucian Order, which was founded in the 1930s: "a mystical, philosophical...
Egypt
Ancient Egypt gossiped about gays
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid19644.asp
A short addition to the earlier post about The old saying Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff's research into Egyptian gossip: "A noted Egyptologist says that Ancient Egyptians gossiped about celebrities' homosexuality, among other things.Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff is the curator of San Jose, Calif.'s Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which has North America's largest collection of Egyptian artifacts. In digging through the museum's archives and other evidence, she uncovered a penchant for tabloid-style gossip.Discovery News reports that one 5,000-year-old text described an unidentified king often visiting the home of one of his generals at night. Schwappach-Shirriff says the repeated use of the phrase "in whose home there was no wife" suggests the king was having a gay affair. But she says the gossip doesn't necessarily mean the Egyptians were antigay. She says the implicit disapproval may really be about his failure to produce an heir".
- Book Review: Inside The Egyptian Museum
Arab News (Review by Lisa Kaaki) Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass” is an invitation to visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This beautifully illustrated book is told by the charismatic author, Zahi Hawass, who is a world-renowned archaeologist,...
- Brew Like The Ancient Egyptians
examiner.com Thanks to Tony Cagle's ArchaeoBlog for pointing me to this story: If you're trying to be thrifty in the midst of this recession, try brewing your own beer in the style of the ancient Egyptians. Their yeast cells have been preserved...
- Omar Sharif And The Pyramid Builders
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) More than 10 years ago, when I was teaching Egyptology courses at UCLA, Lisa Truitt of National Geographic came to see me about an IMax film entitled Mysteries of Egypt, which they were planning to produce. I told Lisa that...
- Dental Disease Identified In 2000 Year Old Mummy
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/04/02/health2/health04.txt"USC orthodontist James Mah may have the oldest client ever - a 2,000-year-old Egyptian girl. His patient was the mummy of a 4- or 5-year-old Egyptian girl. Wrapped and embalmed two...
- Museum Teaches Visitors Of All Ages All About Egypt
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/12498835.htm A chatty description of the San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium, built by the Rosicrucian Order, which was founded in the 1930s: "a mystical, philosophical...