Egypt
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050214/egyptoil.html
A Discovery Channel news item about use of tar in mummies and the trade in oil in the Middle East 3000 years ago. A more popular-style article and slightly longer item than the 6th Feb article reporting the same thing in Geotimes (http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_mummytar.html).
- More On Cleopatra Dressed As A Man (with Photos)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050919/cleodrag.html"A relief image carved approximately 2,050 years ago on an ancient Egyptian stone slab shows Cleopatra dressed as a man, according to a recent analysis of the artifact. The object is only one...
- River Of Data Decodes Nile Cycles
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_Nilerecord.html "Climatologists have already combed the abundant Nile River data and revealed a connection between patterns in the water-level cycles and Indo-Pacific Ocean patterns. But large gaps in the data, especially...
- Nile Floods And Civilization
http://www.geotimes.org/current/#features "The highs and lows of the Nile River have shaped the course of Egyptian civilization for more than 8,000 year". This article, written by Professor Fekri Hassan, is only the in print version of the magazine Geotimes,...
- Another Article About Faked Cat Mummies
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050117/catmummy.html I posted about this some weeks ago - ancient Egyptians faking cat mummies. I wouldn't have posted about it again, because as far as I can see there is nothing new in this article, but for...
- Possible Depiction Of Anthony And Cleopatra On Roman Vase
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040412/cleopatra.html (article) http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040412/cleopatra_zoom.html (image of the vase) "The epic romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and the Roman general Marc Antony was immortalized...
Egypt
Ancient Egyptians Hoarded Crude Oil
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050214/egyptoil.html
A Discovery Channel news item about use of tar in mummies and the trade in oil in the Middle East 3000 years ago. A more popular-style article and slightly longer item than the 6th Feb article reporting the same thing in Geotimes (http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_mummytar.html).
- More On Cleopatra Dressed As A Man (with Photos)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050919/cleodrag.html"A relief image carved approximately 2,050 years ago on an ancient Egyptian stone slab shows Cleopatra dressed as a man, according to a recent analysis of the artifact. The object is only one...
- River Of Data Decodes Nile Cycles
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_Nilerecord.html "Climatologists have already combed the abundant Nile River data and revealed a connection between patterns in the water-level cycles and Indo-Pacific Ocean patterns. But large gaps in the data, especially...
- Nile Floods And Civilization
http://www.geotimes.org/current/#features "The highs and lows of the Nile River have shaped the course of Egyptian civilization for more than 8,000 year". This article, written by Professor Fekri Hassan, is only the in print version of the magazine Geotimes,...
- Another Article About Faked Cat Mummies
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050117/catmummy.html I posted about this some weeks ago - ancient Egyptians faking cat mummies. I wouldn't have posted about it again, because as far as I can see there is nothing new in this article, but for...
- Possible Depiction Of Anthony And Cleopatra On Roman Vase
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040412/cleopatra.html (article) http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040412/cleopatra_zoom.html (image of the vase) "The epic romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and the Roman general Marc Antony was immortalized...