Egypt
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- Why Did Ancient Egyptians Worship The Crocodile?
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Biali) To answer this question one must examine the physical attributes, lifestyle, and feeding patterns of this awesome beast. The African Nile crocodile, or crocodylus niloticus, is a carnivore reptile that can grow six meters...
- Crocodile Museum To Open
Ahram Online (Nevine El-aref) Overlooking the Aswan Nile shore, neighbouring the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo, the first ever crocodile museum in Egypt is scheduled to be opened on Tuesday. The museum, which is dedicated to the ancient Egyptian...
- Crocodile Museum To Open In Aswan
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After three years of construction, the Crocodiles Museum in Aswan will share the significance of crocodiles and the ancient Egyptian crocodile god Sobek with visitors by the end of January. Overlooking the Nile and across...
- Scan Reveals Crocodile Mummy Contents
Copenhagen Post With photos. Scan reveals surprise content of museum’s crocodile mummy The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum made an exciting find this week. The museum, in conjunction with the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, scanned...
Egypt
Antibiotics in Crocodile Blood
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050816/sc_nm/australia_crocodile_dc
Thanks to Kate from the Akhet website (http://www.philae.nu/akhet/index.html) for pointing out the above article to me. "Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus . . . . The scientists hope to collect enough crocodile blood to isolate the powerful antibodies and eventually develop an antibiotic for use by humans". As Kate pointed out, the Ancient Egyptians are known to have used crocodile products in their remedies, and it is an intriguing thought that through trial and error the Egyptians may have developed an understanding of some of the medicinal properties of things which are now only being rediscovered.
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- Why Did Ancient Egyptians Worship The Crocodile?
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Biali) To answer this question one must examine the physical attributes, lifestyle, and feeding patterns of this awesome beast. The African Nile crocodile, or crocodylus niloticus, is a carnivore reptile that can grow six meters...
- Crocodile Museum To Open
Ahram Online (Nevine El-aref) Overlooking the Aswan Nile shore, neighbouring the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo, the first ever crocodile museum in Egypt is scheduled to be opened on Tuesday. The museum, which is dedicated to the ancient Egyptian...
- Crocodile Museum To Open In Aswan
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After three years of construction, the Crocodiles Museum in Aswan will share the significance of crocodiles and the ancient Egyptian crocodile god Sobek with visitors by the end of January. Overlooking the Nile and across...
- Scan Reveals Crocodile Mummy Contents
Copenhagen Post With photos. Scan reveals surprise content of museum’s crocodile mummy The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum made an exciting find this week. The museum, in conjunction with the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, scanned...