Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Gamal Nkrumah)
Egyptian Dawn: Exposing the Real Truth Behind Ancient Egypt by Robert Temple (2010). Century, Random House, London
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- The Inventory Stelea
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Egypt
Book Review: Egyptian Dawn
Al Ahram Weekly (Gamal Nkrumah)
Egyptian Dawn: Exposing the Real Truth Behind Ancient Egypt by Robert Temple (2010). Century, Random House, London
I have to say that even though I haven't seen, never mind read this book, the title sets my teeth on edge instantly - the "real truth"??
Professor Robert Temple has written a persuasive scientific paean to the antiquity of pyramids in ancient Egypt for the uninitiated amateurish Egyptologist. This book, however, will horrify professional Egyptologists. Like Thucydides or Tacitus, Temple combines perspicacity and an eye for telling detail with an ear for ringing.
Re-dating key monuments is a topic that tires Egyptologists, though. They have heard it all before and are not in the least convinced of its relevance to their labours. Yet these aspects are precisely part of Temple's saga's compelling readability for the gullible and ingenious unprofessional Egyptologist. The monarchs given most attention are the confusing kings Khasekhem (alias Hedjefa) and Khasekhemui (alias Bebti) as well as the equally confounding Khufus -- Khufu conventionally known as Cheops of the Great Pyramid, and the lesser known and rather mysterious Khnumu-Khufu, also associated with the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Such mystification is a vital part of Temple's narrative.
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Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Nevine El-Aref sums up what happened on Friday 11 November on the Giza Plateau, and the loss for Egypt on that day The "Ceremony of Love" that was scheduled to be held on the footsteps of the Great Pyramid of Khufu on...
- Dig Days - Nazlet Al-samman And Pyramidiots
Saving Giza (Zahi Hawass) There are two components to this edition of Dig Days - an understandably frustrated commentary on the "Friends of the Giza Geomatrix Team" (the mind boggles, quite frankly) and a short but informative paragraph about the investigations...
- July 26 Marks Uncovering One Of Biggest Secrets Of Khufu Pyramid
Egypt State Information Service July 26 will mark the uncovering of one of the biggest secrets of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said Saturday 16/5/2009. Addressing a symposium...
- Hawass On Amateur Egyptologists
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Reading books about Egyptology does not make you an Egyptologist, nor does writing a book on some topic related to ancient Egypt. An Egyptologist is someone who has an extensive education and broad knowledge and experience...
- The Inventory Stelea
This stelea was found by August Mariette during his clearance around the sphinx in the little temple of Isis east of the great pyramid sometime between ca. 1853-58 ce. He made for his mother, Isis, Divine mother; Hathor, mistress of Nun. The record was...