Egypt
- Radiology Helps Unwrap Mummy Mystery
The University of Vermont In January, the scans were shared by Johnson with a room full of experts -- a group comprising anthropologists, museum staff, medical examiners, and a forensic dentist. As Johnson scrolled through the images -- the mummy's...
- Sixth Season Of The Epigraphic Survey
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) "Preserving Egypt's ancient records for present and future generations is what we strive to do," says Ray Johnson, director of Chicago House, the iconic home of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute archaeological...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Chicago House Report 2007-2009
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Chicago House report 2007-2009 by Ray Johnson Sadly the last lecture in this season, what am I going to do on Saturday nights now. Nice to finish with Ray, as one person commented they had no idea just how much Chicago House...
- From Ray Johnson About Luxor
Luxor News - Jane Akshar A number of issues have been raised lately regarding the urban renewal program in Luxor and its effects on the local population, tourism, antiquities preservation, and the archaeological community. The Epigraphic Survey of the...
- Projects To Map And Record Egypt’s Historical Sites
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6861 First there's a piece about the GIS mapping project being developed by the EAIS (Egyptian Antiquities Information System): "The need for a single comprehensive database has become more pressing...
Egypt
Comments about Luxor during Rice visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/01/15/BL2007011500870.html (washingtonpost.com)
An article about Condoleezza Rice's visit to Luxor, and her failure to see any of the heritage sites whilst she was there in spite of the fact that the U.S. Agency for International Development, an arm of the State Department, has contributed $78 million to a project that aims to save the temple and another site from the damaging effects of rising ground water. Of more interest, there's a comment at the very end by W. Raymond Johnson, field director of The Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, commenting on the dangers of tourism to the monuments:
"Johnson said a rapid growth in tourism had begun to threaten the site. Hundreds of buses arrive each day to visit Luxor. Egyptian officials have decided to tear down several kilometers of the old town in order to extend the row of sphinxes to its original four kilometer length, even though experts have warned that not much may be left, leaving open the possibility that the result will look more like Luxor Casino in Las Vegas than ancient Egypt. At one point, Johnson showed a wall carved with narrative of a ancient battle. He noted that the Egyptians had a 'very fluid version of reality.' So the king never was wounded and never lost a battle. 'Reality was what you carved into the wall,' Johnson said."
- Radiology Helps Unwrap Mummy Mystery
The University of Vermont In January, the scans were shared by Johnson with a room full of experts -- a group comprising anthropologists, museum staff, medical examiners, and a forensic dentist. As Johnson scrolled through the images -- the mummy's...
- Sixth Season Of The Epigraphic Survey
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) "Preserving Egypt's ancient records for present and future generations is what we strive to do," says Ray Johnson, director of Chicago House, the iconic home of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute archaeological...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Chicago House Report 2007-2009
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Chicago House report 2007-2009 by Ray Johnson Sadly the last lecture in this season, what am I going to do on Saturday nights now. Nice to finish with Ray, as one person commented they had no idea just how much Chicago House...
- From Ray Johnson About Luxor
Luxor News - Jane Akshar A number of issues have been raised lately regarding the urban renewal program in Luxor and its effects on the local population, tourism, antiquities preservation, and the archaeological community. The Epigraphic Survey of the...
- Projects To Map And Record Egypt’s Historical Sites
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6861 First there's a piece about the GIS mapping project being developed by the EAIS (Egyptian Antiquities Information System): "The need for a single comprehensive database has become more pressing...