Egypt
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=12531
Discovery frequently create and air programmes about Egyptology, which are sold on to other channels as well, and therefore receieve a very wide audience world-wide. The most notorious of these programmes was probably Joann Fletcher's "Nefertiti Revealed". This reasonably detailed article previews Discovery's latest offerings - five new documentaries and a 13-part series. It is an interesting review of the approach taken by Discovery not only to Egyptology but also to target audiences. One of the programmes covers Hawass and his attempts to recover items removed illegally from the country.
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20040905140704610C311882&set_id=1&click_id=31&sf= This article offers a summary of the main contentions of Joann Fletcher's new book re Nefertiti. The book describes Fletcher's search for the body...
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Egypt
Discovery Channel's Latest Egyptology Offerings
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=12531
Discovery frequently create and air programmes about Egyptology, which are sold on to other channels as well, and therefore receieve a very wide audience world-wide. The most notorious of these programmes was probably Joann Fletcher's "Nefertiti Revealed". This reasonably detailed article previews Discovery's latest offerings - five new documentaries and a 13-part series. It is an interesting review of the approach taken by Discovery not only to Egyptology but also to target audiences. One of the programmes covers Hawass and his attempts to recover items removed illegally from the country.
- Culture Ministry Plagued By Bickering
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=19062 An article looking at the problems plaguing Farouk Hosni, including lost treasures, the closure of the Graeco-Roman museum in Alexandria, and his recent disagreement...
- More On Khufu's Burial Chamber
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=16740 A good summary of the current state of investigation into the Great Pyramid, focusing on the discovery of copper-handled doors in the so-called ventilation shafts. This...
- 5th Dynasty Relief Returned To Egypt
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=14606 "A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said...
- Fletcher's New Book On Nefertiti
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20040905140704610C311882&set_id=1&click_id=31&sf= This article offers a summary of the main contentions of Joann Fletcher's new book re Nefertiti. The book describes Fletcher's search for the body...
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&Article_id=6446 The 80-ton pink granite statue of Ramesses II, originally from Memphis but currently located outside the Cairo Station, is covered in scaffolding in preparation...