Egypt
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The Ian Potter Museum of the University of Melbourne will be exhibiting 18 pieces from the Australian Institute of Archaeology, Melbourne. The exhibition "will illustrate different scripts and early uses of writing (the doings of kings, records of produce, official expenditure, names of troops, a land transaction, property titles) in a variety of materials (stone and ceramic tablets, linen, vellum and papyrus fragments)".
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Egypt
Early Writing in Egypt and Mesopotamia
http://tinyurl.com/8evvz
The Ian Potter Museum of the University of Melbourne will be exhibiting 18 pieces from the Australian Institute of Archaeology, Melbourne. The exhibition "will illustrate different scripts and early uses of writing (the doings of kings, records of produce, official expenditure, names of troops, a land transaction, property titles) in a variety of materials (stone and ceramic tablets, linen, vellum and papyrus fragments)".
- Australia Will Return 122 Egyptian Archeological Pieces
Canberra Times (Samantha Meys) A hoard of stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts were yesterday returned to Egypt after a whirlwind few months of travel. Office for the Arts representative Sally Basser handed the 122 artefacts to ambassador Omar Metwally in...
- Tutankhamun Shatters Visitor Records In Australia
eTravelBlackboard The love is mutual between Aussies and Tutankhamun, with the Pharaoh breaking visitor records at Melbourne Museum and extending his stay until 4 December this year. Welcoming up to 500,000 since it opened in April this year, the...
- Exhibition: More Re Australia Receiving Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has now been touring the globe for six years. It has already travelled around Europe and the United States, and now it will fly to Australia and descend on the Melbourne Museum...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun To Go To Australia
Herald Sun (Simon Plant) In a stunning coup, Melbourne Museum will host Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs in April 2011. Up to 700,000 people are expected to visit the blockbuster exhibition, which showcases 50 of King Tut's burial objects...
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ABC Science (Dani Cooper) Not content with managing the household it appears women in Ancient Egypt were also keeping the budget in the black with some home-based manufacturing. That is the conclusion an Australian team has drawn by using synchrotrons...