Egypt
- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- New Book: Tutankhamen’s Curse
The Bolton News () ANCIENT Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen holds as much fascination for us as Madonna or Angelina Jolie, according to egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley. The Bolton-based academic, who is regarded as a leading authority in the field, has just...
- Libya Update - Satellite Imagery Uncovers New Evidence
University of Leicester With photos. Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilisation of the Sahara in Libya’s south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country. The fall of Gaddafi has opened the way...
- Cleopatra's Death By Snake A Myth?
Discovery Channel Popular lore holds that in Cleopatra's last moments, the distraught queen -- who had just lost her kingdom and learned of her lover's demise -- smuggled a poisonous snake into her locked chamber and died, along with two ladies-in-waiting,...
- Book Reviews: Last Queen Of Egypt
Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books Ltd.The Telegraph, UK (Review by Helen Brown) If the Emperor Augustus had been able to see into the future, and had a flick through The Daily Telegraph on February 15, 2007, he'd have been delighted...
Egypt
Egyptologist brings lost civilisation to life
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/uol-ebl112305.php
"Egypt: How a Lost Civilisation was Rediscovered by Dr Joyce Tyldesley, covers the history of Egyptology, from the end of the Dynastic age to the present, beginning with little known Egyptians who investigated the country's ancient monuments to famous archaeologists such as Howard Carter, who uncovered the resting place of the boy king, Tutankhamen."
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- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- New Book: Tutankhamen’s Curse
The Bolton News () ANCIENT Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen holds as much fascination for us as Madonna or Angelina Jolie, according to egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley. The Bolton-based academic, who is regarded as a leading authority in the field, has just...
- Libya Update - Satellite Imagery Uncovers New Evidence
University of Leicester With photos. Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilisation of the Sahara in Libya’s south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country. The fall of Gaddafi has opened the way...
- Cleopatra's Death By Snake A Myth?
Discovery Channel Popular lore holds that in Cleopatra's last moments, the distraught queen -- who had just lost her kingdom and learned of her lover's demise -- smuggled a poisonous snake into her locked chamber and died, along with two ladies-in-waiting,...
- Book Reviews: Last Queen Of Egypt
Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books Ltd.The Telegraph, UK (Review by Helen Brown) If the Emperor Augustus had been able to see into the future, and had a flick through The Daily Telegraph on February 15, 2007, he'd have been delighted...