Egypt
- Closing Down
After eight and a half years I rather suspect that I am closing down this blog. I haven't found the time to update it in nearly a month. It was always time-consuming, but recently it has become exceedingly difficult to find the time to...
- Online: Le Musée Egyptien
DigiZeitschriften Thanks to Chuck Jones and his Ancient World Online blog for this link. Le Musée Egyptien al-Mathaf al-Misrī 1909-1915 Le Musée Egyptien Band 3 1904-1907 Le Musée Egyptien Band 2 ...
- Twitter
For those who would like to keep up to date with important Egyptology news stories as they happen, I now post the most important news items as they come in, to my Twitter account. There are no book or exhibition reviews, and any minor items are...
- Tuesday's Egyptian
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- The Cash Register In The Desert
"Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash." ...
Egypt
Egyptology News for 7th April 2013
Copied from today's Twitter posts @egyptologynews.
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| Predynastic Comb. Nubia Museum, Aswan |
Missed this BBC video whilst away: smugglers have been digging underground tunnels to find archaeological treasures. http://bbc.in/XhucHQ
Khaled Fahmy compares palaces in Italy, Scotland and Egypt and laments the condition of those in Egypt. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/Xkmm12
Seminario Internacional sobre los templos de los Millones de Años de la ribera Oeste de Tebas. AEDE http://bit.ly/16FS9rV
Petition: Urgent call to stop the pillaging of Egypt's heritage. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/778/312/253/urgent-call-to-stop-the-pillaging-of-egypts-heritage/# …
My most successful Photoshop cut-out to date. The lovely Ashmolean Museum head of Sobek. I took the photo last year. pic.twitter.com/XaxyhBjJsQ
Sad piece re Egypt's neglected public and historic gardens and parks. L’agonie d’une splendeur fanée. Al Ahram Hebdo http://bit.ly/ZHSc1P
Newsletter for the March season of the Amarna Project 2013. I've posted the email update on Egyptology News http://bit.ly/17lkxTl
A restored historical neighborhood in Cairo might fall into disarray. Egypt Independent http://bit.ly/Z1IfAn
Jean-Luc Martinez is the new boss of the Louvre and a number of the museum’s projects. Daily Star Lebanon http://bit.ly/10I4rOP
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Egypt after Mubarak. The Ancient Near East Today http://bit.ly/16FAkLn
Happy Birthday, curse of Tutankhamun. Live Science http://www.livescience.com/28484-king-tut-curse-turns-90.html …
More re Egypt's dollar-a-night fundraising scheme to secure build of Grand Egyptian Museum. Al Arabiya http://bit.ly/10DXAFA
Nice post re co-existence of Nile-side and nomadic populations. Challenges tradition of purely north-south corridor. http://bit.ly/ZfHShN
- Closing Down
After eight and a half years I rather suspect that I am closing down this blog. I haven't found the time to update it in nearly a month. It was always time-consuming, but recently it has become exceedingly difficult to find the time to...
- Online: Le Musée Egyptien
DigiZeitschriften Thanks to Chuck Jones and his Ancient World Online blog for this link. Le Musée Egyptien al-Mathaf al-Misrī 1909-1915 Le Musée Egyptien Band 3 1904-1907 Le Musée Egyptien Band 2 ...
For those who would like to keep up to date with important Egyptology news stories as they happen, I now post the most important news items as they come in, to my Twitter account. There are no book or exhibition reviews, and any minor items are...
- Tuesday's Egyptian
...
- The Cash Register In The Desert
"Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash." ...