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- Isle Of Man Issues New Egypt-themed Coins
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- Pyramid Coin A Nightmare For Pockets
The Telegraph The copper coin, a crown, marketed by the Isle of Man Post Office as "a unique gift" that is "a must for all Egyptologists", costs £15 to buy. One side of the crown shows Tutankhamun, the teenage pharaoh who died 3,330 years ago, and the...
- Egypt's Cultural Heritage Roundup
Egypt Daily Star News (Nigel J. Hetherington) Nigel looks at the Tutankhamun phenomenon, the plans for a German pyramid, and Hawass's proposals to investigate Egypt's heritage beneath the Nile: In this month’s roundup of all things archaeological,...
- Celebrating The Birthday Of Tutankhamun
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/he1.htm"As 2005 drew towards a close, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square celebrated the 83rd anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb with a gala party. This featured the opening of a landmark exhibition...
- Nov 4th 1922 - Discovery Of Tomb Of Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/8fpurToday is the anniversary of the discovery of the entrance to the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun: "The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings where the English archaeologist Howard...
Egypt
Egyptomania: Pyramid coin houses sand from tomb of Tutankhamun
Numismaster.com
Pobjoy Mint has released on behalf of the Isle of Man Treasury a pyramid-shaped coin containing sand from the pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb.
The issue marks the November 2007 exhibition of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" in London. Its March 2 release coincided with the 70th anniversary of the death of archeologist Howard Carter.
The English excavator discovered the pharaoh's tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, almost completely intact. Carter went on to retire from archaeology to become a collector. He died at the age of 64 in 1939.
The coin's design comes from the ancient Egyptian story from the Books of the Underworld called "The Night Journey." The ancient Egyptians would decorate the walls of pharaohs' tombs with scenes from these books.
See the above page for the full story.
- Isle Of Man Issues New Egypt-themed Coins
IOM Today You will need to scroll down the page beyond the Paddington Bear story to get to the piece on the Egyptian themed coins. Following the success of the world's first Pyramid coin launched in December last year, three more Tutankhamun coins...
- Pyramid Coin A Nightmare For Pockets
The Telegraph The copper coin, a crown, marketed by the Isle of Man Post Office as "a unique gift" that is "a must for all Egyptologists", costs £15 to buy. One side of the crown shows Tutankhamun, the teenage pharaoh who died 3,330 years ago, and the...
- Egypt's Cultural Heritage Roundup
Egypt Daily Star News (Nigel J. Hetherington) Nigel looks at the Tutankhamun phenomenon, the plans for a German pyramid, and Hawass's proposals to investigate Egypt's heritage beneath the Nile: In this month’s roundup of all things archaeological,...
- Celebrating The Birthday Of Tutankhamun
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/he1.htm"As 2005 drew towards a close, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square celebrated the 83rd anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb with a gala party. This featured the opening of a landmark exhibition...
- Nov 4th 1922 - Discovery Of Tomb Of Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/8fpurToday is the anniversary of the discovery of the entrance to the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun: "The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings where the English archaeologist Howard...