Egypt
- Art & Empire: Assyrian Treasures At Mfa, Boston
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) With photographs. "Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston features 250 objects from ancient Assyrian palaces and temples. On view in the building's Gund Gallery from...
- Exhibition: Art And Empire - Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum
Art Daily "Tenuous" seems to be the word of the month. We need more sphinxes to be uncovered! This exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in about the Assyrian art of Iraq. It might be of interest to anyone examining the links between Egypt and...
- Stone Slab Proved To Be Gate Of Cambyses' Tomb
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1150.html"Agricultural activities by local farmers near the world heritage site of Pasargadae last year resulted in the accidental discovery of a big stone slab bearing some carvings typical of Pasargadae monuments....
- Timeline: Egypt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790978.stmOnly a small chunk of Egyptology, but to celebrate the New Year, here's a chronology of Egypt from 7000BC to the present day: "circa 7,000 BC - Settlement of Nile Valley begins....
- Cambyses Lost Army
The Persian king Cambyses was a colourful character with quite a temper but how much is reality and how much is mythology has long been the question. Archaeologists have long searched for his 50 000 strong army which vanished in a sandstorm in 525 bc....
Egypt
Forgotten Empire
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/776/cu2.htm
A comprehensive overview of Forgotten Empire, an exhibition currently at the British Museum in London (UK) focusing on the Ancient Persian Empire. There is mention in the article of Persia's role in ancient Egypt: "A major exhibition at the British Museum is drawing attention to the Achaemenid kings of Ancient Persia, rulers of Egypt before the arrival of Alexander the Great in 332 BC . . . . Though the empire's heartland in Iran now contains the most spectacular Achaemenid sites, there are also important remains elsewhere, including in Anatolia, now part of Turkey but once made up of Persian provinces, and in Egypt, part of Achaemenid territory from its conquest by the Persian king Cambyses in 525 BC to the arrival of Alexander the Great in 332. One of the themes of Ancient Persian history is the challenge of administering so vast a territory, itself made up of many different cultures and of areas possessing their own distinctive histories and civilisations. This was obviously true of Egypt, which many times revolted against Persian rule, breaking free altogether between 405 and 343 BC."
For the full article, which is excellent, see the above URL on the Al Ahram Weekly website.
The exhibition Forgotten Empire: the World of Ancient Persia, is only open from until the end of this week, 8 January 2006, at the British Museum, London, UK.
The exhibition Forgotten Empire: the World of Ancient Persia, is only open from until the end of this week, 8 January 2006, at the British Museum, London, UK.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/persia/index.html
- Art & Empire: Assyrian Treasures At Mfa, Boston
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) With photographs. "Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston features 250 objects from ancient Assyrian palaces and temples. On view in the building's Gund Gallery from...
- Exhibition: Art And Empire - Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum
Art Daily "Tenuous" seems to be the word of the month. We need more sphinxes to be uncovered! This exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in about the Assyrian art of Iraq. It might be of interest to anyone examining the links between Egypt and...
- Stone Slab Proved To Be Gate Of Cambyses' Tomb
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1150.html"Agricultural activities by local farmers near the world heritage site of Pasargadae last year resulted in the accidental discovery of a big stone slab bearing some carvings typical of Pasargadae monuments....
- Timeline: Egypt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790978.stmOnly a small chunk of Egyptology, but to celebrate the New Year, here's a chronology of Egypt from 7000BC to the present day: "circa 7,000 BC - Settlement of Nile Valley begins....
- Cambyses Lost Army
The Persian king Cambyses was a colourful character with quite a temper but how much is reality and how much is mythology has long been the question. Archaeologists have long searched for his 50 000 strong army which vanished in a sandstorm in 525 bc....