Egypt
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland)
With photographs and video.
- Recent Research On Tutankhamun And The Restoration Of His Damaged Artefacts
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) While other Egyptologists such as Champollion and Petrie were famed for their scholarly advances, Carter superseded them in the public imagination with a discovery borne out of perseverance and a bit of luck....
- Can Egypt Protect Its Ancient Monuments?
Newsweek (Kent R. Weeks) The postrevolution elation has masked a disturbing uptick in archeological plunder. The euphoria with which Egyptians greeted the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February was quickly tempered by the news—at first denied by officials,...
- Photographs Of Items Looted From Egyptian Museum
Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) Margaret Maitland has posted photographs of some of the missing items and will add more soon.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Musical Cd: Ancient Egypt, A Tribute
Artist Direct I didn't know whether to classify this as trivia, Egyptomania or what! This musical tribute to ancient Egypt was originally composed in 1978 for the King Tutankhamun exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. It was inspired by the artistry...
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...
Egypt
Further thoughts on the trumpets of Tutankhamun
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland)
With photographs and video.
A recent BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Ghost Music’, which I was involved with, resurrected an old recording of even older musical instruments- the 1939 broadcast of trumpets over 3,300 years old, discovered in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king, Tutankhamun. These instruments are the only two surviving trumpets from ancient Egypt.
The haunting sounds which were produced in the recording have been almost overshadowed by both the infamous story of accidental shattering of the silver trumpet, and the recent theft of the copper or bronze trumpet from the Egyptian Museum and its miraculous recovery.
The shattering of the silver trumpet destroyed hopes of fully understanding its construction, and it was a shock when the one intact trumpet surviving, which could still offer further information to its making, was stolen. Nor had there been the opportunity to undertake scientific analysis of the trumpet’s material; we still do not know its metallic composition and whether it is made of copper or bronze. Thankfully it was found and hopefully will be studied further in the future.
- Recent Research On Tutankhamun And The Restoration Of His Damaged Artefacts
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) While other Egyptologists such as Champollion and Petrie were famed for their scholarly advances, Carter superseded them in the public imagination with a discovery borne out of perseverance and a bit of luck....
- Can Egypt Protect Its Ancient Monuments?
Newsweek (Kent R. Weeks) The postrevolution elation has masked a disturbing uptick in archeological plunder. The euphoria with which Egyptians greeted the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February was quickly tempered by the news—at first denied by officials,...
- Photographs Of Items Looted From Egyptian Museum
Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) Margaret Maitland has posted photographs of some of the missing items and will add more soon.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Musical Cd: Ancient Egypt, A Tribute
Artist Direct I didn't know whether to classify this as trivia, Egyptomania or what! This musical tribute to ancient Egypt was originally composed in 1978 for the King Tutankhamun exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. It was inspired by the artistry...
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...