Egypt
Grand Museum of Egypt
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3322BF3-1F5C-45B2-9DDD-E7C0F0227150.htm
"The unveiling on Wednesday was the latest step in the government's ambitious $500 million project for the Grand Museum of Egypt, which is intended to gather in one spot at the foot of the Great Pyramids some 100,000 artefacts, many of which have been sitting in warehouses for decades with no room to display them". Apart from the fact of the unveiling, I'm not sure whether there's anything new in this AlJazeera article about the new museum planned to house Egypt's most important collections, but it is the most recent article that I've seen and there's a preview of part of the interior that I've not noticed before.
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Request For Return Of Bust To Egypt Refused By Mfa
boston.com
With a video which shows the magnificent piece on display at the MFA
In a smoky office a short drive from the Pyramids of Giza, Mohamed Saleh, once the director of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum and now the man in charge of the collections...
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Tv: Temples Of Doom
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3E71E29F-DA97-4870-BCCF-ABA500A28579.htm It sounds like an Indiana Jones movie, but in fact this is the title of an article recommended by Jane Akshar (Luxor News Blog) who has seen it and in fact appears on it!...
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Grand Egyptian Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/737/eg6.htm April seems to be the month for museums in Egypt. The latest announcement concerns a fund-raising campaign for the Grand Egyptian Museum. Designed by a prize-winning architectural frm, the museum is described...
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More On The Dashur Mummy
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C9350D7E-3059-4F69-9DB0-0A276B5757AC.htm
There are no more details, but this page does contain a photograph of the mummy casing, showing the face and the vivid colouring.
Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
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More On Khafre Opening
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/92E49EBE-6004-4983-A776-638487A1A5BD.htm
"Khafre, the second-largest of the three Great Pyramids at Giza, outside Cairo, is to reopen on Saturday after being closed for nearly two years for repairs and restoration.
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Egypt