Egypt
- Sad News: Virginia Burton
Richmond Times Dispatch (Ellen Robertson) As a curator of Egyptian art for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Lucille Virginia Burton often traveled alone, except for a guide, to archaeological spots throughout the Middle East. "'Ginny'...
- Travel: 36 Hours In Cairo
New York Times (Michael Slackman) An 11 step timed guide to what to do in Cairo if you only have 36 hours at your disposal. If you are asked for a username and password, enter egyptnews in both fields. Sunday 8:30 a.m. 11) COPTIC CAIRO At the Sadat...
- Exhibition: Gifts For The Gods (metalwork)
New York Times (Karen Rosenberg) If you are asked for a username and password enter egyptnews in both fields. In ancient Egypt, stone sculpture was the stuff of intimidation: regal, public, unyielding. A stone statue could be smashed, but it could never...
- Q&a About The Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/30897/ A sort of Frequently Asked Questions listing from the New York Times about the Tutankhamun exhibition including why it is not going to New York and what sort of offering the exhibition actually is: "It’s atypical...
- Egyptian Puzzle Of A Silent Embrace
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/21/healthscience/snembrace.phpAn article about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men sharing a single tomb: "Though not of the nobility, they were highly esteemed in the palace as the chief manicurists of the king, sometime...
Egypt
Henry George Fischer, Egyptologist, Dies
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/arts/18FISCHER.html
"Henry George Fischer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art curator who helped the Temple of Dendur find a new life in New York as a focal point of the museum, died on Dec. 11 in Newtown, Pa., where he had moved from Sherman, Conn., in 2003. He was 82. The death was announced by his family and the museum, where he was curator emeritus of Egyptology. Starting with his doctoral dissertation in 1955, Dr. Fischer's books and articles brought a deeper understanding of the culture of ancient Egypt. In particular, he contributed to the study of the previously neglected art and culture of the Egyptian provinces, as distinct from the centers of the rule of the pharaohs."
See the complete obituary on the New York Times website above. If you are asked for a username and password, use "egyptnews" in both fields.
- Sad News: Virginia Burton
Richmond Times Dispatch (Ellen Robertson) As a curator of Egyptian art for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Lucille Virginia Burton often traveled alone, except for a guide, to archaeological spots throughout the Middle East. "'Ginny'...
- Travel: 36 Hours In Cairo
New York Times (Michael Slackman) An 11 step timed guide to what to do in Cairo if you only have 36 hours at your disposal. If you are asked for a username and password, enter egyptnews in both fields. Sunday 8:30 a.m. 11) COPTIC CAIRO At the Sadat...
- Exhibition: Gifts For The Gods (metalwork)
New York Times (Karen Rosenberg) If you are asked for a username and password enter egyptnews in both fields. In ancient Egypt, stone sculpture was the stuff of intimidation: regal, public, unyielding. A stone statue could be smashed, but it could never...
- Q&a About The Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/30897/ A sort of Frequently Asked Questions listing from the New York Times about the Tutankhamun exhibition including why it is not going to New York and what sort of offering the exhibition actually is: "It’s atypical...
- Egyptian Puzzle Of A Silent Embrace
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/21/healthscience/snembrace.phpAn article about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men sharing a single tomb: "Though not of the nobility, they were highly esteemed in the palace as the chief manicurists of the king, sometime...