Egypt
Iconic Guides
- Threat By Tour Guides To Go On Strike
Luxor Times According to Egyptian Newspapaer Al Ahram, Mostafa Waziry, Qurna Antiquities manager, had attacked a tour guide and slapped him 7 times after he made one of the guards hold the tour guide down and there was a religious reasons behind it as...
- Egyptian Tour Guides
Egypt Daily News (Scott Liddle) Candlesticks, tobacco and pipes, almond paste, a flag, and a light Cairene donkey-saddle are some of the items a traveler should acquire for a journey in Egypt according to Murray’s Guide to Egypt, published in 1847....
- Museums: British Museum Launches Handheld Guides
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) The British Museum has introduced a set of handheld guides that are designed to teach many of its six million annual visitors about its collections. The Multimedia Guide is available in 11 different languages: English,...
- Maintaing Standards Of Guiding In Egypt
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6887Thanks to Kat Newkirk, who spotted this interesting piece that I missed on the Egypt Today website. It looks at the problem of falling standards due to unlicensed tour guides, the issues with tourists...
- Rumours And Slow Work At Kv63
http://www.karyben.blogspot.com/Sharon Nicols updated her blog yesterday, Saturday the 25th February, with details of some of the recent work at KV63, including how the storage vessels are going to be removed. She also mentions some of the conversations...
Egypt
Iconic Guides website
Iconic Guides
Thanks to Benedict Davies (the author of the Deir el-Medina 'genealogy bible', entitled 'Who's Who at Deir el-Medina'), for sending me details of his new website. The guides are not free of charge but they aren't expensive and you can listen to samples on the website. It looks like a great idea to me. Here's what he has to say:
I just wanted to bring your attention to my new website, which may be of some interest to the followers of your blog - the address of which is www.iconicguides.com. Iconic Guides are a series of fascinating 'audio tours' to some of the world's most famous ancient historical sites and monuments. I've primarily been focussing on sites from ancient Egypt (as one would expect), but have also begun to branch out into other civilisations, such as Japan and Greece (two of my other interests). I have recently recruited several other scholars to write guides to further sites in Greece and Italy, and am actively seeking scholars/writers to present ideas for future guides.
Easy to use, each guide comes in MP3 format and can be played on any MP3-compatible device, such as Apple’s iPods and iPhones, as well as most mobile phones. The guides are packed with detailed information and probing insights into the cultural, artistic and architectural heritage of these ancient destinations. Whilst initially aimed at the independent traveller, I strongly believe that they could also be of tremendous benefit to members of traditional tour parties.
- Threat By Tour Guides To Go On Strike
Luxor Times According to Egyptian Newspapaer Al Ahram, Mostafa Waziry, Qurna Antiquities manager, had attacked a tour guide and slapped him 7 times after he made one of the guards hold the tour guide down and there was a religious reasons behind it as...
- Egyptian Tour Guides
Egypt Daily News (Scott Liddle) Candlesticks, tobacco and pipes, almond paste, a flag, and a light Cairene donkey-saddle are some of the items a traveler should acquire for a journey in Egypt according to Murray’s Guide to Egypt, published in 1847....
- Museums: British Museum Launches Handheld Guides
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) The British Museum has introduced a set of handheld guides that are designed to teach many of its six million annual visitors about its collections. The Multimedia Guide is available in 11 different languages: English,...
- Maintaing Standards Of Guiding In Egypt
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6887Thanks to Kat Newkirk, who spotted this interesting piece that I missed on the Egypt Today website. It looks at the problem of falling standards due to unlicensed tour guides, the issues with tourists...
- Rumours And Slow Work At Kv63
http://www.karyben.blogspot.com/Sharon Nicols updated her blog yesterday, Saturday the 25th February, with details of some of the recent work at KV63, including how the storage vessels are going to be removed. She also mentions some of the conversations...