Egypt
Keeping Records
An article on recording Egypt's religious literature carved on the walls of its temples from the University of Tübingen.
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=63740&CultureCode=en
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The Significance Of Kitchens For Ancient Egyptians
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7488"There are diverse aspects to the ancient Egyptian civilization that many of us are fascinated by: the building of pyramids, the tombs that store mummies or hoards of gold, as well as the captivating...
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Egyptian Alabaster, Modern And Ancient
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6914"The Ancient Egyptians believed that alabaster was associated with the sun gods. For this reason, it was chosen to cover the walls of temples and tombs; even sarcophagi were built from the harder veins....
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Digital Hieroglyphs
http://tinyurl.com/qzj9b (alphagalileo.org)News resource AlphaGalileo reports on an article about digitization of hieroglyphs in the latest edition of New Scientist: "The hieroglyphics that cover the columns and walls of Egyptian temples are in danger...
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Aigyptos
www.aigyptos.uni-muenchen.de www.aigyptos.uni-muenchen.de/indexe.htm It has recently been announced that AIGYPTOS, a free online database of Egyptological literature, formerly only available in German (top URL), is now also available in English (second...
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Twenty 5000 Year Old Tombs Found At Helwan
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9837177%255E1702,00.html
Dr Christiana Kohler's Australian Mission has found a necropolis at Helwan containing a relief showing early hieroglyphic text and 20 tombs. The necropolis also...
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