Egypt
- New Book: The Lost Tombs Of Thebes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With video This sounds rather more interesting than many of the coffee table type books that come out at this time of year on the western market. The video shows Hawass and Dr Janice Kamrin talking about the Theban tombs (4.41...
- Video: David Rohl In The Eastern Desert
My Space Video by David Rohl of the Eastern Desert Survey trip. There's no voice-over or explanatin. it consists of romantic music, pretty sunsets, footage of four wheel drives, rock art and survey members. Nice to see that excellent Pan Arab Tours...
- Death Of A Village
Times Online, UK (James Hilder) Just outside the Valley of the Kings a set of ancient tombs has created a very modern controversy. Western archaeologists accuse the Egyptian Government of forcibly displacing thousands of people from a unique local community...
- Video: Treasures Discovered In Egypt
BBC News (Christian Fraser) Thanks to Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids blog for highlighting this video. It lasts for over two minutes and offers a short overview of some recent discoveries and some ongoing problems in Egyptian archaeology. There's...
- More Re Eviction Of Qurna
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2374347.ece"Slowly Qurna is being erased from the map. The process began last December after the Luxor authorities ordered the demolition of all the village's mud brick houses. 'In just five minutes,'...
Egypt
Mohammed's Old Gurna Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iqWa01ekpA
Many thanks to Ingeborg Waanders for the above video link on You Tube. It consists of footage of the house of one of Qurna's residents, in use by his family, and views of other areas of Qurna too. Due to poor lighting conditions it is not always easy to see what you're looking at, at the start of the video. The footage lasts for just under 10 minutes, and if you've evern wanted to know what Jane Akshar looks and sounds like, you will find her here a couple of times from about 4 minutes onwards! There is no accompanying commentary, but there is a musical feed that runs throughout. The view one gets is of a rather battered and untidy, but colourful and attractive place. The fact that Mohammed apparently used to live in one of the tombs (which used to have a doorbell) gives you a good insight into why the authorities wanted the villagers to move away, but it also highlights how difficult it must be to adapt to life in an apartment block with no provision for animals.
Many thanks to Ingeborg Waanders for the above video link on You Tube. It consists of footage of the house of one of Qurna's residents, in use by his family, and views of other areas of Qurna too. Due to poor lighting conditions it is not always easy to see what you're looking at, at the start of the video. The footage lasts for just under 10 minutes, and if you've evern wanted to know what Jane Akshar looks and sounds like, you will find her here a couple of times from about 4 minutes onwards! There is no accompanying commentary, but there is a musical feed that runs throughout. The view one gets is of a rather battered and untidy, but colourful and attractive place. The fact that Mohammed apparently used to live in one of the tombs (which used to have a doorbell) gives you a good insight into why the authorities wanted the villagers to move away, but it also highlights how difficult it must be to adapt to life in an apartment block with no provision for animals.
- New Book: The Lost Tombs Of Thebes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With video This sounds rather more interesting than many of the coffee table type books that come out at this time of year on the western market. The video shows Hawass and Dr Janice Kamrin talking about the Theban tombs (4.41...
- Video: David Rohl In The Eastern Desert
My Space Video by David Rohl of the Eastern Desert Survey trip. There's no voice-over or explanatin. it consists of romantic music, pretty sunsets, footage of four wheel drives, rock art and survey members. Nice to see that excellent Pan Arab Tours...
- Death Of A Village
Times Online, UK (James Hilder) Just outside the Valley of the Kings a set of ancient tombs has created a very modern controversy. Western archaeologists accuse the Egyptian Government of forcibly displacing thousands of people from a unique local community...
- Video: Treasures Discovered In Egypt
BBC News (Christian Fraser) Thanks to Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids blog for highlighting this video. It lasts for over two minutes and offers a short overview of some recent discoveries and some ongoing problems in Egyptian archaeology. There's...
- More Re Eviction Of Qurna
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2374347.ece"Slowly Qurna is being erased from the map. The process began last December after the Luxor authorities ordered the demolition of all the village's mud brick houses. 'In just five minutes,'...