Egypt
- Game Fit For A King
The Gadsden Times (Jennifer Restauri) During the past several months, visitors to the Gadsden Museum of Art & History have toured the exhibit “Howard Carter Expedition to the Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb.” Many visitors have said their favorite...
- Book Review: The Lost Tomb By Kent Weeks
The Celebrity Cafe (Tracy Elledge ) This is a new review of an old book. Egyptologist Kent Weeks spent years in the Valley of the Kings convinced that every other excavator, tomb robber, and Howard Carter wanna-be had missed something big. In 1995, Weeks’...
- Howard Carter - The Right Archaeologist At The Right Time
http://tinyurl.com/2ypreb (mcall.com) I am sure that most people know Howard Carter's biography fairly well, but it is nice to see him being remembered in the context of the Tutankhamun exhibition: "Howard Carter was a man who had a talent for being...
- Book Review: Manning - A Test Of Time
http://www.informath.org/BiOr04i.pdfThanks very much to Doug Keenan for the information that the following book review by Manfred Bietak, which pulls no punches, is available online at the above address: Bietak, Manfred (2004), "Review: S.W. Manning--A...
- Nov 4th 1922 - Discovery Of Tomb Of Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/8fpurToday is the anniversary of the discovery of the entrance to the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun: "The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings where the English archaeologist Howard...
Egypt
Museum entrance to be transformed into an Egyptian tomb
Gadsden Times (Ashley Hopkinson)
The rear entryway of the Gadsden Museum of Art and History is being transformed into an Egyptian tomb.
Artist Kevin Keenan is volunteering his services to the project, which will showcase the museum’s exhibit on how Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb.
The large display of columns lined with hieroglyphics already is attracting the attention of many residents, Keenan said, but the project is not scheduled to be finished until August or September.
Keenan, a former naval electronic warfare officer of 21 years, said that he’s been doing art seriously for only a year but has always enjoyed it.
“I’ve been doing artwork my whole life, as long as I could put a crayon in my hand and write on the wall,” Keenan said. “I’ve always loved art and appreciated it. I’ve had a talent for it, but I’ve never done anything about it.”
Until now, that is.
In preparation for doing the museum entrance, Keenan did 10 sketches and smaller paintings for director Steve Temple to review.
- Game Fit For A King
The Gadsden Times (Jennifer Restauri) During the past several months, visitors to the Gadsden Museum of Art & History have toured the exhibit “Howard Carter Expedition to the Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb.” Many visitors have said their favorite...
- Book Review: The Lost Tomb By Kent Weeks
The Celebrity Cafe (Tracy Elledge ) This is a new review of an old book. Egyptologist Kent Weeks spent years in the Valley of the Kings convinced that every other excavator, tomb robber, and Howard Carter wanna-be had missed something big. In 1995, Weeks’...
- Howard Carter - The Right Archaeologist At The Right Time
http://tinyurl.com/2ypreb (mcall.com) I am sure that most people know Howard Carter's biography fairly well, but it is nice to see him being remembered in the context of the Tutankhamun exhibition: "Howard Carter was a man who had a talent for being...
- Book Review: Manning - A Test Of Time
http://www.informath.org/BiOr04i.pdfThanks very much to Doug Keenan for the information that the following book review by Manfred Bietak, which pulls no punches, is available online at the above address: Bietak, Manfred (2004), "Review: S.W. Manning--A...
- Nov 4th 1922 - Discovery Of Tomb Of Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/8fpurToday is the anniversary of the discovery of the entrance to the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun: "The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings where the English archaeologist Howard...