Egypt
Egypt Today (Passant Rabie)
- Egyptian Archaeology (ees) No.38, Spring 2011
Egypt Exploration Society Egyptian Archaeology 38 EA 38 (spring 2011) was published in February. In addition to articles, it contains reports on the EES Centenary Awards, recent EES events and details of a new edited film of the Society's work at...
- New Issue Of Kmt Fall 2010
KMT Magazine Volume 21, Number 3, Fall 2010 Includes Six Feature Articles: Laser Cleaning Tomb Paintings at Luxor (TT49) by Birte Graue, Violeta Maria Pereyra, Susanne Brinkman & Christina Verbeek The Enigma of Kings Valley Tomb 58 by Dylan Bickerstaffe...
- Cairo's Terrifying Traffic Chaos
BBC News Thanks to Tony Marson for this link. Life in Cairo is a do or die race, in which you trample or are trampled. The traffic here is so bad those of a faint disposition will not long survive the daily commute. The struggle with overcrowded roads...
- The Indefatigable Mr Lane
SaudiAramco World Late one September afternoon in 1825, an apprehensive 24-year-old Englishman arrived in the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. “As I approached the shore,” he wrote, “I felt like an Eastern bridegroom, about to lift up the veil...
- Bowling Invented In Ancient Egypt?
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) There is a photograph accompanying this two-page article: Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists....
Egypt
New Book: Edward William Lane
Egypt Today (Passant Rabie)
Edward William Lane: A Biography
A new book documents the man behind the orientalist
When Edward William Lane arrived in Alexandria in 1825, he couldn’t wait to leave. The city, populated with foreign soldiers and not enough old architecture, was simply not appealing to him. However, as soon as he left the shore for Cairo, the 24-year-old was mesmerized by a city that seemed to meet his expectations.
Now, the influential orientalist scholar, famed for his observations of Egyptian customs, is the subject of a new biography by Jason Thompson. Thompson describes in great detail how Lane’s experiences translate into a body of work that still influences people’s views of Egypt. But with Western opinions on the Middle East having changed so much in the last century, it isn’t clear how a 750-page academic tome, detailing the source of so many stereotypes, will help bridge the gap between cultures.
Lane was a British orientalist who came to the country in the midst of an Egyptology craze abroad to immerse himself in the culture and observe the functions and values of Egyptian society.
After living here for two and a half years, Lane published his observations in the book Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, which came out in 1836 and has never been out of print.
- Egyptian Archaeology (ees) No.38, Spring 2011
Egypt Exploration Society Egyptian Archaeology 38 EA 38 (spring 2011) was published in February. In addition to articles, it contains reports on the EES Centenary Awards, recent EES events and details of a new edited film of the Society's work at...
- New Issue Of Kmt Fall 2010
KMT Magazine Volume 21, Number 3, Fall 2010 Includes Six Feature Articles: Laser Cleaning Tomb Paintings at Luxor (TT49) by Birte Graue, Violeta Maria Pereyra, Susanne Brinkman & Christina Verbeek The Enigma of Kings Valley Tomb 58 by Dylan Bickerstaffe...
- Cairo's Terrifying Traffic Chaos
BBC News Thanks to Tony Marson for this link. Life in Cairo is a do or die race, in which you trample or are trampled. The traffic here is so bad those of a faint disposition will not long survive the daily commute. The struggle with overcrowded roads...
- The Indefatigable Mr Lane
SaudiAramco World Late one September afternoon in 1825, an apprehensive 24-year-old Englishman arrived in the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. “As I approached the shore,” he wrote, “I felt like an Eastern bridegroom, about to lift up the veil...
- Bowling Invented In Ancient Egypt?
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) There is a photograph accompanying this two-page article: Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists....