Egypt
- Illegal Road On Antiquities Land Near Abusir
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder...
- Photo For Today - More From The Temple Of Luxor
It seemed a trifle insensitive to post a daily photograph of a calm and somewhat idyllic Egypt whilst people were being seriously injured in Cairo and elsewhere, but it is such a useful device to split one day from another that now that violent activities...
- 2011 Has Arrived
Hello to everyone. I hope that you are all living up to your New Year's resolutions! I will have no difficulty living up to mine because I didn't make any. Having said that, however, a serious diet is required - I ate like a horse whilst I was...
- Hemiunu To Be Loaned For Opening Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Earth Times A German museum confirmed Sunday plans to lend its greatest treasure, the seated statue of Hemiunu, to Egypt for the 2013 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza near Cairo. Doubts over the loan cropped up after Zahi Hawass, the flamboyant...
- Birthday Blog - A Personal Thank You
No news today except for the fact that the blog is 6 years old today and I am 46. Ouch! As a whole last year was a pretty horrid affair. and I was glad to turn my back it. My father celebrated the end of 2009 by breaking his ankle on New Year's Eve!...
Egypt
Photo for Today - more from the Temple of Luxor
Thanks to everyone for the good wishes for my cold, and thanks to Kate for posting the articles that were of critical importance. A friend of mine has the same cold and the main symptom, apart from some very minor coughing and snuffling, is an inability to stay awake for any period of time. Apparently it is hitting a lot of people around the UK. Feeling much better today, and am even managing to stay awake for more than an hour at a stretch!
My favoured reading whilst sitting under my duvet feeling sorry for myself was Chapter 17 from the Book of Going Forth By Day - but it was pointed out to me that when I told friends who don't know much about Egypt that I was taking the "Book of the Dead" to bed with me whilst feeling unwell it might give out quite the wrong signals :-)
My favoured reading whilst sitting under my duvet feeling sorry for myself was Chapter 17 from the Book of Going Forth By Day - but it was pointed out to me that when I told friends who don't know much about Egypt that I was taking the "Book of the Dead" to bed with me whilst feeling unwell it might give out quite the wrong signals :-)
A figure of the goddess Seshat carved on the back of the throne of
the seated statue of Rameses II.
With thanks to Jon Bosworth for both text and photograph.
the seated statue of Rameses II.
With thanks to Jon Bosworth for both text and photograph.
- Illegal Road On Antiquities Land Near Abusir
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder...
- Photo For Today - More From The Temple Of Luxor
It seemed a trifle insensitive to post a daily photograph of a calm and somewhat idyllic Egypt whilst people were being seriously injured in Cairo and elsewhere, but it is such a useful device to split one day from another that now that violent activities...
- 2011 Has Arrived
Hello to everyone. I hope that you are all living up to your New Year's resolutions! I will have no difficulty living up to mine because I didn't make any. Having said that, however, a serious diet is required - I ate like a horse whilst I was...
- Hemiunu To Be Loaned For Opening Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Earth Times A German museum confirmed Sunday plans to lend its greatest treasure, the seated statue of Hemiunu, to Egypt for the 2013 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza near Cairo. Doubts over the loan cropped up after Zahi Hawass, the flamboyant...
- Birthday Blog - A Personal Thank You
No news today except for the fact that the blog is 6 years old today and I am 46. Ouch! As a whole last year was a pretty horrid affair. and I was glad to turn my back it. My father celebrated the end of 2009 by breaking his ankle on New Year's Eve!...