Egypt
Egypt Daily Star
- 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...
- Ramesses In Custody
Egypt Daily Star News There's a rather sad photograph on the above page, showing the statue of Ramesses II in its new location awaiting the construction of the new Grand Museum of Egypt (the most recent estimate for which I have seen is 2010). Here's...
- Egyptian Mummy Exhibit May Be Son Of Ramesses Ii
The Telegraph (Lucy Cockcroft) An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer, but...
- Disputed Mummies Returned To Sca
Daily Star The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has received eight bird mummies, previously at display at the corporate office Al-Mahala Textile factory. In a press release sent to Daily News Egypt, The council announced the end of the dispute between...
- More On The Outcome Of The Christie's Auction
http://tinyurl.com/bcgx6This brief article on the Daily Star website provides a little more information on the limestone statue purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, but also this coverage of the purchase of the statue of Nefertari: "Separately, Christie's...
Egypt
Photograph: American tourists with Ramesses II
Egypt Daily Star
The Daily Star has a photograph today of American tourists looking at the mummified body of Ramesses II in its display cabinet at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
- 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...
- Ramesses In Custody
Egypt Daily Star News There's a rather sad photograph on the above page, showing the statue of Ramesses II in its new location awaiting the construction of the new Grand Museum of Egypt (the most recent estimate for which I have seen is 2010). Here's...
- Egyptian Mummy Exhibit May Be Son Of Ramesses Ii
The Telegraph (Lucy Cockcroft) An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer, but...
- Disputed Mummies Returned To Sca
Daily Star The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has received eight bird mummies, previously at display at the corporate office Al-Mahala Textile factory. In a press release sent to Daily News Egypt, The council announced the end of the dispute between...
- More On The Outcome Of The Christie's Auction
http://tinyurl.com/bcgx6This brief article on the Daily Star website provides a little more information on the limestone statue purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, but also this coverage of the purchase of the statue of Nefertari: "Separately, Christie's...