Egypt
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The Egyptian government Monday unveiled plans for the delicate task of moving a granite statue of the Pharaoh Ramses II, 3,200 years old and weighing 83 tons, from central Cairo to a new site near the Pyramids.
- Ramesses Replica In Place In Memphis, Us
Daily Helmsman (Christina Holloway) Trivia, but quite a nice story. The statue of Ramesses the Great, which stood tall in front of the Pyramid for 13 years, is now greeting students on The University of Memphis campus. The statue, a replica of the Ramesses...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe statue of Ramesses II will be moved tomorrow, on an Egyptian public holiday, from its over-polluted home and will be installed in its new Giza location on Friday: "Sayed Hamdan, a roving photographer,...
- More Re New Temple At Heliopolis
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0301_060301_egypt.htmlTwo-page article on the National Geographic website re the recent discovery of a temple under a market in Heliopolis, on the outskirts of Cairo: "An Egyptian team has been cooperating...
- Old Kingdom Pharaonic Seals
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=4&u=/afp/20050428/sc_afp/egyptantiquities_050428171429 "Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a number of rare Pharaonic seals of soldiers sent out on desert missions in search...
- The Largest Seated Statue Of The 19th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramses Ii So Far
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/703/fr1.htm "The remains of a colossal seated statue of Ramses II, thought to be about 13 metres tall and weighing 700 tons, have been discovered in a shanty area of the Upper Egyptian city of Akhmim, adjacent to the open-air...
Egypt
Ramesses Statue Removal Details
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=570&e=2&u=/nm/20050307/sc_nm/egypt_statue_dc_1
The Egyptian government Monday unveiled plans for the delicate task of moving a granite statue of the Pharaoh Ramses II, 3,200 years old and weighing 83 tons, from central Cairo to a new site near the Pyramids.
- Ramesses Replica In Place In Memphis, Us
Daily Helmsman (Christina Holloway) Trivia, but quite a nice story. The statue of Ramesses the Great, which stood tall in front of the Pyramid for 13 years, is now greeting students on The University of Memphis campus. The statue, a replica of the Ramesses...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe statue of Ramesses II will be moved tomorrow, on an Egyptian public holiday, from its over-polluted home and will be installed in its new Giza location on Friday: "Sayed Hamdan, a roving photographer,...
- More Re New Temple At Heliopolis
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0301_060301_egypt.htmlTwo-page article on the National Geographic website re the recent discovery of a temple under a market in Heliopolis, on the outskirts of Cairo: "An Egyptian team has been cooperating...
- Old Kingdom Pharaonic Seals
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=4&u=/afp/20050428/sc_afp/egyptantiquities_050428171429 "Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a number of rare Pharaonic seals of soldiers sent out on desert missions in search...
- The Largest Seated Statue Of The 19th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramses Ii So Far
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/703/fr1.htm "The remains of a colossal seated statue of Ramses II, thought to be about 13 metres tall and weighing 700 tons, have been discovered in a shanty area of the Upper Egyptian city of Akhmim, adjacent to the open-air...