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Stargate Atlantis series 3
- Egyptian Music's Ancient Past Resurrected ?
Al Masry Al Youm With photos. Last Wednesday, ancient met modern at El Sawy Culture Wheel when the band Welad el-Faraana (Children of the Pharaohs), wearing jeans and t-shirts and playing pharaonic and Nubian instruments, resurrected the music of their...
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Preparing for Aida Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Excitement reigns at Pittsburgh Opera, where a huge cast is preparing to perform "Aida," one of the most popular and spectacular of all operas. Giuseppe Verdi's intoxicating music evokes Egyptian antiquity...
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You do have to wonder, sometimes, what Ramesses II and his peers would have made of all that the Egyptian civilization inspired. Isis - The Secrets of Isis: The Complete Series http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?releaseID=6733 "When science teacher...
- Ancient Music Reborn
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6667 I've posted about this before, but for those who missed it, here it is again: "Music professor Dr. Khairy El-Malt has been calling for a national project to revive ancient Egyptian music for a...
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Review: Stargate - Ultimate Editionhttp://www.moviehole.net/reviews/20030331_691.html "Before Richard Dean Anderson there was Kurt Russell, and prior to the many small-screen adventures the aforesaid male protagonist would have, his big-screen alter ego...
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Age of Mythology
http://play.tm/story/833
"Drawing on the well-established mythos of three distinct cultures, Ensemble have created a real-time strategy game that is not too radical a departure for RTS traditionalists, but is at the same time innovative enough to keep things fresh and compete with releases like Warcraft 3.
There are three main civilizations to choose from - Greek, Egyptian, and Norse. Each of these may pick one major deity from the pantheon as a patron, and this determines certain abilities and units available to the player."
Egyptomaniacal Music
In the spirit of Egyptpmaniacal music, there is a heavy metal music group called Nile. Titles of their songs include Execration Text and Unas Slayer of the Gods. Some of their videos are on You Tube at the following url (Thanks Kat!):
There are three main civilizations to choose from - Greek, Egyptian, and Norse. Each of these may pick one major deity from the pantheon as a patron, and this determines certain abilities and units available to the player."
Egyptomaniacal Music
In the spirit of Egyptpmaniacal music, there is a heavy metal music group called Nile. Titles of their songs include Execration Text and Unas Slayer of the Gods. Some of their videos are on You Tube at the following url (Thanks Kat!):
http://www.nile-catacombs.net/shrines.php
Stargate Atlantis series 3
http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3567959&fSectionId=434&fSetId=251
"An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra. It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back? It's a question often pondered by passengers on certain airlines nowadays … With the new season (the third) of Stargate Atlantis, we are, basically, nipping at the heels of what's going down in the plot in the US (we've almost caught up, in fact)."
See the above page for more.
- Egyptian Music's Ancient Past Resurrected ?
Al Masry Al Youm With photos. Last Wednesday, ancient met modern at El Sawy Culture Wheel when the band Welad el-Faraana (Children of the Pharaohs), wearing jeans and t-shirts and playing pharaonic and Nubian instruments, resurrected the music of their...
- Trivia Roundup
Preparing for Aida Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Excitement reigns at Pittsburgh Opera, where a huge cast is preparing to perform "Aida," one of the most popular and spectacular of all operas. Giuseppe Verdi's intoxicating music evokes Egyptian antiquity...
- Saturday Trivia
You do have to wonder, sometimes, what Ramesses II and his peers would have made of all that the Egyptian civilization inspired. Isis - The Secrets of Isis: The Complete Series http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?releaseID=6733 "When science teacher...
- Ancient Music Reborn
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6667 I've posted about this before, but for those who missed it, here it is again: "Music professor Dr. Khairy El-Malt has been calling for a national project to revive ancient Egyptian music for a...
- Saturday Trivia
Review: Stargate - Ultimate Editionhttp://www.moviehole.net/reviews/20030331_691.html "Before Richard Dean Anderson there was Kurt Russell, and prior to the many small-screen adventures the aforesaid male protagonist would have, his big-screen alter ego...