Egypt
- Book Review: Lost Oasis - In Search Of Paradise
Guardian Unlimited (review by Toby Lichtig) Robert Twigger's latest travel odyssey is a search for a fabled oasis in the Egyptian Sahara. As in Voyageur, which mirrored the 18th-century Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie on his journey across North...
- Saturday Trivia
Ankh finds life in North America http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1277 News that an Egyptology-based game to be launched shortly in North America: "North Americans will soon get their first look at Ankh, the 3D comic adventure first released...
- Luxor, An Egyptian-themed Arcade Puzzler
http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=614 Some of the usual Saturday morning trivia for you. This is a computer game with an Egyptian theme, reviewed on the Inside Mac Games website. The reviewer didn't think much of it: "It was honestly...
- Computer Game Review: Egypt 1156 B.c
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,533/ This is a detailed review of an "edutainment" computer game called Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh, posted yesterday on the Adventur Gamers website: "In this game, the head of the Madji (think ancient...
- Scientists Find Fossil Proof Of Egypt's Ancient Climate
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4502.html Analysis of silts "from a small lake (now dry) in the Kharga Oasis of western Egypt to reconstruct climatic conditions during the lifetime of the lake. Their analyses support a surprising picture...
Egypt
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Lost dinosaurs of Egypt
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/5981.html
I've sneaked this in because it's a low news day, and there's not even much trivia around this week. This is an article about the rediscovery of some prewar photographs of the holotype Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, discovered by Ernst Stromer, the remains of which were kept in the Palaontologische Staatssammlung Munchen and thought to have been lost in the Allied bombing. It also looks at the more recent work of Josh Smith, who followed in Stromer's footsteps to Bahariya Oasis and found other dinosaur remains while attempting to discover Stromer's original site. For the full story see the above URL.
Oasis review
http://pc.gamedaily.com/game/review/?gameid=5098&id=1130
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/5981.html
I've sneaked this in because it's a low news day, and there's not even much trivia around this week. This is an article about the rediscovery of some prewar photographs of the holotype Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, discovered by Ernst Stromer, the remains of which were kept in the Palaontologische Staatssammlung Munchen and thought to have been lost in the Allied bombing. It also looks at the more recent work of Josh Smith, who followed in Stromer's footsteps to Bahariya Oasis and found other dinosaur remains while attempting to discover Stromer's original site. For the full story see the above URL.
Oasis review
http://pc.gamedaily.com/game/review/?gameid=5098&id=1130
A favourable review of a mouse-click PC game: "The year is 2995 B.C., and you are a brave Egyptian prince with quite a to-do list. Aside from the normal princely duties, you must avenge your father's death, clear the unusual fog that has settled over the land, populate villages with troops, defend your country from invading barbarians, civilize your people by introducing them to industry (like road-building and mining), search for hidden treasures, and discover an appropriate amount of glyphs so that you can be considered for the coveted job of Pharaoh. It probably all sounds pretty exhausting, but fear not. In Playfirst's Oasis, you can conquer Egypt and take the reigns as Pharaoh all from the comfort of your desk chair." See the above page for the rest of the review
- Book Review: Lost Oasis - In Search Of Paradise
Guardian Unlimited (review by Toby Lichtig) Robert Twigger's latest travel odyssey is a search for a fabled oasis in the Egyptian Sahara. As in Voyageur, which mirrored the 18th-century Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie on his journey across North...
- Saturday Trivia
Ankh finds life in North America http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1277 News that an Egyptology-based game to be launched shortly in North America: "North Americans will soon get their first look at Ankh, the 3D comic adventure first released...
- Luxor, An Egyptian-themed Arcade Puzzler
http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=614 Some of the usual Saturday morning trivia for you. This is a computer game with an Egyptian theme, reviewed on the Inside Mac Games website. The reviewer didn't think much of it: "It was honestly...
- Computer Game Review: Egypt 1156 B.c
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,533/ This is a detailed review of an "edutainment" computer game called Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh, posted yesterday on the Adventur Gamers website: "In this game, the head of the Madji (think ancient...
- Scientists Find Fossil Proof Of Egypt's Ancient Climate
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4502.html Analysis of silts "from a small lake (now dry) in the Kharga Oasis of western Egypt to reconstruct climatic conditions during the lifetime of the lake. Their analyses support a surprising picture...