Egypt
- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Travel: A Visit To Giza And Abu Simbel
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21549925-17102,00.htmlStandard description of a visit to the Giza plateau and Abu Simbel: "It's a 10-minute walk from the Le Meridien Pyramids hotel to their base. I soon discover I am not the only...
- Exhibition To Mark The Eclipse
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ Zahi Hawass has announced that the Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, has agreed to organise an archaeological exhibition to mark tomorrow's solar eclipse which will be visible in el-Sallum. The exhibition,...
- Watch The Sun Vanish In Egypt...
http://tinyurl.com/7zs5c"Diarise the date of March 29 2006 for this is the day on which there will be a total eclipse of the sun. Though it will be visible in various countries across the globe, in Africa it will be seen in Egypt, Benin, Chad, Ghana,...
- Dating The Amarna Period In Egypt: 2
In the northern tombs in the cliffs at Akhet-Aten stands the Tomb of "the greatest seers of the Aten" Meryre I. The tomb has a unique surviving depiction of the sun with two sets of arcs one below the other, both arcs below the orb and emerging from the...
Egypt
Saturday Trivia
Only one piece of trivia this week.
The eclipse at Giza
http://tinyurl.com/krrwa (Reuters)
"Balancing on his head in the shadow of the ancient pyramids of Giza, a Dutch visitor tries to connect to the spiritual forces he says are swirling around the monuments during Wednesday's solar eclipse. "The eclipse is a special moment in time and the shape of the pyramids attracts a universal energy spiral," Robin, who did not give his full name, said after meditating at the foot of the largest of the pharaonic mausoleums in the desert outside Cairo.' 'We are all made of light. Light is what binds us all and makes all us humans one, so this is a very important time to be here,' said the Dutchman while standing barefoot in a circle of people meant to symbolize the sun."
The eclipse at Giza
http://tinyurl.com/krrwa (Reuters)
"Balancing on his head in the shadow of the ancient pyramids of Giza, a Dutch visitor tries to connect to the spiritual forces he says are swirling around the monuments during Wednesday's solar eclipse. "The eclipse is a special moment in time and the shape of the pyramids attracts a universal energy spiral," Robin, who did not give his full name, said after meditating at the foot of the largest of the pharaonic mausoleums in the desert outside Cairo.' 'We are all made of light. Light is what binds us all and makes all us humans one, so this is a very important time to be here,' said the Dutchman while standing barefoot in a circle of people meant to symbolize the sun."
- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Travel: A Visit To Giza And Abu Simbel
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21549925-17102,00.htmlStandard description of a visit to the Giza plateau and Abu Simbel: "It's a 10-minute walk from the Le Meridien Pyramids hotel to their base. I soon discover I am not the only...
- Exhibition To Mark The Eclipse
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ Zahi Hawass has announced that the Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, has agreed to organise an archaeological exhibition to mark tomorrow's solar eclipse which will be visible in el-Sallum. The exhibition,...
- Watch The Sun Vanish In Egypt...
http://tinyurl.com/7zs5c"Diarise the date of March 29 2006 for this is the day on which there will be a total eclipse of the sun. Though it will be visible in various countries across the globe, in Africa it will be seen in Egypt, Benin, Chad, Ghana,...
- Dating The Amarna Period In Egypt: 2
In the northern tombs in the cliffs at Akhet-Aten stands the Tomb of "the greatest seers of the Aten" Meryre I. The tomb has a unique surviving depiction of the sun with two sets of arcs one below the other, both arcs below the orb and emerging from the...