Egypt

Scratching Heritage

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/743/letters.htm

A reader's letter to the online Al Ahram Weekly, which attacks official care standards in the Valley of the Kings, and objects to the CT scans of mummies both as a desecration, and as something unnecessary taking place while the much-needed precautions for preservation of the tombs from which they have been removed are not taken. This is the third letter on the page.

- Query Re Al Ahram Weekly Mathematics Article
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/830/letters.htmThis page has a query from a reader of the Al Ahram weekly article Mathematics in Ancient Egypt by Assed Deif, which appeared in Al Ahram Weekly in the 25 - 31 January 2007 issue (No. 829): "In 'Mathematics...

- Dig Days: Queen Sofia Of Spain
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/he2.htmZahi Hawass's Dig Days column in the Al Ahram Weekly this week describes Zahi's four meetings with the Queen of Spain: "Queen Sofia told me she had heard about my discovery of the tombs of the Pyramid...

- Surprise Delivery
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/759/he2.htmZahi Hawass's occasional Dig Days column in the Al Ahram Weeekly online publication this week deals with the return of an engraving dating to the New Kingdom, by an individual who returned it on behalf of...

- Save Central Sinai
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/751/hr1.htm "The Supreme Council of Antiquities has launched an LE10 million project to upgrade the temple of Serabit Al-Khadem and the nearby turquoise mines in Sinai for what is loosely called "safari tourism". The vagueness...

- World Class Preservation
Here is a run down of preservation of monuments in Luxor. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/947/heritage.htm...

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