Egypt
So here we are presented with the completion of part of the avenue of sphinx's at Luxor. A complicated tale to resurrect an ancient processional way between Karnak temple and Luxor temple. The project may be one of the best examples of the power of the former regime to bully the Egyptian people to this extravagant and unnecessary end.
Photo: Luxor Times
- Lecture Notes: Loose Blocks From Osirian Chapels
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane for sharing another set of lecture notes. Great début lecture from Jeremy Hourdin (more info here http://www.theses.fr/s70325). He used French translations of the Egyptian names and I have put them...
- The Ancient Calendar Of The Akkadians Compared To Modern Jewish Calendar
The Akkadian Calendar ...
- New Governor Appointed To Luxor
The article says the following " The new appointment has created controversy already in the tourism industry inner circles as the new governor is a part of the Islamic group which claimed responsibility for Luxor massacre in 1997. " Luxor...
- Akhmim's Collosal Head Put In Storage
The colossal head of Ramesses II found a few years back in a modern cemetery in the city of Akhmim along with the sculptures from the temple have been removed from the site and placed in storage for their protection. The temple on the site was...
- The New Luxor
This article concerns the rapid development of Luxor including the loss of the village of Qurna and worse the development of the Avenue of Sphinx's which has resulted in the use of bulldozers to do archaeological work and the removal of the...
Egypt
The Avenue of Sphinx's
So here we are presented with the completion of part of the avenue of sphinx's at Luxor. A complicated tale to resurrect an ancient processional way between Karnak temple and Luxor temple. The project may be one of the best examples of the power of the former regime to bully the Egyptian people to this extravagant and unnecessary end.
Photo: Luxor Times
- Lecture Notes: Loose Blocks From Osirian Chapels
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane for sharing another set of lecture notes. Great début lecture from Jeremy Hourdin (more info here http://www.theses.fr/s70325). He used French translations of the Egyptian names and I have put them...
- The Ancient Calendar Of The Akkadians Compared To Modern Jewish Calendar
The Akkadian Calendar ...
- New Governor Appointed To Luxor
The article says the following " The new appointment has created controversy already in the tourism industry inner circles as the new governor is a part of the Islamic group which claimed responsibility for Luxor massacre in 1997. " Luxor...
- Akhmim's Collosal Head Put In Storage
The colossal head of Ramesses II found a few years back in a modern cemetery in the city of Akhmim along with the sculptures from the temple have been removed from the site and placed in storage for their protection. The temple on the site was...
- The New Luxor
This article concerns the rapid development of Luxor including the loss of the village of Qurna and worse the development of the Avenue of Sphinx's which has resulted in the use of bulldozers to do archaeological work and the removal of the...