Egypt

The Black Pharaohs photo gallery

National Geographic

Many thanks to lovely David Petersen for this link to a National Geographic photo gallery to accompany its recent article re the Nubian pharaohs who ruled Egypt for a time.

- Nubian Gallery At Royal Ontario Museum Re-opens
The Star (John Goddard) Before Barack Obama there was Taharqa. Last in a line of so-called Black Pharaohs, he ruled over ancient Egypt and beyond as king of the African civilization of Kush, the last black leader of a superpower before the current U.S....

- Another Top 10
National Geographic The National Geographic arrange their Top 10 in the order of the stories most viewed by their online readers. Whilst other Top 10 listings have no Egyptology items this one has four. Lost cities, baffling pyramids, and ancient graveyards...

- Hazards Of Recreating Ancient Egyptian Faces
National Geographic (Chris Sloan) Thanks again to David Petersen for this link. This page looks at the difficulties and controversies of trying to recreate the faces of the ancient Egyptian kings. I’ll never forget attending opening night of the King...

- More On The Sekhmet Statues
http://tinyurl.com/r6fcs (National Geographic) A fairly short National Geographic summary of the discovery of hte Sekhmet statues at the Temple of Amenhotep III.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...

- National Geographic Feature On Abydos
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/index.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/gallery1.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/map.html Thanks to my Dad for buying me the April edition of National...

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