Egypt
guardians.net
Not a late April Fool.
See the above page for more details.
- Chasing Mummies
I've just noticed that the series Chasing Mummies, which had such polarized reviews when it aired in the US, is starting on UK television tonight on Sky 3. I won't be in to watch it so I won't be reviewing it. Here's the Radio Times online...
- Dr Jf Quack Awarded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Univeristy of Heidelberg Thanks very much to Daniel Arpagus for the above link. Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack, Director of the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg and member of the Cluster “Asia and Europe”, has been awarded...
- Giza Pyramids Win Wta Award
eTurboNews The World Travel Awards (WTA) chose the Giza pyramids as the world’s leading attraction in 2007 during its fourteenth annual ceremony held at the Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in the Caribbean, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni...
- Trivia: Egypt To Have Float In 2008 Rose Parade
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs THE CAIRO-LOS Angeles Friendship Committee will sponsor Egypt’s first float entry in the world-renowned Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day 2008. Prize-winning designer Paul...
- Sca Chief Wins Oscar Emmy Award
http://tinyurl.com/f6jrc (sis.gov.eg)"Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), won Thursday the Oscar Emmy Award presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the best TV film at the international level....
Egypt
The Zahi Hawass Prize
guardians.net
Not a late April Fool.
The friends of Zahi Hawass have decided to establish a fellowship at the American University in Cairo (AUC) called “The Zahi Hawass Prize in Egyptology.” The fellowship will be given to a student in the Egyptology department. A committee will be established to set the rules for the fellowship, which will be awarded to the most outstanding student of any nationality. The names of all the donors to the fellowship will be recognized.
This prize will be awarded to the best AUC student, Egyptian or foreigner, every year. The initial funding of this prize by Dr. Joseph Leone, a physician in the United States, began with $ 5,000. Additional contributors include:
Bruce and Carolyn Ludwig, AUC Board of Trustees; $ 10,000
Supporters of Egypt
Margie Fisher, Margie Fisher Foundation, Egyptologist $ 25,000
Nancy Binz $ 10,000
Amr Badr, Abercrombie and Kent, Cairo $ 5,000
Timothy C. Collins, CIB Bank; Ripplewood Holdings $ 100,000
See the above page for more details.
- Chasing Mummies
I've just noticed that the series Chasing Mummies, which had such polarized reviews when it aired in the US, is starting on UK television tonight on Sky 3. I won't be in to watch it so I won't be reviewing it. Here's the Radio Times online...
- Dr Jf Quack Awarded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Univeristy of Heidelberg Thanks very much to Daniel Arpagus for the above link. Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack, Director of the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg and member of the Cluster “Asia and Europe”, has been awarded...
- Giza Pyramids Win Wta Award
eTurboNews The World Travel Awards (WTA) chose the Giza pyramids as the world’s leading attraction in 2007 during its fourteenth annual ceremony held at the Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in the Caribbean, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni...
- Trivia: Egypt To Have Float In 2008 Rose Parade
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs THE CAIRO-LOS Angeles Friendship Committee will sponsor Egypt’s first float entry in the world-renowned Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day 2008. Prize-winning designer Paul...
- Sca Chief Wins Oscar Emmy Award
http://tinyurl.com/f6jrc (sis.gov.eg)"Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), won Thursday the Oscar Emmy Award presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the best TV film at the international level....