Egypt
Those Living in the Cemetery
For many years there has been talk about removing the village of people living in crowded conditions in the Cairo cemetery of Arafa.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090619/FOREIGN/706189810/1135/OPINION
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Discoveries At Amara West
British Museum (Michaela Binder) With photographs. After a somewhat disappointing first week in Cemetery C during which we only found heavily disturbed graves, our luck turned last week. We discovered two largely intact graves which provide us with important...
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Karanis Cemetery Survey Project
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Spending an entire field season roaming a cemetery and looking at bones may seem morbid to many, but to me it was a dream. Over the past several years, Willeke Wendrich, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and...
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Travel: Egypt Relived
The Economic Times / India Times We took a step back in time — about 3,000 years, just like every one else who has the luck to visit Egypt! — to get an idea of its timeless craft and culture. Just a few km from the centre of Cairo, a time machine...
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The Road To Giza
Here Dr. Hawass discusses the new Grand Egyptian museum set to open in 2013 as well as controlling tourism in the name of preservation. http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090720/BUSINESS/707209960/-1/OPINION...
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Amarna From A Balloon
A fine article about the Heretic King's capital with 2 fine videos to watch. I have thought for many years that living in his time would have been brutal on the people with only the courtiers and the royal family living the good life. The King's...
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