Egypt
- July 26 Marks Uncovering One Of Biggest Secrets Of Khufu Pyramid
Egypt State Information Service July 26 will mark the uncovering of one of the biggest secrets of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said Saturday 16/5/2009. Addressing a symposium...
- Travel: Traveling With Herodotus
Washington Post (Justin Marozzi) Justin Marozzi is the author of "The Way of Herodotus: Travels With the Man Who Invented History," published this month by Da Capo Press. When he came to the country's most magical monuments, the pyramids, he couldn't...
- The Pyramids Of Giza
New York Post (Jasmin K Williams) Two page piece looking at the pyramids of Giza. Nothing new, but quite informative if you know little about the pyramids. We've been marveling at this ancient wonder for thousands of years. Here's a look at The...
- Travel: A Visit To Cairo
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/travel/egypts-alluring-siren-song-/282284 "A set of three pyramids with the tallest being built by King Cheops and known as the Great Pyramid. When you finally see the Great Pyramid, one is left speechless because...
- Egypt Ruler Moved To Pull Down Cheops Pyramid Of Noble Motives
http://tinyurl.com/895c5 (MakFax) "An Albanian with Macedonian origin, Muhammad Ali Pasha, ruler of Egypt, Syria and Arabia in 19th century, had ordered his French engineer Linan to pull down the Cheops Pyramid.The Great Pyramid of Cheops had been rescued...
Egypt
Travel: Visiting Egypt
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2457081,00.html
I liked the tone of this travel piece - not a long article, but the writer conveys some of the feel of a first visit to Egypt (Cairo, Aswan and Luxor): "Strangely, as I discover the next day, proximity and daylight don’t make the pyramids more impressive. You marvel at how they managed without cranes: the largest of the trio, the Great Pyramid of Cheops (or Khufu, as Ingrid has taught us he is more properly known), was constructed from 2m blocks of stone and took 100,000 workers to build, according to one estimate. You want to be overwhelmed. But the closer you get, the more you lose any sense of scale. It takes a trip to the Cairo Museum for the reality of Cheops’ megalomania to sink in. There, in a nondescript glass case, you can see all that remains of the treasures once buried in the Great Pyramid, a 7-inch statue of the king. You almost feel sorry for him."
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- July 26 Marks Uncovering One Of Biggest Secrets Of Khufu Pyramid
Egypt State Information Service July 26 will mark the uncovering of one of the biggest secrets of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said Saturday 16/5/2009. Addressing a symposium...
- Travel: Traveling With Herodotus
Washington Post (Justin Marozzi) Justin Marozzi is the author of "The Way of Herodotus: Travels With the Man Who Invented History," published this month by Da Capo Press. When he came to the country's most magical monuments, the pyramids, he couldn't...
- The Pyramids Of Giza
New York Post (Jasmin K Williams) Two page piece looking at the pyramids of Giza. Nothing new, but quite informative if you know little about the pyramids. We've been marveling at this ancient wonder for thousands of years. Here's a look at The...
- Travel: A Visit To Cairo
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/travel/egypts-alluring-siren-song-/282284 "A set of three pyramids with the tallest being built by King Cheops and known as the Great Pyramid. When you finally see the Great Pyramid, one is left speechless because...
- Egypt Ruler Moved To Pull Down Cheops Pyramid Of Noble Motives
http://tinyurl.com/895c5 (MakFax) "An Albanian with Macedonian origin, Muhammad Ali Pasha, ruler of Egypt, Syria and Arabia in 19th century, had ordered his French engineer Linan to pull down the Cheops Pyramid.The Great Pyramid of Cheops had been rescued...