Egypt
Egypt Exploration Society (Review by John J Johnston)
- Petrie Museum Celebrating Amelia Edwards
Thanks to Jan Picton of the Friends of the Petrie Museum for the following information. On March 8th, International Woman's Day is celebrating its centenary, and the Petrie Museum is joining in by honouring Victorian writer Amelia Edwards, for without...
- Fiction Review: Amelia Peabody
examiner.com (Faith Acker) An Englishwoman in Egypt: Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody novels July 10, 4:33 PM In my previous review, I briefly mentioned the Amelia Peabody detective novels, a marvelous series of mysteries that certainly deserve more...
- Book Launch: Women On The Nile
The book Women on the Nile: The Writings of Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale and Amelia Edwards, by Professor Joan Rees (Rubicon Press), has been announced by Stacey International. It will be launched by the Friends of the Petrie at the Institute...
- Review: Mummies - Secrets Of The Pharaohs
Freep.com Another short review of the glossy documentary, which seems to have earned a far larger response than any other recent documentary on the subject of ancient Egypt: It's saying something when -- after decades of National Geographic, PBS,...
- Saturday Trivia
Review: Immortal http://www.computercrowsnest.com/features/arc/2006/nz9761.php"I know I am not going to remember the film for long. I guess that is ironic for a film called Immortal. But take my word for it there is nothing very immortal about Immortal....
Egypt
Trivia: Film Review - The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
Egypt Exploration Society (Review by John J Johnston)
The possibility of my reviewing Luc Besson’s latest film was originally suggested because it concerns the adventures of a lady novelist and sometime journalist in pre-WWI Egypt. Although the time period was a little out, the parallels with the founder of the Egypt Exploration Society, Amelia Edwards, seemed evident. However, as it transpires, such similarities were slight...
Unlike the doughty Amelia, the heroine of this film, Adèle Blanc-Sec—‘Like the wine’—is young, glamorous, and far more in the tradition of 1960s comic-strip characters such as Modesty Blaise or Barbarella. This is perhaps unsurprising as the character originated in Jacques Tardi’s series of acclaimed bandes dessinées and the film, itself, is based, specifically, on two of these: Adèle et la bête (1976) and Momies en folie (1978).
- Petrie Museum Celebrating Amelia Edwards
Thanks to Jan Picton of the Friends of the Petrie Museum for the following information. On March 8th, International Woman's Day is celebrating its centenary, and the Petrie Museum is joining in by honouring Victorian writer Amelia Edwards, for without...
- Fiction Review: Amelia Peabody
examiner.com (Faith Acker) An Englishwoman in Egypt: Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody novels July 10, 4:33 PM In my previous review, I briefly mentioned the Amelia Peabody detective novels, a marvelous series of mysteries that certainly deserve more...
- Book Launch: Women On The Nile
The book Women on the Nile: The Writings of Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale and Amelia Edwards, by Professor Joan Rees (Rubicon Press), has been announced by Stacey International. It will be launched by the Friends of the Petrie at the Institute...
- Review: Mummies - Secrets Of The Pharaohs
Freep.com Another short review of the glossy documentary, which seems to have earned a far larger response than any other recent documentary on the subject of ancient Egypt: It's saying something when -- after decades of National Geographic, PBS,...
- Saturday Trivia
Review: Immortal http://www.computercrowsnest.com/features/arc/2006/nz9761.php"I know I am not going to remember the film for long. I guess that is ironic for a film called Immortal. But take my word for it there is nothing very immortal about Immortal....