Egypt
- The Museum Of Egyptian Antiquities In Turin
Al Masry Al Youm “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin,” wrote the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion when he came to Turin in 1824. The Egyptian Museum of antiquities in Turin, an elegant city in the Italian...
- Lost Fragments Of The Turin Canon Have Been Found
Enemigos de la Egiptología (EDE) (Teresa Soria) Pieces of the Turin Canon have been rediscovered. Here's a rough summary of the first few paragraphs: Bridget Leach and Richard Parkinson, British Museum experts, are meeting in the Egyptian Museum...
- Turin's Museo Egizio
http://tinyurl.com/qdxp4 "The daily pleasures and challenges of the Ancient Egyptians are brought back to life in a new show at Turin's Egyptology Museum. The exhibition centres on the lives of a wealthy couple, an 11th Dynasty (2,000 BC) King's...
- Museo Egizio, Turin
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=72824§ion=artstravel A description of the ancient Egyptian collections in the Turn museum of Egyptology, which has opened a new gallery in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and has one of the biggest...
- More From Dr. Hawass
Recently Dr. Zahi Hawass' wish list of objects he wants back in Egypt has grown by one more item, that being the important statue of Ramses II in in the Museo Egizio in Turin. In this interview with Dr. Hawass he tells his usual give us back the Rosetta...
Egypt
Turin's Turn: Museo Egizio
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/12498739.htm
It definately appears to be museum day today in the online world of Egyptological news. First off, the above feature looks at the city of Turin, which is to be home to the 2006 Winter Olympics in February. As well as all the other attractions that Turin has to offer, the article recommends a visit to the Museo Egizio, which has 30,000-plus artifacts: "Turin officials consider it the equal of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the British Museum in London, thanks in part to the statues of Ramses II and the sarcophagus of Nefertiti. Although the Museo doesn't have a headliner to match the Rosetta Stone (London) or King Tut's gold (Cairo), it's certainly worth an hour or two".
- The Museum Of Egyptian Antiquities In Turin
Al Masry Al Youm “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin,” wrote the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion when he came to Turin in 1824. The Egyptian Museum of antiquities in Turin, an elegant city in the Italian...
- Lost Fragments Of The Turin Canon Have Been Found
Enemigos de la Egiptología (EDE) (Teresa Soria) Pieces of the Turin Canon have been rediscovered. Here's a rough summary of the first few paragraphs: Bridget Leach and Richard Parkinson, British Museum experts, are meeting in the Egyptian Museum...
- Turin's Museo Egizio
http://tinyurl.com/qdxp4 "The daily pleasures and challenges of the Ancient Egyptians are brought back to life in a new show at Turin's Egyptology Museum. The exhibition centres on the lives of a wealthy couple, an 11th Dynasty (2,000 BC) King's...
- Museo Egizio, Turin
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=72824§ion=artstravel A description of the ancient Egyptian collections in the Turn museum of Egyptology, which has opened a new gallery in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and has one of the biggest...
- More From Dr. Hawass
Recently Dr. Zahi Hawass' wish list of objects he wants back in Egypt has grown by one more item, that being the important statue of Ramses II in in the Museo Egizio in Turin. In this interview with Dr. Hawass he tells his usual give us back the Rosetta...