Egypt
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus)
- A Poor Boy’s Grave – How Did A Teenage Egyptian Weaver End Up With A “very Nice” Coffin?
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) About 3,200 years ago, at a time when Egypt was recovering from civil war, a boy named Nakht worked as a weaver for a funerary chapel. His diet was poor, he suffered from malaria and ultimately he died in his teenage...
- News On Protests From The American Research Centre In Egypt (thanks Owen)
Thanks to Owen Jarus for sending me this link on his Unreported Heritage blog. Owen has interviewed Dr. Gerry Scott, the director of ARCE, who is in Cairo right now. Here's an exerpt but see Owen's page for the full interview synopsis: The lack...
- Papyrus Was Owned By A Flax Merchant From Egypt
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) A Princeton University researcher has identified the owner of a New Testament papyrus that dates to the time of Constantine the Great. Constantine was the Roman emperor who allowed Christians to practice freely, ending...
- 2,300 Year Old Temple Discovered At Thmuis
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) With several photographs. A temple built by Ptolemy II Philadelphus has been discovered at the ancient city of Thmuis (also known at Tell Timai) on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Ptolemy II was a king of Egypt and the son...
- Conference News: Egyptian Symposium In Toronto
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus promises a detailed report on the symposium but in the meantime he has bullet pointed some of the key points of interest. There are several fascinating items but the one that most interested me were some of the results...
Egypt
Unreported Heritage News
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus)
Owen Jarus, whose name many readers will remember from Heritage Key articles, has started up a new website called Unreported Heritage News. The aim of the site, as you will have guessed, is to report on stories which have not been covered widely (or at all) by the media. This is a great idea and I wish him all the very best of luck with it. He's also on Twitter.
- A Poor Boy’s Grave – How Did A Teenage Egyptian Weaver End Up With A “very Nice” Coffin?
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) About 3,200 years ago, at a time when Egypt was recovering from civil war, a boy named Nakht worked as a weaver for a funerary chapel. His diet was poor, he suffered from malaria and ultimately he died in his teenage...
- News On Protests From The American Research Centre In Egypt (thanks Owen)
Thanks to Owen Jarus for sending me this link on his Unreported Heritage blog. Owen has interviewed Dr. Gerry Scott, the director of ARCE, who is in Cairo right now. Here's an exerpt but see Owen's page for the full interview synopsis: The lack...
- Papyrus Was Owned By A Flax Merchant From Egypt
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) A Princeton University researcher has identified the owner of a New Testament papyrus that dates to the time of Constantine the Great. Constantine was the Roman emperor who allowed Christians to practice freely, ending...
- 2,300 Year Old Temple Discovered At Thmuis
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) With several photographs. A temple built by Ptolemy II Philadelphus has been discovered at the ancient city of Thmuis (also known at Tell Timai) on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Ptolemy II was a king of Egypt and the son...
- Conference News: Egyptian Symposium In Toronto
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus promises a detailed report on the symposium but in the meantime he has bullet pointed some of the key points of interest. There are several fascinating items but the one that most interested me were some of the results...