Egypt
The Bolton News ()
- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- Book Review: Tutankhamen’s Curse
The Lancet PDF (Andrew Robinson) The opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb in Egypt in 1922 by Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon is the most famous archaeological discovery of all time, with the possible exception of the excavation of Pompeii in the...
- The Curse Of The Pharaohs: Truth, Myth Or Microbiology?
Firefox News (Tracy Morris) For only the second time since their discovery, some of the treasures of Tutankhamen are visiting United States Soil. Wherever they go, the treasures of Tutankhamen inspire wonder. But when they were first discovered in 1922...
- Thursday's Lecture To Complement Dma King Tut Exhibit
University News With perfect timing, the University of Dallas Art Department has invited a world-renowned Egyptologist to lecture on Akhenaten, father of the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamen, or, as we know him today, King Tut. Dr. James Hoffmeier...
- Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Joyce Tyldesley Viking England 1996 ISBN 0-670-85976-1 This 234 page book is by the highly accredited Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley so I felt I was heading into a good read though I must admit that it started off slow. The author certainly has a lot...
Egypt
New Book: Tutankhamen’s Curse
The Bolton News ()
ANCIENT Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen holds as much fascination for us as Madonna or Angelina Jolie, according to egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley.
The Bolton-based academic, who is regarded as a leading authority in the field, has just published her latest book on the famous pharaoh, Tutankhamen’s Curse, and is now starting work on a text about Nefertiti.
She said: “I’m interested in what makes people celebrities and why we are interested in them — people like Tutankhamen and Nefertiti were the celebrities of the ancient world.”
Dozens of conspiracy theories surround the death of the pharaoh, but Dr Tyldesley says she doubted that Tutankhamen was assassinated, as some believe. “It would have been an odd thing to do,” she said. “He had been on the throne for nearly 10 years when he died, and seemed to be doing a good job.
- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- Book Review: Tutankhamen’s Curse
The Lancet PDF (Andrew Robinson) The opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb in Egypt in 1922 by Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon is the most famous archaeological discovery of all time, with the possible exception of the excavation of Pompeii in the...
- The Curse Of The Pharaohs: Truth, Myth Or Microbiology?
Firefox News (Tracy Morris) For only the second time since their discovery, some of the treasures of Tutankhamen are visiting United States Soil. Wherever they go, the treasures of Tutankhamen inspire wonder. But when they were first discovered in 1922...
- Thursday's Lecture To Complement Dma King Tut Exhibit
University News With perfect timing, the University of Dallas Art Department has invited a world-renowned Egyptologist to lecture on Akhenaten, father of the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamen, or, as we know him today, King Tut. Dr. James Hoffmeier...
- Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Joyce Tyldesley Viking England 1996 ISBN 0-670-85976-1 This 234 page book is by the highly accredited Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley so I felt I was heading into a good read though I must admit that it started off slow. The author certainly has a lot...