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We thought it would be useful to collate the links to the current dig diaries and blogs.
Please feel free to add to this list. I believe this will be made a sticky.
Some are not in English but...
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Just to demonstrate that some archaeology is still happening over the summer I'd like to add to the list, the blog of the South Asasif Conservation Project directed by Dr Elena Pischikova.
Here is a list of the major Egyptian sites as found on Google Earth. As I find more I will add them to this post.
To use, just copy the two sets of figures, and then paste them into the search bar...
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Disregard the professor his coordinates are houses away, i can see the jeep they are:
25 42'56.87 N
32 37'.97'E
No wonder i get lost sometimes..la whaala...8)
Nome Name: Aned-Hetch
Capital: Ancient name: Enep-Heg or Ineb Hedj
Men-nefert or Men-nefer
Greek Name: MEMPHIS
Present Name:Miet Rahina or Mit Rahmin
Symbol: White Wall....
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I am just reading a book at the moment where the author uses the ancient names of towns in one place and then the modern names in others and seems to leave the Greek names out altogether. I have...
The Tutankhamun exhibition in London has - obviously - closed but they’ve published a video which may be of interest to some
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Hate to mention this my dear Dr, but the items in question are no longer anywhere near the King's Road, neither are the old soldiers at the nearby hospital looking after them, they are, so I'm told...
The Black Madonna is an interesting subject.
I was researching her last night.
Symbolically she is related to the darkness. But that does not make her bad. Just a goddess/ or saint that is present...
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Gavin Menzies is very controversial. While I sunscribe to the theory that other travellers like the Chinese did visit New Zealand, as in the excellent book 1421, I do not believe they are the...
I am trying to ascertain more info regarding this article....
Centuries after her body was buried at what is still a secretive place, the mystery of queen Nefertiti might come to an end, as a...
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Marianne Luban has a very detailed analysis of the DNA. If it was contaminated it wouldnt match the Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, showing the younger lady is their daughter and AKhenatons sister. It...
EGYPT experts, including world-renowned archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass, believe Pharaoh Khufu’s body can finally be found in a huge void discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, Express.co.uk can...
Now we are all familiar with the Book of the Dead, as written on tombs, where the deceased is carried through the spirit world on the Sun barge, fighting off the serpent Apepi through the night.
It...
I’ll be having a look next month and will report back. In the meantime, the under mentioned link has many pics of the exhibits.
Underwhelming?...
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I visited last week, the ground floor of the main building has shops selling the usual touristy stuff, staff were very helpful the next floor has the exhibits, some beautiful pieces on show from the...
The GEM is looking impressive with the giant pharaonic statues installed. I think the juxtaposition of the ancient with the ultra modern works quite well.
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I cant wait to go and see everything. The building looks fantastic and I only hope that the artifacts are properly labeled.
It’s got to be better than the 100 year old faded- ink labels on the...
It’s a great photograph with an Egyptian context taken in the Red Sea that tells a lot about at least three people and shows the style and friendliness that Roosevelt was...
An article on Shubra/Shoubra, long winded and nostalgic but worth reading.
Here is a map:
A population of 40-240,000 depending on boundaries, many fine old buildings and the center of royal...
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The interior is interesting. Whilst its mostly standard RC, its pretty restrained by Egyptian messy design standards and lacks statues of saints. The colored tiling above the pillars and on the...
