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Luxor is ancient Thebes and has a fascinating past. Share your knowledge or ask your questions here.
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The Nomes of Upper Egypt - for reference
by LivinginLuxor » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:05 pm
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Nome No: l Ta-Khent
Capital: Ancient Egyptian name: Taseti. Abu. Ta-Seti, Yebu
Greek Name: ELEPHANTINE
Present name: Aswan
Symbol: Land of the Arch
Nome gods: Ta-Khent, Khnum-Satis...
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Whatever, it's nice to get a kick up the bum from Stan now & again....
Gone but not forgotten.....8)
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Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:44 pm
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List of current dig diaries/blogs
by BBLUX » Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:37 am
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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.
Best...
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:41 pm
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Google Earth co-ordinates for major Egyptian sites.
by LivinginLuxor » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:02 am
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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)
Could you provide these coordinates in...
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Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:58 pm
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The Nomes of Lower Egypt - for reference
by LivinginLuxor » Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:07 pm
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Nome No: l LOWER EGYPT
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...
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:32 am
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Lecture at Thebes hotel Wednesday 13 November 6 pm
by HEPZIBAH » Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:16 pm
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Thebes Hotel فندق طيبةLike Page
10 November at 09:13
Lecture at Thebes hotel Wednesday 13 November 6 pm.
New aspects at Gebel el- Silsila West, by Dr. Moamen Saad Mohamed Director at MA, Member of...
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I surreptitiously noticed, for you tonight was different.
Ps: lecture ? they found loads of old stuff, I mean really old stuff... 8)
Now,,, if they had found a 'banksy!
P*ss: So, 3 x glasses Red -...
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Last post by Who2
Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:21 pm
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Egyptian Leaders - Supporters of Hitler.
by Hafiz » Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:19 am
Even after the second war Sadat continued to express open admiration for Hitler in a letter he sent to the Egyptian daily Al Mussawar on September 18, 1953:
“Dear Hitler, I congratulate you from the...
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Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:19 am
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Palace of Prince Youssef Kamal at Nag Hamadi
by Brian Yare » Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:48 pm
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As I said in another thread, this palace has appeared in the MoA price list of 1st November 2018. So I went there today.
Yes, the journey was longer than predicted. The Western Desert Road has not...
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Newcastle, thanks for the footnote I checked it. At least one of the external photographs is part of an often used visual library and has been around for years - the yellow photo. If so, and given...
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Last post by Hafiz
Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:37 am
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Lecture - 06/112019
by HEPZIBAH » Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:53 pm
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Posted today on Facebook by Thebes Hotel
Thebes Hotel فندق طيبةLike Page
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Lecture at Thebes hotel Wednesday 6 November 6 pm.
About the lecturer: Francisco Jose Martin Valentin, Doctor of the...
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That should be a good lecture. I have known Dr Francisco for quite a few years and he always has something interesting to talk about.
I cannot blame the hotel for the 25 le cover charge. Some people...
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Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:38 pm
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Tutankhamun returns to London
by crewmeal » Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:28 am
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This is a chance for those who can't see many of the Luxor sites to get a taste of Egyptian history. It may and I hope it generates more interest and possibly more will fly out to the area to see for...
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A video preview of the exhibition
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Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:25 pm
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2019-2020 Ticket Prices
by Winged Isis » Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:47 am
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Here are the 2019-2020 ticket prices for monuments and museums:
English:
Arabic:
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Can’t seem to get anywhere with those links.
And yet this works fine.
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Last post by newcastle
Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:56 am
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A Good Listen..
by Who2 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:39 am
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Came across this programme, by Joyce ..the curse caught my attention.
As the story of the curse was first published by the Mail or Express 'bylined by Arthur Weigall,
(ex head of Upper Egypt...
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Thanks for the podcast Who2.....fascinating. Not just for the oft repeated history of Carter/Carnarvon/Tut etc. but for the insight into how the curse stories originated and took off.
Carnarvon’s...
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Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:25 pm
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20 Ancient Coffins Found in Luxor
by Winged Isis » Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:12 pm
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Egyptian archeologists uncover 20 ancient coffins in Luxor
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany and secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri embarked on a tour to...
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The only new news was the total of coffins, 30, and then they opened a male and a female. The usual bun-fight as people jostled to get pictures (quite headache-making). The colours of the inner...
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Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:31 pm
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Lecture - Wednesday 30/10/19
by HEPZIBAH » Sun Oct 13, 2019 4:58 pm
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Copied from Facebook:
Thebes Hotel
Here we are again! First lecture of this new season on Wednesday, October 30 at 6 pm. With Wojciech Ejsmond, the director of the Gebelein Archaeological Project...
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Oh no! Not him :a21: I had forgotten the name. Stand by for a disaster then unless he has a new laptop.
No it is not the man who had all the problems last year that I was thinking of. I do not...
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Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:12 pm
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Lost Pharaohs of the Nile
by newcastle » Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:13 pm
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Something to look out for....Channel 4 Sunday 13th October .
The forgotten black pharaohs: They once ruled all of Egypt, but Africa's Khush Pharaohs' have been overlooked, says a new show.
Channel...
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I need to watch the program again alone. My wife has little patience with historical programs and wants to get her hands on the remote :lol:
I did have a thought about the water in the burial...
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Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:15 pm
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New KV Tomb Announced
by Winged Isis » Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:03 pm
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Zahi Hawas announces the discovery of a new tomb.
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Better english and more photos. But typical Hawas muscling in on old news and pretending he actually works.
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Last post by Winged Isis
Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:42 pm
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Several new museums opening this year.
by newcastle » Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:22 pm
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Seems like 2009 will be a busy year for museum openings. No shortage of artefacts in store all over the country.
Travel & Tourism News 14/08/2109
Various archaeological sites await opening in 2019,...
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Interesting but part of the standard more is better strategy or is it the notion of one holding company and a thousand subsidiaries.
If the coast and Sinai get decent museums that takes a bit of the...
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Last post by Hafiz
Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:17 am
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Luxor..
by Who2 » Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:09 pm
Just had to share this one, one Iv'e never seen before...
Great shot with the Winter Palace souk and a couple of tourists.... 8)
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Last post by Who2
Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:09 pm
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The Mystery of the Black Mummy
by newcastle » Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:40 pm
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An interesting program about the discovery of a mummified black child in central Libya .....dated some 1000 years earlier than than the earliest known mummies in pharaonic Egypt.
Around 10,000 BC...
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Just watched it Newcastle, very interesting.Thanks for posting.
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Last post by carrie
Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:53 pm
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Waterwheels
by Horus » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:25 pm
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I can’t quite remember where I took this photo, somewhere on the road back to the Horus bridge as I recall. I often smile at his hand painted sign of 1 Euro per picture I bet he had lots of takers,...
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I only hope that long before I die, such a place can be set up to tell the true story of the hill people of the West Bank, that already seems even now lost to the modern world.
If anyone wishes to...
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Last post by A-Four
Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:21 pm
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The Hittites
by newcastle » Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:48 am
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If you can drag yourself away from football (England v Kosovo) or the Great British Bake Off tonight, there’s a 2 hour long programme on the Hittites
20.00 Smithsonian Channel
It’s a repeat, of...
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You must have really nodded off it was 2.5 hours long :lol: :lol:
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Last post by Horus
Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:41 pm
