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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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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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Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:41 pm
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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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An update on this thread.......
Travel & Tourism News 6/09/2019
Prince Youssef Kamal Palace to be inaugurated end of Sept.
CAIRO - 6 September 2019: The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is...
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Last post by newcastle
Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:59 am
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Temporary exhibition in Luxor
by newcastle » Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:08 pm
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Travel & Tourism News 5/09/2019
Archaeological exhibition, 2 cemeteries to be opened in Luxor
CAIRO - 5 September 2019: The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is preparing to open a temporary...
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Met my mate Salima tonight, she's here for 5 days up in the V o K.
me: filming ? her: no just cataloging old sh*t.
Anyhow she's round for a few beers tomorrow pic's to follow!...'in shalla!
Ps: She...
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Last post by Who2
Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:03 pm
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Show me the mummy:
by Who2 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:47 am
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From today's Grauniad..
Bring the Brie, the Pont L'eveque and some wine.
For the British bring the Bacon.... 8)
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I was lucky enough to see that exhibition back in 1971, I even still have first day edition stamps.
I inherited my Dad's stamp collection and added to it over the years. May seem a bit Anorak, but it...
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Last post by John Landon
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:39 am
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Shifting sand.
by newcastle » Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:18 pm
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Don’t ya just love that plummy accent. :lol:
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I still maintain a catastrophic event hit the African continent and the surrounding areas, wiping out a very advanced world. Not that Academia is going to tell us that while we get stolen re told...
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Last post by newcastle
Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:23 am
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Several new museums opening this year.
by newcastle » Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:22 pm
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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Last post by newcastle
Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:22 pm
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New National Geographic series on Egypt
by newcastle » Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:34 pm
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Something to look out for later this year.....although National Geographic have a habit of trivialising egyptology. The man in the hat is also firmly linked to NG.....oh dear....
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More info.....
National Geographic Abu Dhabi will air its ‘Egypt Specials’ series, which uncovers monumental lost treasures, mysteries, stories and artifacts of Pharaonic Egypt.
The four-hour...
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:45 pm
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Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:02 pm
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Getty photos of 1930’s Egypt
by newcastle » Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:32 am
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You might be familiar with Egypt’s fascinating ancient history, but what about the Egypt of the 1930s? This album contains 48 photographs taken in Cairo, Luxor, Karnak, Thebes, Dendera, and Abydos of...
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The Needle of Matarieh – where is it now – in someone’s garden in Heliopolis?
It is where it has always been.
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Last post by BENNU
Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:58 pm
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Alexander the Great's Tomb
by Hafiz » Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:53 am
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Alexander’s Tomb.
There have been many promises and rot about the search for his tomb, and not only in Egypt. Lies have also been spread about ‘his sarcophagus discovered at Sidon - see below....
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My mention of the Alexander Sarcophagus was in reference to A-Four’s suggestion that it was the resting place of Alexander the Great. Another example of his claiming better insight than dedicated...
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Last post by newcastle
Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:30 am
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Philae Island to be turned into a tourist Mecca.
by newcastle » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:57 pm
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“Ibrahim also mentioned the new vision of using the mountainous highlands surrounding it to build a new hotel or motels in Nubian architectural style, as well as bazaars, cafeterias and...
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Never found it much of a hassle myself, maybe the fact that you have to get there via a small boat controlls the numbers better.
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Last post by Horus
Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:22 am
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Free photography ( non-flash) in tombs??
by newcastle » Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:36 pm
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Well....that’s how I read this announcement. Perhaps no-one was buying the photography permits.
Travel & Tourism News 3/07/2019
Taking Mobile Photos at Archeological Sites To Be Free starting from...
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There's a bit of free promotion through people posting their pics on social media..
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Last post by Alistair1967
Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:40 pm
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Still Waiting!
by Winged Isis » Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:18 am
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The latest I've read is they met this week and it will happen in September.
*sigh* Sooooooo Egypt.
Royal mummies to be transfered from Egyptian Museum to NMEC on June.15
By: Angy Essam Fri, Jun....
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It is not so surprising that we are still waiting, when one knows the full story of these royal mummies,.....I'll pick up the story from 1953.
The royal mummies were first put on display in Room 52...
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Last post by A-Four
Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:13 am
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Tut’s head going for £4 million plus
by newcastle » Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:41 pm
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Another artefact sale to get Egyptian blood boiling.....this time a “head of Tutankhamen” ...mmmm.. yeah right.....reckoned to fetch over £4 milllion.
Sounds like it may have been unearthed from...
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That should get Zahi wetting his pants and gnashing on his hat. :D
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Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:44 pm
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Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:26 pm
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Maps Interest Me
by Hafiz » Wed May 08, 2019 1:27 am
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Maps interest me, especially historical maps which show the changing human and physical landscape. The ones of Luxor in the last 100 or so years show the effects of the Aswan Dam and the impact of...
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I thought that was where we went Yildez I don't think it is closed. I saw Mahmoud the other day and if you remember he didn't know where to find it. but when we were talking he mentioned he had been...
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Thu May 30, 2019 8:33 am
