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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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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....
National Geographic...
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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.
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?
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...
“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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