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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...
Very rare video footage dating back to 1920 during the exploration of pharaonic tombs of the temple of hatshepsut in qurna city of Luxor. The video starts with the drinking water transport of workers...
Just for clarification, although standard photography in museums or tombs in VoK requires a permit, cameras on mobile phones may be used FREE OF CHARGE from 1st August 2019.
Flash is still forbidden.
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Oh that's good. I've dumped my Canon DSLR equipment in favour of the new iPhone 11 pro which takes some really good quality photos.
Not content with taking bulldozers to the Valley of the Kings.....where he “knows” Nefertiti and other renowned 18th Dynasty alumni are buried.....but he’s now certain that the...
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Ignore this post: I was trying to delete one and I get a message saying I cannot delete on this forum, so I deleted the comment.
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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!
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:
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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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...
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...
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.
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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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...
