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Discovery of 7000-year-old Egyptian city could shed light on Nile Valley's earliest civilisations
Archaeologists believe the site in the southern province of Sohag dates back to the time of the...
Its Suez time again – November, 61 years ago- – the collapse of prestige – oddly the greatest loss was to the country that was dragged into it at the last minute and...
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Far to much to read...'anyhow Crisis ? What crisis. I blame the Yanks... 8)
Ps: I had a pal who lived in Hurgharda when there where only British Petroleum houses..
Here in the City of London is a brand new building, or should I say two joined together by a bridge right in the heart of the city. Designed by the genius Norman Foster and brought into life for us...
Click on the ink to see the photos, then click on the yellow spot on them to zoom to see amazing detail.
Sir John Soane's museum recreates architect's vision of pharaoh's tomb
Soane spent £2,000...
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The exhibition is in two upstairs rooms at the museum and is well worth a visit. It includes several chunks of the sarcophagus lid (some held together with very old glue) in frail looking wooden...
Farouk was lazy, stupid and obsessed with maintaining royal power. He was also inclined towards the Nazis and Fascists. A vulgarian and womanizer, although many other royals fit this profile, he...
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Thanks Hafiz. I've had this on my list of to-dos for years, hoping to hear of it's re-opening.
'Big void' identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza
The mysteries of the pyramids have deepened with the discovery of what appears to be a giant void within the Khufu, or Cheops, monument in...
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By coincidence I watched a short program on Netflix only last week pontificating about the construction of the Great Pyramid. As usual the various ‘ramp’ theories were put forward, but one in...
With the purpose of highlighting the sunken treasures off the coast of Alexandria, an event themed “Cleopatra’s Dream” was held in the city on Saturday...
The long term market predictions/futures for the E pound are not positive. The Central Bank of Egypt is still manipulating market rates to frustrate the harsh view that market forces have of the...
Ancient Papyrus Reveals How Egyptians Transported Limestone Blocks To Build The Great Pyramid
9/23/2017 08:00:00 PM
It has for centuries been one of the world’s greatest enigmas: how a Bronze Age...
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The Channel 4 programme was quite good. In particular, the reconstruction of taking a limestone block across the Nile from Tura on a barge built according to ancient Egyptian...
How important is it to continue digging up old burials?
Is there really any purpose in much of the archaeology that goes on today?
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Normally from the past and from remains they can tell of disease's etc and maybe learn new techniques etc. I think this is just another story to get tourism interested again after all the Mummy's are...
The sight of Abu Simbel being cut into pieces is not easy to watch.
Nevertheless, it had to be done. It was 1965, and the rising waters of Lake Nasser meant that Abu Simbel's rescue was a test of...
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I had a look through my own videos and made up this short edited compilation that shows the front of the monuments and the rear of the artificial mountain, in case anyone is not familiar with the...
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