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CAIRO - 27 August 2017: Khaled Al-Anani; Minister of Antiquities and Mohamed Badr, governor of Luxor, announced the discovery of a new archaeological necropolis in Luxor city.
‘Egypt Uncovered’: New Exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London
Courtesy: Sir John Soane’s Museum
In celebration of the 200 anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, Sir...
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For those who have not been to the Soane's Museum for sometime, there has been a few changes, with the use of the two adjoining buildings, that were purchased by the said man during his life. The...
From the ministry of Antiquities Facebook page. They say it's a Google Translate effort. :? I'm guessing (with help from the photos which I cannot post; maybe someone can help please?) that it's...
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I remember watching the original documentary with this company using the airbags to stabilise the inner chamber some years ago, it was very interesting.
Apparently the hatted-one is directing an Italian team excavating in the Western Valley :
Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass and his team say they've found evidence of a tomb that could belong to King...
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Because they have no standing in this area the giving of a degree has little status because an honorary doctorate from them would be a bit like winning a literature award from a specialist taxi...
Archaeologists and conservation experts met in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun’s throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one...
In ancient Egypt, the behavior of the Nile could mean life or death each harvest season. So, long before the Aswan Dam was constructed to manage the flooding of the great river, Egyptians invented an...
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I have always held the view that Nilometers were more to do with taxation than anything else, it would also serve as an earlier indicator of a famine, so no doubt allow the authorities to release...
I was thinking today about the number of castles that are scattered throughout Europe, built to help repel enemies, to live in etc. Looking at the thick mud brick walls of places like Medinet Habu...
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Initially when I first moved to Luxor, I could never understand why Howard Carter built his house on the West Bank in the area we see it. (But then again in those youthful days, I believed he was a...
An interesting little snippet about an ancient Egyptian prosthetic toe, unlike mummies which we know often had missing parts replicated prior to wrapping, this one seems to have been a proper...
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:sk That story is trully gross :lol: :lol:
Reminds me of my daughter holidaying in Mexico and saying I will bring you some Tequila back
My reply was “Don’t bother if it has a worm in the bottle”
Oil spills and waste pose harm to Alexandria's ruins, including one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Pharos Lighthouse. Archaeologist plan on displaying the treasures of the fabled city,...
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And if they do, hopefully they will be strict enforceable penalties towards those offenders. Like when I took my first cruse on the Nile, and observations over the years when the cruse business was...
Well its what you would expect. The world’s greatest scientific institution produces evidence which disagrees with a Hawass speculative theory about the...
The program “Unearthed: Secret History of the Sphinx” will begin airing in the U.S. on the Science Channel at 9pm CT on Tuesday, June 13th. It will also be shown on the Discovery Channel in Europe,...
Did children build the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna?
New evidence from Akhenaten’s capital suggests that a ‘disposable’ workforce of children and teenagers provided much of the labour for the...
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A couple of interesting related articles:
The study of the bones that has started will in time give a profile of a New Kingdom urban population that will be hard to better. Already it tells a...
Its some years ago now but I remember Jane Akshar, a dear old member of this forum was doing research in ancient Egyptian pornography, and asked if any one had such information that may be available....
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The satyr and the goat are from Newcastle's personal collection. ;) ;) ;) ;)
Which reminds me....time I asked for that item back :ct
Goodness me, I completely forgot. Your impressive collection...
This short video reflects my own ideas about our past.
History was not erased by this event as claimed by the title of this video, as we still have some relics left over, Our History was erased by 3...
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John, once again you give us all this mystery guff, but not once have you given us anything that is factual or provable and so we are forced to ask you to substantiate your claims, it is not an...
What if Egyptians woke up in the morning to breaking news that Egypt’s national antiquities were being sold at international auctions?
“Would you agree on selling Egyptian artifacts to foreign...
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Hadn't heard about Anschutz. All I know is that Arts and Entertainment made a formal filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Arts & Exhibitions, a partner in the successful King...
Five months after the ambitious project to restore and re-erect the ancient Luxor Temple's Ramses II statue took off, a skillful team of Egyptian conservators finally restored the ancient statue,...
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Five months after the ambitious project to restore and re-erect the ancient Luxor Temple's Ramses II statue took off, a skillful team of Egyptian conservators finally restored the ancient statue,...
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