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I am pleased to announce that Mr Huib Van Verseveld, Chairman of the Theban Mountains Foundation, will be giving a talk on his work at Hotel Sheherazade on Thursday 29th December, 7.15pm for 7.30pm...
I came across a clip from a Nile Cruise around 1964 to see how different it was to today's standards. It was amazing to see people so well dressed even though it was a winter cruise. So I would like...
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Having just watched the awfulness of ITV's Tutankhamun I'm looking forward to browsing something more recognisably Egyptian.
Just heard on the BBC that a town has been discovered near the river Nile that is said to be at least 5000 years old. Near the Nile could mean anywhere has anyone more information as to it's location?
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No it is not Thinis - Thinis is further north near Girga.
This new discovery has been known about for some time. If you go to the back of Seti's Temple and turn left is is along there before you get...
Spanish archaeologists have discovered an ancient Egyptian mummy in “very good condition” near Luxor, according to Egypt’s antiquities ministry.
The remains were found in a tomb probably dating from...
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We were drinking the teams' health up at The Marsam earlier this week.
With 'the prat in the hat' not 'misguiding funds they, the 'archies have lots more to spend.....8)
We'd love to see more modern Egyptians than ancient Egyptians at the museum, but the only way that's going to happen is if everyone indulges their inner history geek and takes the day off from work...
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I reckon it would be a fabulous experience to visit at night :up
Hye everyone! Just want to know if there anymore significant finds that has been found in Egypt.
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I found my lighter recently which had been lost for many months,
but am still searching for my classic Bluebird ashtray which I believe has been stolen.. 8)
Ps: Both are significant if you are a...
You know, it's not until the Amarna period( the reigns of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten) that we see women in more powerful roles and truly seen as equals, but that's not all. Men also embraced their...
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Frater, can I request that when you make posts that refer to unsupportable facts that involve your beliefs in reincarnation and/or recollections of a past life, that you make such posts in the Myths...
I know have this understanding that the story of Exodus is likely the tale of how Seti I captured the wondering band known as the Shasu of Yahweh (the Hebrews) on one of his campaigns. But get this...
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Yes.....myths sometimes turn out to have a grain of truth in them....expanded and transformed over the eons .
I leave ascribing dates, kings, drownings of armies etc to that hypothetical grain to...
The valley of the Queens is the second biggest grave yard next to its counterpart, the valley of the kings and yet no queens has been found.
I wonder is their a caChe secretly hidden or what because...
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The term queen in its modern sense has no equivalent in ancient Egypt (at least before the Ptolemaic period). Royal women were either princesses (daughters of the king) or wives of the king - and he...
One time I was listening to a podcast with Egyptologist Kara Cooney and she said some interesting stuff about the past and one of those things were the fact that Ramses II actually stole from...
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Frater, many Pharaohs usurped other’s building and statues, hence the practice of putting one’s cartouche under a foot or behind the statue so that the ‘gods’ would know the real owners name....
As some may have known but there was a minor rebellion during the reign of Seti I, please can anyone other than self give me a reason as to why that even occurred.
Japan will be providing Egypt with a concessional loan worth USD 451 million to resume construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Egypt’s cabinet announced on Sunday.
The announcement of the loan...
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A saga all too familiar in the Egypt i know and love :a8:
The expression on a wing and prayer comes to mind with regard to the whole business.
They are only now catching on this is happening - unbelievable.......
Since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, political instability and a tourism decline have led to widespread looting of...
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I was placing my emphasis on ALL children's lives, not the damage done to human remains, tombs and what is being despoiled by the thieves. I suppose its how you read into it. And if this was reported...
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