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Curators at the Egyptian Museum have discovered the big toe on King Amenhotep II’s right foot has fallen off, four months after maintenance was carried out on the royal mummy.
Hala Hassan, head...
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I once met a woman who had lost both her feet in a car crash.
So didn't need them though, as she had died in the car crash anyway. :cool:
I usually scan through the Daily Mail website, as occasionally that scurrilous rag has some interesting articles, like this one on Egyptian inspired buildings in England. Ignore the soft porn of the...
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Copyright my arse.. :xx
Did HE build the tower ? is he even Welsh !
Did he ask those people's permission before he photographed them ?
We own Nothing, as we are born from nothing and return to...
Get in quick for a look at the photos, before Ahram Online goes black, like Egypt Independent as part of the protest. The face on the left looks quite cartoonish, quite Lion KIng , the other more...
Hibis Temple is back on Egypt's tourist path
Hibis Temple, the best preserved temple in the Western Desert, is to be officially reopened to the public Sunday in a ceremony to be attended by Prime...
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On planning a trip to Kharga Ive been told by a Wandering Bedouin who passed by there today that Hibis Temple isnt actually open. It was officially opened , but he says that work is still ongoing and...
The tomb of Egypt's King Ramses II's son open to public
The royal tomb of the 19th dynasty King Merenptah in Luxor’s west bank is officially open to public
What specialised websites do you recommend for learning about and keeping up-to-date with new discoveries/knowledge on Egypt's ancient history/archaeology ?
Wadi El-Hitan, the realm of the Lizard King
Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt’s only natural heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, resembles a lunar landscape dotted with fossils of species over 40...
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My old mate Ahmead who runs the Amoun Hotel on the WB, has a very old fossilized tree trunk in the garden. He brought this down from a desert area in the North many years ago now, where once was a...
Two Old Kingdom engraved blocks return home
A New Zealand citizen turned over two ancient Egyptian artefacts which had been in the possession of his late friend
Nevine El-Aref ,
Thursday 22 Nov...
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, announced the discovery of a royal black granite statue of 125 cm height in the Temple of Arment. The discovery was made by the French mission...
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The original report even included pictures of Medamud, not Armant. :urm:
Yesterday I was reading a reply to the above article in The Independent.
So here is the original article and the response, enjoy.....:cool:
The response from James Macmillan-Scott.
Your article...
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Back to deception!...
If, you are wearing a 'snide Rolex but, climb out of a Porsche, no questions are asked.
First rule: of a con man, 'surround your 'punters with a believable reality !.......:cool:
Tourism and monuments police restored 42 artifacts that date back to the Pharaonic and Islamic eras. The artifacts were in the possession of a monument trader in Minya Governorate.
An exact replica tomb of the golden King Tutankhamun, a gift from Madrid- and Zurich-based organisations, is revealed at the opening of the EU Task Force Conference on Tourism and Flexible Investment...
Many of my friends here tell me they 'don't do Facebook' for various reasons. However it can be quite useful at times, and this site details many of the organisations, like ARCE, Oriental Institute,...
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Thanks, Stan. I've added the site owner as a Facebook friend (I need all the friends I can get) and will check out the links he lists.
RABAT — Stone carvings in Morocco's High Atlas mountains dating back more than 8,000 years and depicting the sun as a pagan divinity have been destroyed by Salafists, a local rights group said on...
After a 10-year-break, Khafre's pyramid and 6 royal tombs open on Giza plateau
Following years of arduous efforts by scientists to rehabilitate Egypt's middle pyramid and tombs first discovered in...
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Many Thanks for posting that Winged Isis :up
looking forward to having a look.
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