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Maintain independent antiquities ministry, Egypt's archaeologists tell Morsi
Archaeologists' syndicate calls on President Mohamed Morsi and PM Hisham Qandil to maintain independence and cabinet...
Some old guy has joined my FB page and he has some amazing photos as below, he has an eye patch you know...:cool:
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What Arab lot want the pyramids gone? There are a few theories for the concavity, the main one being that it would make the covering stones more stable. Menkaure's pyramid also shows a concavity, but...
First Dynasty funerary boat discovered at Egypt's Abu Rawash
French archaeological mission discovers 3000BC funeral boat of King Den northeast of Giza Plateau, indicating earlier presence at the...
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A wonderful find. As for the excavated planks being 'six metres high and 150 wide', I suppose they mean six metres wide and 150 metres long, but that still doesn't sound right widthwise. One wonders...
Ra II Voyage: How Ancient Egypt inspired Pre-Colombian civilizations
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Thor Heyerdahl, the legendary explorer famous for showing the Pharaohs were...
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The Kon-Tiki expedition was the big adventure when I were but a lad. A town cinema arranged morning screenings of the 1951 documentary film for local schools and I remember being thrilled that this...
Egyptian Museum artefacts stolen during Jan uprising for sale in Qena.
Ahram Online has received several videos showing smuggled artefacts that were allegedly stolen from the Egyptian Museum during...
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Egyptologists refute video claims about artefacts looted from Egypt Museum
Recent video claiming to show ancient artefacts pilfered from Egyptian Museum during last year's uprising is 'fabrication,'...
Ten remarkable mummy portraits from one of the world’s greatest collections are to go on show, as part of a ground-breaking exhibition at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library starting...
O5hrs Wed 4th May 1988 assault on my monastery, I took the picture it ended up on FB amazing....very.:cool:
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whenever St George's day comes up, I do wonder how many English people realise that their patron saint is Palestinian.
Saint Andrew of Scotland also came from the same area.
Presumably, neither...
Not enough Bandwidth for that :xx
I'll have to run it on Tuesday morning when I'm on the early shift in work.. ;) ( 100 mg ALL to myself.. :cool: )
. . . . And I get paid for watching it :cg
Major project to document all Egypt's sites starts with Beni Hassan tombs
National initiative, overseen by Egypt's antiquities ministry, aims to document details of country's historical heritage...
Collection of artefacts unearthed at Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank to be exhibited for first time.
Curators at the Luxor National Museum are preparing a special area to hold...
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Up in Cairo, so much of the Tut collection has now been boxed away over the past 18 months in preparation for their move to the new Giza museum, perhaps to boost the Winter tourist trade in Luxor, it...
Further to the reported attempted theft and damage to the stele of Merenptah at Gebel el Silsileh, ( a holiday maker has provided photographs of the extensive damage done. you can view them here:
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I like you George but some times you write the biggest crok of shite. This destruction of a work of art that has survived earthquakes and the elements for nearly 3,500 years was driven by nothing but...
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