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Don't let the title, let you think i've gone all 'Archi on you.
Remember last week, I was telling that I bumped into Indiana Jones and his side-kick whilst driving to Attar's the Baker, to wit hat...
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Stinking fires ? do tell, could be smoke signals....:cool:
Israel to return ancient coffin lid to Egypt
Ancient Egyptian coffin lid belonging to unidentified Sixteenth Dynasty nobleman will be returned to Egypt from Israel following year of negotiations...
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Thank you, D, I certainly will, as I know many do. Horses for courses. ;)
Erasing history : Old Cairo residents warn of land theft, disappearing monuments
Local residents of Old Cairo's Fustat – Islamic Egypt’s first capital – say they live in fear of local mafia that is...
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nice of you to show an interest and add a follow-up. One has to sympathise with those needing somewhere to live, and with those trying to make a living providing places for them, but not in that...
Why are things never as they really seem to be?
Just reading up on Palestine and in particular Bethlehem. The stable that's really a cave that JC was born in is marked by the church of Nativity....
Two possible pyramid complexes might have been found in Egypt, according to a Google Earth satellite imagery survey.
Located about 90 miles apart, the sites contain unusual grouping of mounds with...
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79? Not enough, Bullet! In 1842 Lepsius identified 67, and over the years more were discovered. By 2008, 118 had been identified - I'm not sure whether they include the pyramids at Meroe though.
A team of archaeologists excavating a palace in the ancient city of Avaris, in Egypt, has made a gruesome discovery.
The archaeologists have...
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Gruesome. however, I thought it was already known that the Ancient Egyptians were in the habit of removing certain body parts of defeated enemies, seemingly to aid accounting of the death toll and...
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...
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