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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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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,...
Members of an Egyptian archaeological team work on a wooden coffin discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, near the southern...
A conversation with one's self. perhaps a sign of madness, but then thinking out imaginary conversations with oneself perhaps allows the mind to wander more in directions that would not be voiced...
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Your welcome Yildez and I have to say that I like many others on here have no problem with a well reasoned theory with some supporting evidence. There are many things that I would quite enjoy having...
In 1976 an oceanographer, Dr Nick Fleming discovered an under water ancient city called Paulopetri, off the south east coast of Greeece. It is the oldest 'lost' city...
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I thought you might like this thrown in to the topic. :up
Sekhmet looking a bit rough.....but she'll scrub up well ;)
Unfortunately, this was already the 'poor' condition of Sekhmet, long...
It's sad to read about, and see on TV, the destruction wreaked by ISIS on the Mosul Museum...although we've known its likely fate ever since they took over the city in 2014.
Betsy Bryan and Hourig Sourouzian announce an international conference, “Sekhmet Omnipresent” to be held in Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, March 23 to Sunday, March 26, 2017 in the...
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I just wondered if there had been any discussions with the Egyptian authorities on any future expansion of the A-III Concession site, being West as far as Noir El Gourna,, and/or South, thus removing...
For Egyptology and photography buffs alike, a fascinating BBC documentary on the work of Harry Burton , the man behind the camera in many of the iconic photos of the 1922 discovery.
Margaret...
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I really enjoyed the programme, thanks for posting Newcastle. :wi
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
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Egyptian Archaeologist Zahi Hawwas Sums Up Recent Celebrity Tours of the Pyramids: Will Smith Paid for Everything; Lionel Messi Is a Moron
In a...
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Note. I say Egyptian Arabic because I know of a chap who spent 4 years learning to read and write classical Arabic so that when he did come to Egypt he would be able to converse easily with the local...
Ticket prices for tourists to be increased at museums, archaeological sites from October: ministry
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany has declared that ticket prices for...
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It will go up again between now and then, and again these rises only apply to overseas visitors, locals and paper wavers will still get their concessions, they always do in a dual economy.
As a budding 'archie ever since my Mum made me dig up the potatoes. I have been interested in antiques.
Studying, stealing, buying-selling, forging and collecting.
I'm a bit of an expert! in old...
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Suspense has ended for the excavators in Egypt and the watchers in the two hemispheres.
Never before has the civilised world followed, or been able as now to follow, step by step, immediately upon...
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Some years ago I was doing some family history research and was going through reels and reels of microfiche copies of our local newspaper in the city library and right next to the article I was...
Whilst reading this article I noticed a picture of Robert Temple in a space in the Sphinx
which I recognised from one of our nocturnal visits along with Nick.
We also spent time in another located...
In recent years I go bashed for my beliefs about the ancient Egyptians. I had no comeback what so ever to acclaimed experts in this field until i had to dig deeper in research and realized something....
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Frater, the only person being arrogant is yourself if you think it is OK to post some theory that you may have, then automatically expect everyone else to agree with it without question. By all means...
Revenues from historical tourist attractions decreased to US$38 million in 2015, compared to US$220 million in 2010, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany announced in a statement...
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I'm staying for a few days before flying out from Hurgharda at El Gouna,
just to have a 'shufti. a beer and a fry-up.
It's only 20 minutes to the airport and all for £100 for 2 for 3 days, cheap eh...
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