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Dr. Penny Wilson is a specialist in Egyptology with a particular focus in areas of both hieroglyphic texts as well as field archaeology.
She is currently the Field Director of the joint Durham...
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One tunnel at least that I know of too, under the Nile in Luxor..
I often wonder why its never been looked into, though I know its flooded, and probably damaged. But when you think about it, why...
There is a lot of mystery surrounding the plague that ravaged around Amarna and killed so many of its youth, including Princess Meketaten. There has been speculation that the disease was airborne,...
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I think it also may have something to do with the desert area too
The tombs must have been full of the most marvellous things before they were robbed what I was wondering is whether these goods were specially made to go into the tombs or where they actually things...
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Several tombs of the royal tomb builders in Deir el Medina were discovered more or less intact a century or so ago.
Unfortunately, the contents were not extensively catalogued & were dispersed to...
A while ago, I got to our company car park, and someone had cable tied the gates shut, not a problem for me, as I always carry a Swiss Army knife, the problem was resolved very quickly.
The Problem...
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I was very lucky to witness something very special in Karnak temple, Only I saw that monumental event pass quietly by unnoticed by the masses.
You people have no idea how lucky you are... :br
For a long time I assumed that Amenhotep I and Thutmosis I were brothers but I no longer think so. Recent analyst has discovered that thier was a break between the royal family between the two kings...
Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent is a book written by Uruguayan journalist, writer and poet
Eduardo Galeano, and published in 1971
Enjoy.. :br
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Written by a Uruguayan Marxist and a favourite read of that clown the late Hugo Chavez. So don't expect a balanced history LLL. Although I do understand why Bullet (it's always the white mans fault)...
Okay for the past few months I have been wondering about the death of Tutankhamun. Yes Yes we heard it all before whether Tut died either by an accident or by just fallen off a chariot or even...
My mate 'big-nose gave me this padlock some years back, it's quite a strange thingy….
The front is a mustachioed sun king with a trident upon his forehead and a pyramid for his nose.
Does anyone have any idea how old this monastery is ? I can find no date as such.
And upon my return to Blighty I wish to transport some honey from one monastery to another apiarist Brother John at...
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Does anyone have any idea how old this monastery is ? I can find no date as such.
And upon my return to Blighty I wish to transport some honey from one monastery to another apiarist Brother John at...
What are the odds of Smenkhare being the child of Tadukhipa and Amenhotep III. It makes much more sense that this could be a possibility than him being a child of Tiye and Amenhotep III and here's...
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Well its just speculation and it doesn't deter that he couldn't've been.
Shocking Discovery: Egypt's 'Mona Lisa' May Be a Fake
The ancient Egyptian masterpiece, supposedly found in a tomb built by the pharaoh Senfru was actually...
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Bless the copyist and the deceiver he who's works go unrecognised, hiding his talents behind the greats.
My Mum got me into antiques when I was nipper with my Dad checking everything for woodworm, I...
This is Ayre St in Clerkenwell 1/2 mile from Fagin's haunt on the Fleet River.
The old girl sitting on the right would now be sitting outside Ben Shermans HQ.
(they still have a lambretta LI 150 in...
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ah! right well there then is the rub!
'One night whilst visiting Sadlers Wells Theatre just a few ale houses/bawdy houses away 'Lord Carnervon and p***ed party where accosted by a local gang of...
Found this rather excellent picture on FB taken by Berni 'the walker.
I was having a beer the other week in the Marsam Sheik Ali's Hotel in the back ground and one of the guys working up on the...
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Good on yer ST you might get the pronunciation wrong but at least your trying, bet you know more Arabic than some who live here.
One Englishman I know who has believe it or not lived here a number of...
I've finally heard from a friend who spoke to the minister about this.
Turns out the minister was unaware.
Changes are on the cards.
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I said it is becoming a bum place,...........not quite there yet, though I do have to say many have already seen the light, and have set up home in Hurgarda, Asswan or dare I say it, the old country.
Considering the recent destruction by IS of the sites of cultural and historical interest in Iraq, and the imminent expected destruction of similar sites in Libya, is it wise that so many new sites...
March 10, 2015
35 years ago today, 10th March 1980, the ‘International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia’ ended and was declared a complete and spectacular success.
On February 22nd 2015 I was lucky enough to be included in a group of the world's press and VIPs, who were invited to join the Minister for Antiquities in entering the tomb of Nefertari. He was...
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