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One pioneering woman from Clerkenwell, Amelia Edwards (1831-1892), was recently granted a plaque at 19 Wharton Street. An Egyptologist, Edwards campaigned for the preservation of ancient Egypt. She...
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Also she chose UCL because it was the only college in England which granted degrees to women.
40% of the World's humans live or work in adobe that's mud plus manure type buildings. 'Not a lot of people know that! That's over 2.5 billion people, 'well approximately. So, I am not alone. When I...
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I can remember visiting his town in New Baris or Paris as the locals call it. I can certainly vouch for the effectiveness of the Malqaf system. It was a really warm day for the time of year yet the...
Interesting article, with pictures, describing the Abu Haggag mosque within Luxor Temple
It seems almost unfathomable to imagine a mosque inside such an important and vastly visited site such as...
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I was absolutely gob smacked when I visited Abu Haggag Mosque!!! Of course I knew it was built on top of Luxor Temple, but what I didn’t expect was to see the tops of the pillars, be level with them,...
Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry....
A conference on Egyptology at Bristol University had to be cancelled because of Corvid19, but went ahead as a series of lectures on Zoom and UTube videos. This was mentioned by a member in a recent...
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I don’t think it was me but I was aware of it. Unfortunately I missed it.
Not to worry.
The above and other online lectures can be found at :
A match made in heaven. Me & Clerkenwell... There is no more famous or even infamous part of old London Town. From John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Keat's, Blake, Dicken's, Dr Johnson we all loved...
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I hope you put it on here Who I find your reports fascinating. I have even downloaded a map of London to follow you adventures. Keep it up.
Oh yer, me too. I've just dug out my old A to Z, and...
The Tutankhamun exhibition in London has - obviously - closed but they’ve published a video which may be of interest to some
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Hate to mention this my dear Dr, but the items in question are no longer anywhere near the King's Road, neither are the old soldiers at the nearby hospital looking after them, they are, so I'm told...
The Black Madonna is an interesting subject.
I was researching her last night.
Symbolically she is related to the darkness. But that does not make her bad. Just a goddess/ or saint that is present...
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Gavin Menzies is very controversial. While I sunscribe to the theory that other travellers like the Chinese did visit New Zealand, as in the excellent book 1421, I do not believe they are the...
I am trying to ascertain more info regarding this article....
Centuries after her body was buried at what is still a secretive place, the mystery of queen Nefertiti might come to an end, as a recent...
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Marianne Luban has a very detailed analysis of the DNA. If it was contaminated it wouldnt match the Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, showing the younger lady is their daughter and AKhenatons sister. It...
EGYPT experts, including world-renowned archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass, believe Pharaoh Khufu’s body can finally be found in a huge void discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, Express.co.uk can...
Now we are all familiar with the Book of the Dead, as written on tombs, where the deceased is carried through the spirit world on the Sun barge, fighting off the serpent Apepi through the night.
It...
I’ll be having a look next month and will report back. In the meantime, the under mentioned link has many pics of the exhibits.
Underwhelming?
Also :
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I visited last week, the ground floor of the main building has shops selling the usual touristy stuff, staff were very helpful the next floor has the exhibits, some beautiful pieces on show from the...
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