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Did Ancient Germans Steal the Pharaoh's Chair Design?
By Matthias Schulz
Roughly 3,500 years ago, folding chairs remarkably similar to ones found in Egypt suddenly became must-have items in...
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But could it just be that the design was so simple that it 'naturally' sprung up in different societies at different times - a folding stool would be easy to carry. To give a totally simplistic...
A long and in depth article about the Palaeolithic and early dynastic rock art in the Wadi Abu Subeira with photographs and maps. One to have a coffee with you as you read.
Philae's Hathor temple gets facelift in advance of formal inauguration
Following years of exhaustive restoration work, the Hathor temple on Egypt's island of Philae will reopen to public next...
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Thank you, I am so pleased to hear this! I'm returning to Luxor next winter for 2 months and then hope to go to Aswan for a week or so. This temple is on my list to see, I've read a lot about it; now...
Cleopatra's twin babies now have a face. An Italian Egyptologist has rediscovered a sculpture of Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, the offspring of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII, at the Egyptian...
Egyptian police recover stolen 19th-century painting
Following an anonymous tip, police recover 100-year-old painting stolen two days earlier from Giza's Mena House Oberoi Hotel
Nevine El-Aref ,...
'La Description de L’Egypte' to be restored
The Ministry of State for Antiquities is restoring its copy of La Description de L’Egypte, the first comprehensive study of ancient and modern Egypt,...
Just came across a site with many panoramic views of the Giza pyramids. Made by Russians using a radio controlled helicopter! Well worth visiting, although the music is a little off-putting.
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What a find that really is fabulous! It took me a while to realise you can pan in yourself and change direction with the mouse. Bookmarked it as that's even better than Google earth.
This is an old article, March 16, 2010, but it is a discovery I do not remember so I thought I would share it with you.
CAIRO: Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt’s Queen...
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An interesting article, thank you. No I don't remember this important discovery either.
I must confess I did a double take at the mention of ZH as Chief Archeologist, until I noticed the date.
It is a hundred years this year since the world famous bust of Nefertiti was discovered at Tel el Amarna in the workshop of Tuthmosis in December 1912. Al-Ahram Weekly publish a lengthy article...
This Saturday evening at 7pm there will be a lecture by Marcel Maessen on the History of the Dig Houses in the Luxor area.
It will be held on the roof terrace of the Nile Valley Hotel which is on the...
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The Metropolitan House comes under the category of historic as it was first built 100 years ago.
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