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Garbage dumping and archaeological looting in Abu Sir alarm residents
by Steven Viney
Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come...
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As a kid I used to excavate Victorian rubbish dumps, one day someone will be excavating these rubbish dumps..:cool:
PS: It wasn't called looting just digging up old stuff, nothing changes except...
There is a 3 day symposium on Amenhotep III starting next Saturday 3rd March at the Mummification Museum. It will be during the day but I do not yet have a programme.
Hopefully I will rectify that...
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A British couple, Michael Richard Newey 65 years old and his wife Angela 62 years old were caught trying to smuggle antiquities via Luxor Airport. The two of them had lived between Luxor and Hurghada...
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Quote:you will be requested to prepare, cook and bring in food..
So, yet another positive action in favor of my application, what sort of expense account do you think is set aside for this outlay...
I've just come across this cracking little read....
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Elena will be back to continue her work around the end of May I believe.
Did you notice the large collection of white limestone blocks awaiting her return? These will be used in reconstructing the...
Up to now two Colossi of Memnon, 18 metres in height, stand guard at the entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hettan on the Luxor West Bank. Last Monday a third quartzite...
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Thanks for the information anyway Stan. This is going to be such a spectacular site when fully excavated.
Due to the Amenhotep III symposium running over the coming weekend it has been decided to not have a lecture this Sunday.
Business as usual the following weekend...Insha'allah.
On this day in 1923, Tutankhamen's burial chamber was unsealed officially - although there is some evidence that Carter, Carnavon and Lady Evelyn actually broke into it on the evening of the original...
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Why was the chariot broken ? It's wheelbase was wider than the door ! it makes no sense putting a broken chariot in his tomb if the explanations as to why these things were placed there in the first...
For those that might be interested, the Griffith Institute has uploaded about 1000 photos of tracings of the reliefs and paintings in the Nobles tombs, by Norman and Nina de Garif Davies. They can be...
Two of the most significant objects in Norwich Castle’s collection will be on display at a study day which will explore the way the Ancient Egyptians dealt with their dead.
Whilst following a link for a new e-book about the leatherwork found in the Deir el Bachit (the Coptic monastery above Dra' Abu el-Naga) I found this site
Encased in soil, this extraordinarily delicate face emerges into the sun for the first time in thousands of years.
The wooden sarcophagus was unearthed by archaeologists at the necropolis of Qubbet...
Here is an article about the new discoveries made in the very short dig season last summer in Abydos. The actual location in the article is very ambiguous but there were two dig sites that year, one...
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What a lovely surprise to see your posts again Kevin. Welcome back.
Tomorrows lecture at the Mummification Museum is on the Karnak Cachette. It will be presented by Laurent Coulon. I just hope it will be in English :ni:
After being buried in the sand for 4,500 years, King Khufu’s second solar boat will soon be displayed next to its twin on Egypt's Giza Plateau. I think 'soon' is not the word I'd use!
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I like to think of them as ' ships .. Symbolically speaking . :cool:
with all the turmoil, I cant see the reconstruction happening any day soon, then there's the boat shed to build. .
I often...
Can you tell me if it's possible to visit without a prior arrangement?
I will be stopping at on a cruise in two weeks time and rather than visit the temple there, I would really like to visit...
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I just wanted to say thanks to Brian for telling me about his driver to take me to . He was really good and I will definitely use him when I need a taxi on the west bank. In fact I have already...
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