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News about ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to Late Period.
Please feel free to email Andie (a.byrnes@ucl.ac.uk) with any comments, or any news items you would like me to post.

Archive for July, 2005

Ramses II artefacts unearthed in Cairo suburb

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

 http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/7.asp 
"Statues and artefacts dating back to the time of Ramsis II have been unearthed in Cairo. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr Zahi Hawass told The Gazette yesterday that the items were found in Mataryia, a north eastern suburb of the capital. Dr Hawass added that Mataryia was originally an […]

Bibliographical Introduction to Egyptology

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

http://www.palarch.nl/Archaeology/egt_2005_3_1.pdf
The Bibliographical Introduction to Egyptology by Benoit Claus is is an absolutely super resource that you can access and download free of charge for a limited period from the PalArch website - a massive (121 page) bibliography of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology, from the Prehistoric period onwards. The introductory text and the Contents page […]

1400 artifacts displayed at Sharm El Sheikh Museum

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o300725p.htm
"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said that the first stage of Sharm El-Sheikh museum will be completed in three months’ time. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr. Zahi Hawas said that the museum is being constructed on a surface of about 30 feddans. Hawas said this stage includes also […]

Response to Sunday Times re Hawass article

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1710891_2,00.html
In a widely publicized article entitled "King Tut Tut", which appeared in the May 22nd edition of the UK’s Sunday broadsheet, a number of criticisms of Zahi Hawass were made. The above page contains a "Comment" in response to some of those remarks: "We are writing to express our regret about the injudicious and […]

Sarcophagus of Tutankhamun to be modeled

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

http://www.dmnnewswire.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33812
Specialist software company AutoDesSys, Inc. has announced the release of a new version of its 3D modeling and rendering tools which it says will be applied to the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun, using modeling and rendering processes, and new features such as smooth parametric modeling and cloning. If software is your thing have a look […]

Success of Mummies Exhibition at Bowers Museum

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/sns-ap-king-tut,0,296790.story?coll=mmx-celebrity_heds  
This is a actually an article about public reactions to the Tutankhamun exhibition, but a couple of lines at the end of the article compare it with the exhibition also currently showing, at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana: "Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt is a collection of 126 objects and […]

Zahi Hawass and Stolen Treasures

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1238&format=html
A Cairo Magazine article about Zahi Hawass on "stolen"artefacts, and in particular the Rosetta Stone which is on display at the British Musem: "Egypt is once again calling for the return of several celebrated antiquities currently on display in museums across Europe and America, including the Rosetta stone, the famous granite slab that was […]

BBC films documentary in Aswan

Friday, July 29th, 2005

http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o280725h.htm 
"A BBC team is currently visiting Aswan to film a documentary series on the history of King Tutankhamen and the pharaohs. The series will consist of six episodes and will be broadcasted in the UK and France. Filming is scheduled to continue until August 10". This is the entire State Information Service bulletin. I […]

Prisse D’Avennes

Friday, July 29th, 2005

http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/07/prisse.html
The Travellers in Egypt website has been updated with a verbal portrait of Prisse D’Avennes, who travelled Egypt in the late 1800s: "Of the hundreds of 19th-century Orientalists – those Western artists, scholars and writers who gravitated to the Islamic world following Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 – few possessed so prodigious an […]

Predynastic Egypt Exhibition

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2982375,00.html 
"SAN BERNARDINO - Cal State San Bernardino’s Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum will feature a ‘Predynastic Egyptian’ exhibit from Sept. 22 through Feb. 18, on the campus at 5500 University Parkway. The display will include beautiful and elegant handmade ceramics dating from 4000-3000 B.C. An opening reception will be held from 3 to 6 […]

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