http://tinyurl.com/c52v9 (Monsters and Critics)
"A German archaeological mission stumbled on a mystery with the discovery of three partial Pharaonic statues in Luxor, Egyptian officials announced Monday, because one appears to date to a later period than most previous finds at the site. Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced Monday the discovery of two statues […]

http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=8282
"One interesting point is the straightforward debunking of the entire ‘curse’ story, which basically gets appropriately short shrift. The one point that may cause some viewers discomfort are rare shots of the unwrapped mummy itself, which had been dismembered by Carter in order to remove it from its coffin. The film winds up with […]

http://tinyurl.com/buzp7
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is re-opening on the 5th February 2006, following the completion of a $74 million expansion project: "With works ranging from ancient Egyptian sculpture to contemporary paintings, the African Gallery encompasses more than 100 cultures and time periods. . . . One thing that sets the IMA’s displays apart is […]

http://tinyurl.com/dbvs8 (Egyptian State Information Service)
"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni has approved carrying out an urgent project to renovate and develop the biggest tomb at the Luxor Pharaonic cemetery in Thebes. The project will be implemented in cooperation with the French Strassbourg University and the French Institute for Oriental Studies. Dr. Zahi Hawwas, Secretary-General of […]

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/  
Zahi Hawass’s occasional comment on the Egyptian Gazette website, reproduced here in full: "As we continued to excavate Tomb 26, we found the most beautiful female mummy. She wore a gilded gypsum mask, and a band of yellow and red flowers crowned by the uraeus (protective cobra) was upon her head. Her eyes were […]

http://tinyurl.com/cwena (AZ Central)
"A trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust whose donated collection to the museum included a stolen ancient Roman sculpture has resigned, officials said.The board of trustees accepted the resignation Wednesday of wealthy art collector Barbara G. Fleischman, who had been a board member since 2000 . . . . The board thanked […]

http://tinyurl.com/bblgw (Chicago Tribune)
A travel article written by a lady who went on holiday to Egypt with a 6 year old child, planning and following her own itinerary. One of the more interesting of the many travel items that has been floating around recently: "The tourist office in Aswan can help locate a felucca captain, but you’ll […]

http://tinyurl.com/d45jz (Forbes.com)
In this item Bryan says that the identification of the statue as Tiy may not be secure, but that it certainly represents "a major queen of Amenhotep III, which would limit the subject of the statue to Tiye, Amenhotep’s mother or his daughter".
The article also addresses the fact that the statue was […]

http://www.grmuseum.org/
Showing from January 27th to May 7th 2006, the Public Museum of Grand Rapids is hosting the exhibition Quest for Immortality: "The invitation to host this landmark exhibition in Grand Rapids for one hundred days was made recently, and is directly related to the Public Museum’s success in organizing and hosting The Dead Sea […]

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/4482/EEFNEWS.html
The EEF’s weekly news digest, which is the best list around for lectures, digitized publications, and exhibitions, as well as providing a roundup of the week’s Egyptology news, should be online later today at the above address.