http://tinyurl.com/llop5 (The Courier-Mail)
"The Queensland Museum launched its show Life and Death in Ancient Egypt yesterday, cashing in on the enduring fascination with Egyptian mummies.It follows the story of Keku, a rich young woman who died in Thebes 2700 years ago. It took about 70 days to prepare her body for the afterlife, and every […]

http://egiptologia.livejournal.com/
Georgeos Díaz-Montexano escriptólogo y egiptólogo amateur, ha conseguido identificar los nombres de los reyes hicsos como pertenecientes al grupo de lenguas y dialectos proto-griegos o micénicos. El verdadero origen étnico de los misteriosos hicsos . . . . ha sido siempre un verdadero reto para los egiptólogos. No obstante, es que los Hicsos serían […]

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=92858  
"Nefer’s mask was purchased by the museum in 1998 for nearly a half a million dollars, but now the Egyptian government wants it back. ‘About 10 days ago, we received a letter from Dr. Zahi Hawass, who is head of the Supreme Council on Egyptian Requisition, that the mask, which is in the museum’s collection, […]

http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=72824&section=artstravel
A description of the ancient Egyptian collections in the Turn museum of Egyptology, which has opened a new gallery in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and has one of the biggest collections outside Egypt: "Opened in 1824 in a 17th-century Jesuit building, the Museo Egizio has about 6,500 artifacts on display and more […]

http://www.physorg.com/news11247.html
Another item covering the find made by Boston University and the University of Naples l’Orientale, who uncovered remains of sea-faring ships and cargo boxes containing goods from the lost-land of Punt, in caves at Wadi Gawasis on Egypt’s Red Sea coast: "In remarkable condition, the unique artifacts of cedar planks and decking timber – […]

http://tinyurl.com/jbvhz   (Ancient Near East.net)
Posted with sincere regret. "British prehistorian, Andrew Sherratt, died Friday afternoon (24 Feb). Andrew had a massive heart attack, and was alone, having just parked his car, when he died. He was apparently unaware of his illness. Plans for a memorial are pending. Andrew was a student of David Clarke’s […]

http://tinyurl.com/ejf2e (The Globe and Mail)
"Archeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt’s antiquities chief said Sunday. The partially uncovered site is the largest sun temple ever found in the capital’s Aim Shams and Matariya districts, where the ancient city […]

http://goafrica.about.com/b/a/247199.htm
A recent update on the Go Africa section of About.com in response to an email requesting information about climbing the pyramids of Giza: "Since the 1980’s the Egyptian authorities have put a stop to it. It isn’t just about thousands of sweaty, climbing tourists damaging the Pyramids — it’s also downright dangerous. The Pyramids […]

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/
Third part of the story describing the discovery in Bahariya of Djed-Khonsu-ef-Ankh, the Governor of Bahariya by Zahi Hawass:
"We know about the governor Djed-Khonsu-efankh from the temples of Ain-El-Meftella where he built chapels with his brothers to the kings Apries and Ahmose II of the 26th Dynasty.
During the sixth century B.C., a […]

http://www.karyben.blogspot.com/
Sharon Nicols updated her blog yesterday, Saturday the 25th February, with details of some of the recent work at KV63, including how the storage vessels are going to be removed. She also mentions some of the conversations she overhears amongst the guides and the tourists at the site: "It’s been great fun to listen […]