http://tinyurl.com/pac7r (sis.gov.eg)
“Germany is to hand over sections of an ancient Egyptian mural to an Egyptian delegation Monday. ‘The delegation from the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) will receive five sections of a mural painting stolen from the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of Kings near […]

http://tinyurl.com/rmtob (trouw.nl)
Thanks very much to Ingeborg Waanders - not only for emailing the above link (from 23rd June), but also for the translation of the page from Dutch to English, below:
“Een student botanische archeologie uit Groningen, Jeroen van Rooij, is tijdens een studiereis in Egypte per ongeluk op een nog onbekende […]

http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml
“In his address during the opening ceremony, Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said the Coptic Museum is one of Egypt’s most important museums as it houses a huge collection of artefacts dating to the Coptic era.
President Mubarak watched a documentary on the restoration of the museum and the methods of display […]

http://www.strategiy.com/airlinenew.asp?id=20060626071019
“Jordanian visitors to Egypt increased 4.5 percent to 50,514 in the first five months of this year, reflecting the strong cultural ties and increased business and leisure opportunities. Egypt’s traditional Pyramids-and-museums profile is broadening as more modern shopping malls, entertainment venues and luxury, internationally acclaimed hotels and resorts shoot up […]

Apologies for the late posting of the weekend’s news - I had to go away unexpectedly.
At the same time, my Internet access is going to be interrupted from Wednesday this week, through to Tuesday next week, and it may be impossible to update the site during that period. Apologies if this […]

http://tinyurl.com/zsdwm (theaustralian.news.com.au)
“Scientists believe they have solved the mystery surrounding a piece of rare natural glass at the centre of an elaborate necklace found among the treasures of Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh.
They think a fragile meteorite broke up as it entered the atmosphere, producing a fireball with temperatures over 1800C that turned […]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1671476.htm
“The head of Egypt’s Supreme Council for Antiquities says Egyptian archaeologists have found two ancient sarcophagi close to the pyramids. Council chief Zahi Hawass says the sarcophagi are about 2,500-years-old - dating back to the late 26th dynasty. He says they have been found about one kilometre south of the Giza […]

http://tinyurl.com/e7rv7 (dsc.discovery.com)
Discovery are advertising a follow-up to their first KV63 feature: “Egypt’s New Tomb: Opening the Coffin is the second program following the astonishing discoveries being made by archaeologist Dr. Otto Schaden in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. This special follows the on-going action as the excavation of KV 63 reaches […]

http://tinyurl.com/mm5vy (twincities.com)
“Two mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum have received computerized tomography, or CT, scans to help determine how they lived and died. The scans will produce three-dimensional images of the mummies that also will help researchers visualize what they looked like and build sculptures of their faces. The scans, performed […]

Thanks to Archaeology Magazine’s News section for the following links.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4286490
For those of you following the Getty situation, this page provides an update on the ongoing negotiations between the Italian government and the Getty museum re repatriating items smuggled illegally out of Italy: “The director of the J. Paul Getty Museum met […]