http://tinyurl.com/mz5dh (aljazeera.com)
Not an Egyptology item, but something that I think many people will be sad to read: “Let me pay a tribute to Egypt’s Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz who died today at the age of 94, following a long battle against illness.Mahfouz, born in the Gamaliya quarter of Cairo in […]

http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-08-29_1292885.html (ansa.it)
“As well as savouring an array of artistic and architectural delights, visitors to Siena can now learn how to make the cosmetics of the Pharaohs .The Tuscan city’s Santa Maria della Scala complex is holding workshops on preparing ancient Egyptian make-up, skin creams and beauty potions .The initiative is […]

http://tinyurl.com/p6wby (swissinfo.org)
A short but interesting article about the recent annual meeting of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) at Pontresina, Switzerland. It cites the two most notorious attacks in Egypt as indicators, amongst others, that atrocities are having less impact on tourist behaviour than previously: “Swiss professor Thomas […]

Luxor News
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/
A big welcome back to Jane Akshar and her Luxor News blog, after her holiday. Jane, you were much missed! To see her Egyptian husband’s main insights into life in the UK after his first visit, see her website above.
EEF
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/4482/EEFNEWS.html
Also a welcome back to EEF after some technical difficulties - […]

http://tinyurl.com/e7zzz (newyorker.com)
Included in their “Goings on About Town” section, the New Yorker have included a brief review of some of the Egyptology exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum of Art: “Oldfashioned museological Egyptology meets state-of-the-art, user-friendly installation in the permanent exhibition “Egypt Reborn.” The sunny, spacious galleries present thousands of objects, […]

http://tinyurl.com/m6rum (sis.gov.eg)
“Tourist artistic “Charming Egypt” exhibition was opened in the Chinese capital Beijing on Sunday 27/8/2006 as part of Egyptian tourist promotion efforts. The exhibition houses 150 artistic paintings depicting the history of Egypt and the way of life of Egyptians over the various historical eras. The exhibition was held on […]

http://tinyurl.com/ndyqc (northafrica.andnetwork.com)
“Along with the Suez Canal and oil and gas revenues, tourism is one of Egypt’s main sources of foreign currency and, as the number of tourists increase every year, so does the importance of the money they pump into the national economy. Patterns, however, are shifting, with tourists looking for […]

http://tinyurl.com/gdr2h (wfaa.com)
More of a review of the life of Hatshepsut than a review of the exhibition: “She’s not as famous as Cleopatra, but Hatshepsut’s rise to power in ancient Egypt has the makings of a movie. Add the fact that her name was effectively erased from history after a prosperous reign of […]

It’s always a quiet time of the year on the Egyptology news front, but it’s unusual not to find anything at all to post about. Today, apart from some repetitive pieces on the Ramesses II statue move, is one of those unusual days, so I’ll fill the gap by announcing that […]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/809/eg4.htm
http://tinyurl.com/o86cp (theage.com.au)
http://voanews.com/english/2006-08-25-voa20.cfm
http://tinyurl.com/qtyf4 (sis.gov.eg)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/5286288.stm
I have no idea quite why the removal of the statue of Ramesses II to a new home has caught the media’s imagination to such an extent, but you can’t move on the Web without a reference to it. The above URLs are some of the most recent and informative […]