I was wondering when I posted it yesterday if this story would turn into a controversy:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=iol1164798215148F622
“Egypt warned France on Wednesday that anything short of full cooperation in the case of the attempted sale by a Frenchman of hair believed to belong to the mummy of Ramses II could harm bilateral ties. . […]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/640598.cms

Travel piece about the main sites around Aswan, and then Kom Ombo, Edfu and Esna, which includes brief details for all sites about the nature of the deities represented there: ” First stop: the island Philae Temple of Isis the god of ends and beginnings, Osiris the god of the afterlife and […]

http://tinyurl.com/y8kayx

Short travel piece about the Giza plateau: “The pyramids are home to three Fourth Dynasty Pharaohs , Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, and are guarded by the equally impressive Sphinx. This guardian sports the body of a lion and the head of Khafre but it no longer has a nose, an act […]

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=46385

For the first time, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is selling tickets to their upcoming exhibit. But this exhibit is unlike any other that has been at the museum. Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from The British Museum opens Dec. 22 and runs through March 18. . . […]

www.predynastic.com / www.egypt.ukideas.com

Anyone looking for my Predynastic website at either of the two addresses above will find that it is no longer there, thanks to my hosting company who deleted it, together with my Near East prehistory site (was at www.neareast.historians.co.uk) and the Predynastic photo gallery at www.predynastic.cd2.com.
I am working on […]

http://www.egiptomania.com/asade/actividades/conferencias6.htm

The Asociación Andaluza de Egiptología is having its two-day conference (1600-2000 each day) on the 19th and 20th December 2006. Entrance is free for up to 150 attendees. See the above page for full details (in Spanish).

www.ancientegyptmagazine.com

Thanks to Ancient Egypt Magazine editor Bob Partridge for the information that the December 2006/January 2007 issue of “Ancient Egypt” magazine (published in the U.K.) is now available. This issue is also available as an electronic version which can be found at the web site. This may be useful for anyone […]

http://www.glyphdoctors.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1266

Thanks to Nicole Hansen from Glyphdoctors for the above link and information. You will need to register for this very useful site (free) if you have not already done so.
Nicole has contacted Dr Ashraf Selim who has clarified some details from the news postings that have been finding their way into newspapers […]

http://www.currentresearchegypt.fsworld.co.uk/index.htm

The organising committee of Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) VIII have announced the second call for papers. CRE VIII will take place at the University of Wales Swansea between Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st April 2007. Further information regarding the conference, including details of accomodation, can be found at the above […]

http://collection.vivastreet.fr/annonces-livres-occasion/vends-meches-cheveux-la-momie

Thanks to Thierry Benderitter from http://www.osirisnet.net/ for this news item. The son of one of the French scientists who took care of Ramesses II’s mummy during its stay in France in 1976 is selling at auction what were apparently samples taken by his father: a lock of hair, but also fragments […]