http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070330/20070330005034.html?.v=1
“The secret of the Great Pyramid, the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World, has fascinated people throughout time. Countless theories exist as to how it was built, but none stands up to analysis. In 1999, Houdin had an insight and decided to devote himself to developing his theory. […]

http://www.newsobserver.com/308/story/559180.html
“Workers at the N.C. Museum of Art this morning began unpacking objects on loan from the British Museum for its first major exhibition of Egyptian art, which will open April 15.
A crew spent about an hour removing a 6,000-pound granite lion from its crate and, using heavy-duty rigging, painstakingly installed it […]

More of much the same as earlier posts at:
http://www.washtimes.com/entertainment/20070327-094850-6236r.htm
“The Merowe dam is a controversial hydroelectric project one of the largest in Africa being erected on the Nile’s fourth cataract and due to start flooding the valley over more than 100 miles within months. Archaeologists admit that an incalculable amount of information […]

http://tinyurl.com/2xmxtf (sis.gov.eg)

“Chairman of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas opens on Wednesday 28/3/2007 the proceedings of the third forum on Islamic and Coptic antiquities at the SCA headquarters in Cairo. Hawwas will announce during the two-day gathering ancient finds discovered by missions in some sites in Qena, the Red […]

www.ucl.ac.uk/friendsofpetrie

The latest issue of the Friends of the Petrie Museum Magazine (Issue 34, Spring 2007) is now available to members. Anyone based in London and intererested in Egyptology should check out the benefits of joining the Friends, because the benefits are numerous. This season’s print-only newsletter includes:

A message from the Chair […]

Hollywood perceptions of Ancient Egypt
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6375
Associate provost and director of core curriculum in the American University in Cairo (AUC) John Swanson, mocked the Hollywood portrayal of Ancient Egypt, during a talk he gave Wednesday night at AUC. . . . He explained that Hollywood movies during the 50s and 70s only showed […]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2405133.ece
“It was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the only one of them to remain standing today.
Yet the story of how the Great Pyramid of Giza was actually built has remained a mystery for more than four millennia - until, perhaps, now.
A French architect believes he has finally […]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/he2.htm
Nevine El-Aref writes about the lastest discoveries from the tomb of Djehuty: “The discovery in 2003 of the tomb of Djehuty, overseer of works at Thebes during Queen Hatshepsut’s reign, amazed Egyptologists and historians not only because of its distinguished and uncommon architectural design and decorative scenes, but also for the […]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/he1.htm
“If any ancient Egyptian spirits are still with us, then they were gathered at the Cairo Opera House last week when Egyptologists met to celebrate their first official day of tribute.
The grand theatre became a temple for the day, embellished with a noble façade, columns and statues of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs […]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/eg9.htm
“Hawass took procedures to check on the ducks. Careful checking of the ducks against Arnold’s excavation notes and the information recorded in the Saqqara magazine registers confirmed the identification of those as Christie’s and Wace ducks. An inventory of the Saqqara magazines showed that they were indeed missing, along with a […]