http://www.kv-63.com/index.html
A short update from the KV-63 website: “The 58th ARCE meeting in Toledo on April 20-22nd was quite eventful with yours truly giving a lecture entitled Valley of the Kings Tomb KV-63, Earl Ertman lecturing on Use of the Eye with Descending Canthi and Dr. Zahi Hawass giving the Keynote Address.
In […]

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2062298,00.html
Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for the following story, which is thoroughly depressing: “The dramatic scaling down of Scotland Yard’s once renowned arts and antique squad has left organised criminals free to plunder the nation’s heritage, according to a leading fine art insurer.
Police have sought private money to finance the […]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_en_ot/egypt_antiquities_4
“Egypt said Sunday it would seek the temporary return of some of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone and a bust of Nefertiti.
The country’s chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, said the Foreign Ministry would send letters this week to France, Germany, the United States and Great Britain […]

http://tinyurl.com/39f5ft
A truly fascinating insight into a growing corner of the tourism industry which, thanks partly to the draw of the Great Pyramid, is taking off in Egypt:
“Ms. Billger had everyone lie down. ‘When ye have released the self from the body, rise to the outermost bounds of your earth-plane,’ she intoned, […]

http://www.newsobserver.com/327/story/563378.html
Thanks to Tony Marsonf or sending me this piece about an Egyptology themed Spring festival , which looks like a lot of fun:
“Imagine a 50-ton sand sculpture molded into the head of an Egyptian king, complete with headdress and beard, and a light show projecting images of Egyptian historical sites.
There actually is […]

Movenpick
http://www.ttnworldwide.com/Articles.asp?Article=6385
“As of November this year, Mِvenpick’s Nile fleet, which already encompasses three luxury cruisers, will be augmented by the new Mِvenpick M/S Royal Lily. The move follows an agreement to strengthen the brand’s partnership with the Nile Exploration Corporation. Following the takeover of a further vessel called Mِvenpick M/S Prince […]

http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=501
It is great to see that Jane is back in Luxor, and back at work on her blog. Todays she reports, with lots of photographs, on restoration work being carried out at the Temple of Seti I: “This lovely temple has been suffering badly from the the rising water table and I […]

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=180448&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30039
An article looking at how Tutankhamun was discovered and why the Pharaoh and his tomb goods generate such interest and enthusiasm. The article is tied into the exhibition Treasures of Ancient Egypt currently on show at the Bahrain National Museum, and some mention of the exhibition is also made.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/sunday/life/life04297.php
A rather good virtual tour of Cairo, seen from the point of view from a Ugandan writer, Eden Kironde. She does touch on Giza and the Egyptian Museum, but the best parts of this piece are the bits that cover areas of Cairo where the tourist on heritage type tours don’t usually […]

This result of this week’s visits around the Web have produced a very mixed batch of subjects:
Une zone archéologique exceptionnelle
http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/arab/ahram/2006/10/25/voy2.htm
“Une mission égypto-française a mis au jour la plus riche mine de cuivre de l’Egypte Ancienne au bord de la mer tout près du golfe de Suez. Des caves, des fours, des […]