Egypt Daily Star News

John Feeney was quite an amazing fellow — a well-traveled photographer, Academy Award nominated director, cookbook author and lieutenant in the Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve Feeney. It was a family merging of sorts in The American University in Cairo’s Sony Gallery at John Feeney’s “River Man” photography exhibit opening. New Zealand’s […]

El Pais (In Spanish - Jacinto Anton)

El descubridor de la tumba de Tutankamón tuvo una vida llena de sombras.
En el cementerio de Putney Vale, en el extrarradio de Londres, yace enterrado un misterio tan grande como el de Tutankamón: el de su descubridor. No sabemos quién fue en realidad Howard Carter, un hombre desconcertante, […]

PR Minds

Egypt’s ancient beauty, efficient tourism infrastructure and strong government support are alluring the tourists from all over the world to explore this mysterious country of mummies.
RNCOS, the leading market research consulting services company, has recently published its comprehensive report “Egypt Tourism Sector Analysis” to present a rational analysis of the tourism industry of the […]

Bloomsbury Summer School
The draft programme for the Bloomsbury Summer School is now available online, and full details will be available in the form of both the printed brochure and a complete online update shortly. Last year the Summer School had attendees of all ages from Europe, Australia, Africa and the U.S., and we hope to […]

Nothing archaeological about these photographs - they are just pretty! But every time I see a sunset in the Western Desert I do wonder what the Prehistoric or Pharaonic occupants of the oasis areas were thinking when they were looking at the same celestial colours and textures.

Egypt Daily Star News

Potential mismanagement of Siwa’s water resources are a growing concern among residents. Siwa sits on a huge salt water well and attempts to minimize flooding have led to the drying out of some areas, such as the near side of Fatnis Island.

Everyone acknowledges that it is difficult to strike a balance […]

Egypt Society of Egypt
The Egyptology Society of Egypt has issued its latest news update (no.22, November 2007). As usual they have generously shared some of their experiences with the rest of the world. This issue includes a summary of some of their recent lectures and includes a short and positive review of the Tutankhamun exhibition. […]

The Canadian Press
Mirage - Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt by Nina Burleigh (Harper)

Napoleon Bonaparte had an idea for winning the hearts and minds of the Muslim people he invaded: He told the Egyptians that he and his army wanted to be Muslims, too.

It wasn’t true, but that didn’t bother Napoleon. What might have […]

Egypt State Information Service

On the sidelines of the opening of Cairo International Film Festival yesterday 28/11/2007, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted Culture Minister Farouk Hosni the Gold Medal of Fellini, the highest medal of the UNESCO in the field of culture, in an appreciation for Hosni’s long contributions to promoting […]

The Daily Star Middle East
This is the same article that has been posted elsewhere, but it has an image on the page of several paintings on rock which have been covered in oil to make the colours stand out.