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Pyramids spotted from ISS

Nicole Stott TwitpicNASA astronaut Nicle Stott has posted a photograph of the Giza pyramids as seen from space. You will probably need to click on the image to expand it on order to see them.Egyptology...

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Travel: Pyramids of northern Sudan

Vancouver Sun (Jules Knox)Aside from the odd camel driver lounging in the shade, nobody else is around at the pyramids and I am free to explore the world-class, UNESCO-listed heritage site on my own....

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Exhibition: Fascinating Mummies, Edinburgh UK

STV (Catie Guitart)The Fascinating Mummies exhibition runs from February 11 to May 27 at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.There's a nice slideshow of the exhibition aswell.An exhibition...

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Exhibition: Pharaoh: King of Egypt at Leeds, UK

AboutMyArea Visitors to Leeds City Museum will be transported back to ancient Egypt from this weekend as a major new exhibition featuring over 130 stunning historic artefacts goes on display.The...

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Exhibition: Picturing the Past at the OI

Oriental Institute February 7 - September 2, 2012, Oriental Institute, Chicago.Download the Show Catalog in Adode Portable Document Format (pdf)Picturing the Past presents paintings, architectural...

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Exhibition: To Live Forever

omaha.com (Carol )Over the next three months, visitors to Joslyn Art Museum can get a taste of its allure during the "To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures From the Brooklyn Museum" exhibition, which...

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New Book: Making Archaeology Happen

Left Coast Press This being Martin Carver (he of Sutton Hoo) it is probably a UK-centric book (I haven't read it yet) but it's an interesting, widely relevant topic.Making Archaeology Happen: Design...

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New Book: Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate

Charlotte Observer (Alan Rauch)Resting in apparent tranquility at uptown's Discovery Place are more than 40 mummies from around the world. Charlotte is one of only a few American destinations for this...

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Qalawun complex is re-opened for visitors

Luxor TimesWith photo.After completion of the cleaning and disinfecting work required because of a sewage pipe in the site, Sultan Qalawun complex is re-opened. The complex located in Gamalia district...

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Dig Diary: Proyecto Qubbet el-hawa

Universidad de JaenIf you speak Spanish there is a lot of great information on this site about Qubbet el-hawa in Aswan, including the dig diary at the above page.The English/American icon goes to a...

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Catalan archaeological mission returns to Egypt

ANSAMedOne year after the uprising in Egypt, the mission of archaeologists and Egyptologists of the University of Barcelona, working in collaboration with the Catalan Egyptology Society, returns to...

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Open Access Journal: El Futuro del Pasado

[First posted in AWOL 21 June 2010. Updated 12 February 2012] El Futuro del Pasado. Revista electrónica de HistoriaISSN: 1989 - 9289El Futuro del Pasado. Revista electrónica de Historia pretende ser un...

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Dig Diary: Malqata

iMalqata The Malqata excavation is now underway at Luxor, and a dig diary with plenty of photographs can be found at the above address.Other tabs show information about the site, including its history....

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Texts in Translation #1: The Heart Scarab of Na-her-hu

Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Campbell Price continues to do an excellent job of making Egyptian objects more accessible to the general public on the Manchester Museum blog.With a...

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Work at Sharm el Sheik Museum progresses

Luxor TimesWith photosDr. Mohamed Ibrahim (Minister State of Antiquities) visited the site of undergoing establishing Sharm El Sheikh Museum to check the workflow.Sharm El Sheikh Museum which is...

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Egypt security stop robbery at Cairo mosque

Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)Police patrolling Cairo's Citadel area discovered thieves trying to escape from the Al-Refaai mosque with boxes containing four large Islamic lamps.Antiquities Minister...

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New archive space takes shape at EES

Egypt Exploration Society With some great photos.For the last few months the new archive space in no. 4 Doughty Mews has slowly been taking shape. The room in question was formerly the kitchen of...

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Missing Ancient Egyptian objects returned to Berlin

Auction Central News Dozens of mostly Egyptian objects from the 4th to 7th centuries AD which had been missing since the end of World War II have been unearthed and returned to a Berlin museum,...

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Catastrophe in Cairo's historic Al-Muizz Street contained

Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)With two photographs.Following six hours of being submerged in drainage water, Al-Muizz Street is back to normal and the distinguished Islamic monuments that line its edges...

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