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Egypt’s tourism gets boost as historic Nile cruise set to return
Bikya Masr Sailing the Nile River in Egypt has always been a huge tourism boost for the country, but for the past 16 years, the an historic route on the river had been put on hold. Now, tour operators...
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Illegal digging puts lives at risk
Egyptian Gazette Dreams of making a fast fortune have motivated many Egyptians, who are looking for antiquities and carrying out excavations not only at locations known for Pharaonic precious...
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Projects to display Egypt's heritage in museums
Luxor Times Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, met Dr. Yasser El Shayeb (Director of the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage- CULTNAT) to discuss the ideas of...
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Egyptian Scientific Institute in danger from botched restoration, says minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo...
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The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections
JAEIVol 4, No 1: JAEI March 2012Articles“The Galatian Shield in Egypt” by Matthew C. Coleman“The Obelisks of Augustus: The Significance of a Symbolic Element of the Architectural Landscape in the...
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Alexander and his Macedonian heirs
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil)Macedonian conquest of Egypt, its consequences and its reflection in literature and art were the subject of an international workshop at the University of Warsaw towards the...
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More re the new 17th Dynasty king
Discovery (Rossella Lorenzi) A new king has been added to the long list of ancient pharaohs, the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim, announced this week.The king's name,...
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Exhbition: Secret Egypt - Unravelling Truth from Myth
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Tullie House, Carlisle10th March 2012 - 10th June 2012, 10:00 am - 5:00 pmThe exhibition features around 200 artefacts on loan from major Egyptology collections...
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Save el-Hibeh
Facebook page Carol RedmountGo to the above page (which already has 875 members at the time of writing) for photographs and discussion. From Carol Redmount: Dear friends, former students, and...
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Interview with Dr.Veldmeijer and Prof. Ikram re chariot discovery
Ancient Egypt Online Here's a short excerpt:In a recent article in Nature (Click here to view this article), it was reported that new remains of a chariot were (re)discovered. Currently, Dr. André...
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Changes to Christianorigins.co.uk
See the new ‘Welcome & Events’ tab above, for upcoming CSCO events here at New College. We are also now adding faculty pages, with pre-pub samples of their work for download. First up, is the...
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Materials for Emar Studies
[First posted on AWOL 11 October 2011. Updated 12 March 2012] Materials for Emar Studies A project byBetina I. Faist (Universität Heidelberg)Josué - Javier Justel (Maison René-Ginouvès, Nanterre)Ferhan...
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Egypt: More Blood on Antiquities
.At least 10 people aged between 22 and 31 were killed and 4 people wounded by the collapse of a deep hole in Hu (ancient Diospolis Magna) in Qena governate. The wounded were taken to the hospital in...
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Archaeology of Consumer Culture and North Dakota Work Camps
I finished reading Paul R. Mullins’ newish book, The Archaeology of Consumer Culture, in the excellent University Press of Florida’s The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective Series. The...
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Using burial sites to gauge the effect of Roman conquest on Iron Age Britons
Late Roman Grave in Ditch, Boscombe Down, Amesbury. Image: Wessex Archaeology (Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC 3.0) by Katy Meyers Britain was first invaded by the Romans during the reign of Caesar in...
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Exhibition showcases Vietnam’s role in the maritime silk route
A new exhibition opening in May at the National Museum of History in Hanoi will highlight Vietnam’s role over maritime trade over the east sea, or the South China Sea. Thanh Nien News, 20120308 Hanoi...
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Open Access Journal: Mètis. Anthropologie des mondes grecs anciens
[First posted in AWOL 16 October 2010. Updated 12 March 2012]Mètis. Anthropologie des mondes grecs anciensISSN 1105-2201La revue Mètis est née en 1986 d'une collaboration entre hellénistes grecs et...
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Ancient and Modern Olympics events in London
Image via Flickr user failing_angel Museums, universities, societies and institutions all over London will be holding Olympics-related events in June to celebrate the ancient roots of the competition....
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Protect Hadrian's Villa
A message from Bernie Fischer: Please forward this to your family, friends, and colleagues. Dear colleague, I write about an urgent matter: the the regional government of Rome, Italy (the Regione...
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