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  • Even dead, Ancient Egyptians were fed

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    27 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
    Ancient Egyptians placed food in the mouths or stomachs of animal mummies, suggesting that animals were treated equally to humans in death and perhaps also in life.

  • Hieroglyph-inscribed lintel discovered at Amara West

    Egyptology News
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:55 am
    Amara West, British Museum blog (Mary Shepperson)With photos.House E13.6 at Amara West is a linear domestic house in the centre of the town. In its late phase, the house was entered from a narrow lane through two small rooms, leading to a large central room.Excavation in the second of these small rooms revealed a cluster of large white sandstone blocks, lying under mudbrick rubble from a vaulted ceiling. They lay in a jumble in front of the doorway into the central room.The largest stone slab lay on top of the smaller blocks and was cracked across its width near the centre. The profile of…

  • Lottery helps British Museum dig deep to save artefacts - The Guardian

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    27 Jan 2012 | 4:25 am
    The GuardianLottery helps British Museum dig deep to save artefactsThe GuardianThe lift down to one Egyptology lab, for example, is only big enough for mummified animals and children, not the full-size ones. Burnett said the building would have a transformative effect on conservation and scientific research.

  • Opening the coffin of KV64

    Egyptology News
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    SF Video Portal Video of the newly discovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings showing the opening of the 22nd Dynasty coffin. It is in German but there are some good shots even if you don't understand a word.Thanks to Margaret Maitland's tweet on the subject for the link (@eloquentpeasant). And thanks to Barbara O'Neill for reminding me that Twitter does have a use!Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Disaster Ahead Investors Flee Egyptian Treasury Bills As...

    Luxor, Egypt News
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:10 am
    Investors bought less an a third of the Egyptian Treasury bills offered to the market this week.
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  • Lottery helps British Museum dig deep to save artefacts - The Guardian

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:25 am
    The GuardianLottery helps British Museum dig deep to save artefactsThe GuardianThe lift down to one Egyptology lab, for example, is only big enough for mummified animals and children, not the full-size ones. Burnett said the building would have a transformative effect on conservation and scientific research.

  • Even In Death, Egyptian Birds Were Fed - Discovery News

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    Even In Death, Egyptian Birds Were FedDiscovery NewsCo-author Salima Ikram, a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, explained to Discovery News, “Animals had a very important role to play in Egypt, as totems for divinities, sources of food and thus life, and as a source of raw and more »

  • The Hawkeye: House of Anubis Season 2: Two Times the Action and Drama - my.hsj.org

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pm
    The Hawkeye: House of Anubis Season 2: Two Times the Action and Dramamy.hsj.orgHouse of Anubis is a can't miss for the person that loves drama, British accents, Egyptology, mystery, and a plot that will never be predictable, no matter how hard you try. Make sure to tune in to Nickelodeon weeknights at 7p.m. aw.

  • John Jay Middle School Gets Visit from a 'Queen' - The Daily Lewisboro

    25 Jan 2012 | 12:06 am
    John Jay Middle School Gets Visit from a 'Queen'The Daily LewisboroMorris was a good choice to play the role. She is a senior at SUNY Potsdam, and is an Egyptology, art history and anthropology major. Those are the very topics the sixth graders are studying with regard to ancient Egypt.

  • TV news: 'Glee Project' to return this summer - Tulsa World

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am
    TV news: 'Glee Project' to return this summerTulsa World an escorted tour of Highclere's Egyptology collection if the weather is good and high tea with complimentary copies of Lady Fiona Carnarvon's books, including a new biography "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere and more »
 
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    Egyptology News

  • Opening the coffin of KV64

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    SF Video Portal Video of the newly discovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings showing the opening of the 22nd Dynasty coffin. It is in German but there are some good shots even if you don't understand a word.Thanks to Margaret Maitland's tweet on the subject for the link (@eloquentpeasant). And thanks to Barbara O'Neill for reminding me that Twitter does have a use!Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Hieroglyph-inscribed lintel discovered at Amara West

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:55 am
    Amara West, British Museum blog (Mary Shepperson)With photos.House E13.6 at Amara West is a linear domestic house in the centre of the town. In its late phase, the house was entered from a narrow lane through two small rooms, leading to a large central room.Excavation in the second of these small rooms revealed a cluster of large white sandstone blocks, lying under mudbrick rubble from a vaulted ceiling. They lay in a jumble in front of the doorway into the central room.The largest stone slab lay on top of the smaller blocks and was cracked across its width near the centre. The profile of…

  • Les archives du chantier de la pyramide de Téti

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:38 am
    Pharaon MagazineMy thanks to Alice Gaylor for point out this link. It is an old link, but I didn't see it at the time and it is still very interesting.Basically, a set of papyri from the Old Kingdom (probably the 6th Dynasty, during the reign of Teti). Badly damaged, the various pages have been studied over a 1o year period and some of the results have been revealed. The pages are from the office of royal architecture, responsible for the King's work and particularly his pyramid. There are several mentions of the transportation of stone blocks, limeston but above all granite. Several job…

  • Interview with Steven Cross re KV64 and research in the Valley of the Kings

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:25 am
    Em Hotep (Keith Payne)Last week as news was breaking about the new tomb—KV64—Em Hotep received word from Stephen Cross, an Egyptologist and Geologist specializing in the Valley of the Kings, that he had photographed the tomb while conducting his own, unrelated research in the Valley. Naturally, Steve held onto this wonderful shot until after the University of Basel had made their announcement. Now that the whole world knows about KV64 and its lovely occupant, Steve has very kindly agreed to allow us to publish the photo, along with answer some questions about what is going on in the…

  • Who should save Egypt's archives?

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    Al Jazeera (Hussein Omar)It has sometimes been claimed that, like human rights and democracy, the protection of Egypt's cultural heritage cannot be left to the Egyptians. Corruption, poverty and ignorance, Egypt's critics maintain, pose a serious threat to the preservation of artefacts of "global importance".Egypt's own Antiquities Council, of course, claims otherwise. Attempting to demonstrate its commitment to safeguarding "national heritage", erstwhile director Zahi Hawass waged a mildly successful international campaign to repatriate what "rightly belongs" to Egypt. In one case, a mummy…
 
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    Egypt Then and Now

  • Hurghada hotels display endangered species on buffet tables

    Ben Morales-Correa
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:59 pm
    Two hotels from the Pickalbatros chain in Hurghada have been serving up buffets of endangered fish and sharks. With the corpses of the sharks, rays and parrot fish hanging from the ceiling, chefs stand by to cut and grill them to order, horrifying some tourists who sounded the alarm to the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) on the blatant violation of animal protection regulations. Pickalbatros management alleged that the fish and sharks on display were crude foam imitations covered by a layer of polyester. He added that the hotel does not have the ability…

  • British the second most popular visitors to Egypt

    Ben Morales-Correa
    21 Jan 2012 | 8:05 am
    The Egypt Tourism Authorityhas announced that 1,034,413 British holiday makers visited Egypt in 2011. This makes the UK the second most popular tourist nationality to the home of the ancient Pharaohs, topped only by Russia with Germany coming third. It has also been announced that the average UK holiday maker spends 11.45 nights per annum in Egypt; which is well known for its warm and timeless hospitality and its great value for money. With an excellent climate throughout the seasons, year-round sunshine, two stunning coastlines and desert beauty, its broad cultural spectrum with relics of…

  • Zahi Hawass: What I have been doing lately

    Ben Morales-Correa
    21 Jan 2012 | 7:43 am
    Image via Wikipedia For the last few months, I have been busy writing and working hard, as I am used to doing. Actually, being away from government has been good for me. I needed time to recover from all the trouble, and to give the friends of Seth, the god of chaos, some time to calm down. I have been staying very busy giving public lectures. One recent talk was at the  Mena House hotel for an American group, and another one for 60 Australians was at a resort in Sahl-Hasheesh, Hurghada. I really enjoyed the two days that I spent at this beautiful seaside resort, and the wonderful people I…

  • Mummy gets back her mask

    Ben Morales-Correa
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:51 pm
    The daughter of a wealthy family in ancient Egypt has been preserved in the Reading Public Museum for decades, but a key part of the exhibit has been in storage until now. More than 2,000 years ago Nefrina had a mask made to protect her face. And Wednesday the mask was delivered to the museum. Nefrina came to the Reading Public Museum in 1930 but her mask didn’t. She’s been waiting 82 years. For four months people at the University of Pennsylvania, who own Nefrina’s mask, restored it. The Reading Public Museum has unwrapped many of the secrets of Nefrina’s life, from…

  • Egypt’s Yoga Festival “Back To Freedom”

    Ben Morales-Correa
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:24 pm
    More and more travelers are looking for both relaxation and ways of improving their health whilst being on vacation.  Holiday makers can now combine these two aspects by visiting the ancient world of Egypt and its Fifth International Yoga Festival which takes place at the Domina Coral Bay Elisir Hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh from 26 April to 1 May 2012. The First International Yoga Festival was held five years ago in 2008 and was the first of its kind in Egypt and the Middle East. Its success has grown annually since then and now attracts hundreds of visitors from throughout the globe every year.
 
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    Talking Pyramids

  • A Beautiful New Years Day to Thee

    Vincent
    31 Dec 2011 | 7:22 pm
    “It is Re who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. “It is Ptah who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. New Year's Jars Dynasty 26 664-525 BCE Faience Such flasks were traditionally offered on New Year’s Day, filled with water from a sacred pool. This spectacular faience masterpiece exemplifies the refinement of Dynasty 18 craftsmanship. It is lentil-shaped, with a short spout and delicate handles. A double geometrical frieze wraps around the spout. Beneath the spout, a large collar with three rows of beads, the last row shaped as drops, decorates each side…

  • Earth Pyramid Launches on 11/11/11

    Vincent
    11 Nov 2011 | 3:30 am
    While the Great Pyramid closes for the 11/11/11, the Earth Pyramid project launches. The Earth Pyramid Project is a truly ambitious project with noble aims. The goal is to get the world thinking about the future of the planet and to bring together the different governments, schools and other groups to discuss these global issues. The pyramid will function as a time capsule into which children from participating schools from around the world will be putting messages. One of the time capsules The building of the pyramid will be the perfect opportunity to try out some of the theories of how the…

  • Pyramids at Giza Close for 11/11/11

    Vincent
    10 Nov 2011 | 7:25 pm
    The Masonic pyramid on the US $1 note The pyramids at Giza will be closed today in order to avoid rituals that were planned to be carried out there on the 11/11/11. Atef Abu Zahab, head of the Department of Pharaonic Archaeology said that the decision to close the pyramids only came “after much pressure” from Egyptian Internet users. The “rituals” were referred to by Youm7 in connection to a “Masonic Concert”. Ali al-Asfar, general manager of the Pyramids at Giza, confirmed the cancellation of the Masonic concert, “11/11,” scheduled for Friday at the…

  • New Electronic Ticket System for Giza

    Vincent
    19 Sep 2011 | 8:23 pm
    A new electronic ticket system to enter the Giza Plateau was scheduled to begin operating Monday after a series of successful experiments in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense. 

 The system mechanically automates ticket-selling to those visiting the Giza Plateau. It is hoped that the new system will make visitor entry more organised. The new tickets have pictures of the Pyramids on them and come in two different colors: red for local Egyptian visitors and dark blue for foreign tourists, or “non-Arabs”. There was no indication whether these new tickets would come with…

  • Illegal Road Built North of Abusir

    Vincent
    7 Sep 2011 | 1:01 am
    I’ve received a report from Maryanne Stroud Gabbani, who lives in Egypt, of an illegal road being built through the desert north of Abu Sir. Maryanne included many photos of the new road as well as some sensitive areas that are being quarried. Rubbish is also being dumped in the area. Trucks are dumping here illegally rather than pay the fee to use the Giza dump. The governorate has no one checking to ensure that trucks don’t do this. Maryanne writes: In 13 years the plateau at the top of the hill has been taken away for construction materials. The Army (and I also hear the…
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    Luxor News - Jane Akshar

  • Video of the opening of the coffin of KV64 #egypt #luxor

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:11 am
    I just love the way the University of Basel is handling PR, now they have released a video of the opening of the coffin. Basler Forscher entdecken Mumie - Tagesschau - Schweizer Fernsehen: SF Videoportal: - Sent using Google Toolbar

  • Luxor Marathon 2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:22 am
    It is Luxor's marathon today and we have 8 runners staying with us: Korean, American, Canadian, British and Irish - very international. Some are doing the short run and others the full marathon. Ice packs at the ready when they get back!!!

  • 1st Anniversary of 25th January

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:20 am
    Last night the Governor of Luxor Dr Ezaat Saad hosted a wonderful celebration of the anniversary of the revolution. It was a mixture of song, dance and recitals together with speeches and the honouring of the martyrs and relatives of the martyrs. It started with a march from the library to the conference centre of children dressed up as ancient Egyptians and carrying flags of the various places around Luxor. An enormous flag was laid out in the road the whole length of the street. The celebration started with the Egyptian national anthem followed by an iconic slide show. Here is a copythe…

  • Object Biography #1: A vessel naming Nesi-khonsu (Acc. no. 6736) « Egypt at the Manchester Museum

    23 Jan 2012 | 3:23 am
    A blog worth following from Manchester Museum. Object Biography #1: A vessel naming Nesi-khonsu (Acc. no. 6736) « Egypt at the Manchester Museum: Each month I hope to highlight an individual object that will feature in our new Ancient Worlds galleries. Many of the objects in the collection have incredible stories behind them but, due to an inevitable lack of space, these cannot be included fully in gallery labels or text panels. We aim to tell some of these stories – or “object biographies” – in digital content to accompany the new displays.- Sent using Google Toolbar

  • Artefacts and Early Archaeologists in the Valley of Kings

    21 Jan 2012 | 9:14 am
    Artefacts and Early Archaeologists in the Valley of Kings – Donald RyanOr what they left behindThere is a cycle in the Valley of Kings of burial (sometimes reburial) and robbery ancient and modern. There are mummy caches with dockets recording the movement from one safe place to another. There is one artefact that he feels sums up the whole valley which is of the remnants of the face piece where the wooden remains clearly show the marks of the adze that removed the gold.The archaeologists of the past were interested in different things, gold and treasure mainly so often when they found a…
 
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    What's New in Papyrology

  • Die Berliner Papyrusdatenbank (BerlPap)

    G.W. Schwendner
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    BGU XVIBGU XVIII.1BGU IXP.Berl.Salmen

  • P. Buzi & A. Camplani (eds.), Christianity in Egypt (Festschrift T. Orlandi)

    G.W. Schwendner
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    P. Buzi & A. Camplani (eds.), Christianity in Egypt: Literary Production and Intellectual Trends in Late Antiquity. Studies in honor of Tito Orlandi, Studia Ephemeridis Augustinianum 125, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Roma 2011, 20 gennaio 2012    Christianity in Egypt: Literary Production and Intellectual Trends" collects papers offered to Tito Orlandi, in order to celebrate his long and fruitful academic and scientific life. Scholars of Coptic Egypt, who, in various ways, have interacted with him, offer a contribution on Christian Egypt and Coptic…

  • A. Arjava, M. Buchholz, T. Gagos, and M. Kaimio, P. Perta IV

    G.W. Schwendner
    20 Jan 2012 | 7:14 pm
    ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments by B. A. Porte … viiForeword by A. Arjava, M. Buchholz, T. Gagos, and M. Kaimio … ix A Selection of Articles and Reports on the Petra Papyri 2007–2010 compiled by M. Buchholz … xi Bibliography and Abbreviations compiled by M. Buchholz … xiii Corrigenda in Volumes I and III by A. Arjava and M. Buchholz … xix Introduction Legal Terminology in the Petra Papyri by M. Buchholz … 1 Terms Connected with Houses in 39 and Other Petra Papyri by J. Kaimio … 9 Updated Synoptic Chronological Table by A. Arjava and M. Lehtinen … 23…

  • July 2-31, 2012: Papyrological Institute at the University of Chicago

    G.W. Schwendner
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:14 am
    Papyrological Institute at the University of Chicago July 2 - 31, 2012An intensive summer institute in papyrology, jointly sponsored by the Departments of Classics of the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be held on the campus of the University of Chicago in the summer of 2012.  The program is aimed at advanced graduate students and junior faculty in Classics and associated fields, including history, Egyptology, classical and Near Eastern archaeology, history of religions, and biblical studies.  The general theme of the…

  • Chronqiue d' Égytpe LXXXVI (2011)

    G.W. Schwendner
    9 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    CHRONIQUE D'EGYPTE LXXXVI (2011) - FASC. 171-172Nicole Braekman - Frederic Colin - Luc Delvaux - Françoise Labrique - Luc Limme - Bernard Van Rinsveld, Jean-Marie Kruchten (1944-2010) ... 2-11EGYPTE PHARAONIQUEEtudes:Tamas Mekis, L’equipement funeraire de la pretresse thebaine Nestaneteretten ... 41-81Danijela Stefanovic, When are children called "her children"? ... 15-31Jean Winand, A propos du P. Ambras ... 32-40Chronique:Marcus Mueller-Roth, "Mehr Licht". Anmerkungen zu den Vignetten von Tb 137 .. 82-107Livres ... 108-200EGYPTE GRECO-ROMAINEEtudes:Mohamed El-Ashiry, A Second-Century…
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  • 22. Dyn. tomb found at the Valley of the Kings

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    15 Jan 2012 | 10:07 am
    A deep burial well was found on the path leading to King Tuthmosis III’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The well leads to a burial chamber filled with a treasured collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts. Further inside the chamber, excavators stumbled upon a wooden sarcophagus painted black and decorated with hieroglyphic texts, and a wooden stelae engraved with the names and different titles of the deceased. The tomb dates to the 22nd Dynasty (945-712 BC) and it belongs to the daughter of Amun Re, lecture priest in Karnak temples and also the singer of the God Amun Re.

  • Illegal digging at Beheira archaeological sites

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    15 Jan 2012 | 9:19 am
    The Antiquities and Tourism police stepped in to stop residents of Beheira digging at Al-Qalayan archaeological site.

  • GEM to open 2015

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    15 Jan 2012 | 9:10 am
    Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announced that construction would take 40 months and the museum would be officially opened on 15 August 2015. It will relate the history of the ancient Egyptian civilisation from prehistory right through to the early Graeco-Roman period.

  • Start of 3rd construction phase of Grand Museum

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    4 Jan 2012 | 4:48 am
    The third phase will include construction of the GEM's main building, in which the museum’s roughly 150,000 artefacts will be exhibited. The building is designed to look like a chamfered triangle in plan, with the building's north and south walls lining up directly with the Great Pyramids of Khufu and Menkaure. A large plaza, teeming with date palms, will be located in the front of the building.

  • Preparation for second phase of restoration of Giza Plateau

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    4 Jan 2012 | 4:44 am
    The Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim led a tour around the Giza plateau to monitor work being done on the Sphinx’s Valley Temple and Mit-Rahina archaeological site, as part of the lead up to the second phase of the Giza Plateau Development Project due to be launched in March.
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    Egypt at the Manchester Museum

  • Scarabs in Ancient Egypt

    Campbell@Manchester
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am
    In preparation for the opening of our Ancient World Galleries, I spoke to our entomologist Dr. Dmitri Luganov about the habits of the scarab beetle and its significance in Ancient Egypt.

  • Event: After Hours – Ancient Egypt by Torchlight

    Campbell@Manchester
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:23 am
    Ancient Egypt by torchlight Ancient Egypt by torchlight – Mummies, monuments… and mystery! Thursday 26th January, 6.30-9.30pm. Join Curator Campbell Price at 7.15 & 8.45pm for a guided torchlight tour of the highlights from the current Ancient Egyptian Afterlife gallery before it closes for redevelopment at the end of February.  http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:y1o-gv2kktw0-lzwyz5/

  • Lecture: “Ancient Egypt and Modern Science: How Geophysics has Revealed More of Saqqara’s Secrets”

    Campbell@Manchester
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:13 am
    On Friday the 27th of January I will be giving a lecture as part of the Daresbury Laboratory Talking Science series. Please note the change of topic: I will be speaking about how the work of the Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project has shed light on one of ancient Egypt’s most important religious and burial sites, Saqqara. The lecture will be between 7 and 8pm. Using radar equipment at Saqqara

  • A safe return from a voyage… to Venezuela!

    Campbell@Manchester
    20 Jan 2012 | 5:05 am
    When the priestess Sheri-ankh died in the early Ptolemaic Period (c. 300 BC), she may have hoped to make one final journey: a funeral procession, across the river Nile, to her tomb on the west bank. Perhaps she supposed part of her soul might travel with the spirits of her departed relatives in the sun god’s barque across the sky. It is doubtful, however, that she ever entertained the notion of making a trip to South America. Salford EA7 on display in Caracas Spurious theories about Pharaonic trans-Atlantic voyages aside, it would have been neigh on impossible to make such a trip in 300 BC.

  • Liverpool Ancient Worlds Dayschool: How Did Ancient Egyptian Statues Work?

    Campbell@Manchester
    18 Jan 2012 | 6:22 am
    ‘How Did Ancient Egyptian Statues Work?’ SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY, 10 AM-4PM, THE GARSTANG MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 12-14 ABERCROMBY SQUARE,UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. L69 7WZ. Presented by Dr Campbell Price Statues were central to ancient Egyptian religion, but how did the Egyptians use and understand them? This day school will examine stylistic developments in sculptures of non-royal people, deities and kings, and address the meanings behind them through textual sources. We will also study the existence of portraiture, the role of sculptors and the rituals designed to bring statues to…
 
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    Living in Egypt

  • The Day of Long Marches

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:16 am
    A thoughtful protester waves a flag exemplifying the hope and worries of us all I had a lot of reasons to move to Egypt and a lot of reasons to stay here after my husband died. One quite significant reason was the sunshine. I'm one of those solar powered people who do infinitely better when there is bright sunlight, a commodity that is rarely in short supply here. It is mirrored in the smiles of the people of Egypt and just seeps into your soul. But in the days leading up to January 25, sunlight of almost any sort was in short supply. Rainclouds were blowing in from the north coast and…

  • What a Difference a Year Has Made

    31 Dec 2011 | 3:39 am
    It's the last day of 2011 and I honestly can't say that I'm sorry to see this year go. Last year at this time we were looking forward to a winter of visitors who would be coming to see Egypt and ride with us to get to know the countryside. The weight of the moribund political system here was a familiar feeling...you didn't talk politics, it was easier not to think about them, we just got on with our lives. As we moved into January, there was, however, an odd sense in the air. There were the protests over Khaled Said's murder, very unusual and moving protests with thousands of people lining…

  • Parliamentary Surprises

    15 Dec 2011 | 11:22 am
    People have been voting in Giza the past two days in the parliamentary elections. My neighbours went to a school in Abu Sir to vote as they did in the referendum, but in much larger numbers. My grooms asked for time off to vote and I told them that they absolutely had time off to do so. Later in the afternoon, I sat and we chatted about the voting process. I've read all sorts of comments on the voting results, which seem very much to favour the Islamic parties. So many people find this worrying as they are concerned that the Islamic parties might not be friendly to tourism, might insist on…

  • Both Spinning in Space and Standing Still

    20 Oct 2011 | 2:05 am
    I have the serious sense of the world moving both too fast and too slowly these days, and to be frank, it makes me a bit dizzy. An unhappy motherboard on my laptop has left me with an iPad that can post but not photos, for the most part, and I won't really be able to intersperse my ideas with some lightening photos. So bear with me. Where has our Egypt gone? In some ways it is still the same place and in others it has changed almost beyond recognition. Before the revolution the standard line of the government was that they were the only dike between stability and the chaos of Islamic tides.

  • A Hard Lesson

    24 Jul 2011 | 4:07 am
    Living in a country during a revolution changes you whether you like or expect it or not. One of the changes that I've seen in myself is the extent to which I am interested in social and political trends in Egypt and other parts of the world. Sure, I was interested in them before to a certain extent but that interest has been honed and given new tools since the revolution. Before revolution I prided myself on the fact that I read the news from a wide variety of sources, having come to the conclusion fairly early in my life, around the time of the Viet Nam war, that no one source could be…
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    Pyramidales

  • "Nel cantiere della Grande Piramide - Gli architetti egizi svelati"

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
    Ai primi di febbraio 2012, uscirà in libreria per Ananke Editore, un’attesa novità nel panorama egittologico, dal titolo : "Nel cantiere della Grande Piramide - Gli architetti egizi svelati" (una metodologia pratica per la costruzione della Grande Piramide, e non un’ennesima “teoria”). L’autore, Marco Virginio Fiorini (*) architetto, forte di una lunga esperienza professionale e

  • Cap 200.000 pour "Pyramidales"

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
      Auto-satisfaction ou pas : un moment de faiblesse est vite passé... Je constate simplement qu’une pierre après l’autre, le blog Pyramidales s’est fait une petite place au soleil de l’égyptologie pour s’y installer comme une e-bibliothèque à la disposition de tous les passionnés de pyramides égyptiennes. J’en veux pour preuve la fréquentation constante et quotidienne qu’il enregistre,

  • "Imaging the Cheops Pyramid", by Huy Duong Bui

    17 Jan 2012 | 1:47 am
    Éditions Springer, décembre 2011, XVII, 83 p. 51 illus., 39 in color. "The author is an expert in theories and applications in Solid Mechanics and Inverse Problems, a former professor at Ecole Polytechnique and now works with Electricité de France on maintenance operations on nuclear power plants. In the Autumn of 1986, after the end of the operation on the King’s chamber conducted

  • Exploration des conduits d'aération dans la Grande Pyramide : une étude récapitulative

    11 Jan 2012 | 11:59 pm
    Keith Payne, un blogueur américain passionné d'égyptologie, a entrepris une étude récapitulative et synthétique des différents "chantiers" d'inspection des conduits dits "d'aération" dans la Grande Pyramide de Guizeh, depuis les recherches de Waynman Dixon jusqu'à l'exploration de Djedi. C'est clair et bien ficelé, comme toujours avec Keith. C'est à lire... "Last May the Project Djedi

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    30 Dec 2011 | 12:59 am
 
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    Em Hotep!

  • Jean-Pierre Houdin and the One Year Anniversary of Khufu Reborn

    Shemsu Sesen
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:29 pm
    One year ago today Em Hotep was present for the premier of Khufu Reborn at la Géode in Paris, France. Phase Two of Jean-Pierre Houdin’s work with the Great Pyramid of Khufu was revolutionary, but was preceded by another revolution in Egypt just two days prior.  Now, on the one year anniversary of Khufu Reborn, we visit with Jean-Pierre to ask a few questions about his work, the impact of the January Revolution, and where we go from here.   Em Hotep:  January 27 marks the one year anniversary of the premier of Khufu Reborn at la Géode in Paris.  Of course, January 25 marked the…

  • Interview with Steve Cross and Exclusive Photo of KV64

    Shemsu Sesen
    22 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Last week as news was breaking about the new tomb—KV64—Em Hotep received word from Stephen Cross, an Egyptologist and Geologist specializing in the Valley of the Kings, that he had photographed the tomb while conducting his own, unrelated research in the Valley.  Naturally, Steve held onto this wonderful shot until after the University of Basel had made their announcement.  Now that the whole world knows about KV64 and its lovely occupant, Steve has very kindly agreed to allow us to publish the photo, along with answer some questions about what is going on in the Valley of the Kings.

  • The New Tomb: Discovery of KV64 Quite Official Now

    Shemsu Sesen
    16 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    In case you haven’t heard, there is a new addition to the list of tombs in the Valley of the Kings!  As I am currently focused on the next pyramid shaft article, and my multi-tasking cache already runneth over, I am pointing you to the sources I go to for information about such things—my brother and sister bloggers. As always, these are not typical bloggers (have I mentioned how much I dislike that marginalizing term, blogger?), these are folks who are thoughtful, critical, analytical, and who often have direct channels to the primary sources.  Don’t forget to check out the comments…

  • The Pyramid Shafts: From Dixon to Pyramid Rover

    Shemsu Sesen
    11 Jan 2012 | 4:34 pm
    Last May the Project Djedi Team caught the world’s attention, and imagination, when they announced that the robot crawler designed to explore the southern shaft leading out of the Queen’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid had transmitted back images of markings left behind by the pyramid’s builders.  Hidden behind a “door” that had either thwarted or limited previous attempts to investigate the shaft, the markings prompted much speculation about their nature and purpose. The Djedi Project was back in the headlines at the end of December when New Scientist magazine named the discovery…

  • Introduction to Mummy Forensics: Terms, Concepts, and Resources

    Shemsu Sesen
    26 Dec 2011 | 4:12 pm
    Mummy forensics is more than just a show on The History Channel, it is an entire field of Egyptology that helps us understand how the ancient Egyptians lived, worked, played, died, and how they prepared for the afterlife. In this installment of the Em Hotep mummy series (which will eventually become the Mummy Section) we will take a look at the terms and concepts related to the various methods Egyptologists use to study mummies with links to carefully selected websites and articles to further your own investigation.  Whether you are working on a term paper or just interested in mummies, this…
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