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- Mummies tell their tales from the crypt
Even for a forensic expert it's a tough case. Three children die in Egypt around the time of Christ ... about 1870, their mummified bodies are stored in the British Museum ... now, after 2000 years, give or take a century, people are seriously looking for answers. [read more]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:08:15 GMT - Anubis, god of dead, floats down river Thames
A giant statue of the ancient Egyptian god of the dead floated down the Thames, turning heads as it crossed under London’s Tower Bridge. [read more]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:48:02 GMT - Egypt plan to green Sahara desert stirs controversy
It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo's pyramids is all too real — proof of Egypt's determination to turn its deserts green. [read more]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:33:41 GMT - Why You Must Visit Siwa A Sahara Oasis In Western Egypt
Siwa is a small desert oasis some 350 miles west of Cairo, and the best time to go there is between October and April, which is before the mosquitoes and the heat arrive. At this time of year the nights can be very cold, even freezing. [read more]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:30:32 GMT - Egyptologists come to Wigan
Egyptologists are being invited to learn about the myths and misunderstandings of mummification. [read more]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:19:12 GMT - The amazing Golden Ratio
It is said that a well-proportioned face must lie in what is called a "golden rectangle" of dimensions in the ratio of approximately 1 to 1.6. Not only living forms, but also works of art and buildings, including the splendid domes of Persia and the Athens Parthenon, are found to adhere to this rule. The ratio became even more pronounced during the European Renaissance, when Leonardo Da Vinci studied the physical proportions of man and portrayed them in his unfinished canvas of St Jerome along with other works such as the "Mona Lisa" and the "Vitruvian Man". [read more]
Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:30:52 GMT - Egyptian mummy prepared for tour
Conservation work on a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy is taking place at Durham University. [read more]
Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:27:32 GMT - Nefertiti's New Berlin Home Wins British Architect Fans, Foes
The British architect David Chipperfield is either blazing a restoration trail or sabotaging old buildings, depending on which Berliner you listen to. [read more]
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:15:55 GMT - The Sphinx on the Table: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection and the Development of Psychoanalysis
Freud was a collector of antiquities — Roman, Greek, and especially Egyptian. He had assembled several thousand, mostly small sculptures, by the time he was forced to flee Vienna for London and was pleased that he was able to take them with him. They filled his consultation room, covered his desk, accompanied him on his summer vacations, and he loved to handle them. As a small boy, he collected toy soldiers, and Burke speculates that their size, easy to fit in the hand, determined the size of the objects he later collected (p. 182). [read more]
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:11:05 GMT - Audio: Lesson 74: The Rosetta Stone
Our teacher is Dr Karin Sowada. Dr Sowada is a former curator of the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney and has worked on archaeological projects in Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Australia. She holds a PhD in Egyptian archaeology and is widely published on topics as diverse as mummification, Egyptian burial practices, ancient ceramics and Egyptian foreign relations. [read more]
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:44:15 GMT - Travel: How to get from Cairo to Alexandria
The 136 miles between the capital and Alexandria is one of the busiest routes in the country, plied by buses, trains and despite the relatively short distance - and flights too. [read more]
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:20:45 GMT - Professor to discuss mummy discovery
Pacific Lutheran University faculty member Don Ryan will speak at 7 p.m. today about his team’s discovery of a missing Egyptian queen, Hatshepsut. The talk will be in the Scandinavian Cultural Centre at the Parkland university. [read more]
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:17:25 GMT - Snake-bird gods fascinated both Aztecs and pharaohs
Ancient Mexicans and Egyptians who never met and lived centuries and thousands of miles apart both worshiped feathered-serpent deities, built pyramids and developed a 365-day calendar, a new exhibition shows. [read more]
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:51:28 GMT - Tutankhamun was not black Egypt antiquities chief says
Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass insisted Tuesday that Tutankhamun was not black despite calls by US black activists to recognize the boy king's dark skin colour. [read more]
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:42:08 GMT - Ancient Egyptian fruit hamper found in King Tut's tomb
Eight baskets filled with fruits preserved for more than 3,000 years have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in Tutankhamun's tomb, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Monday. [read more]
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:29:29 GMT
