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Fragments come back home

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 month ago: Link to full article (Al Ahram Weekly) The controversy over five 3,200-year-old ancient Egyptian tom … more →

Tags: SCA, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Luxor, Egyptian Archaeology, Theban Tombs, Zahi Hawass, Louvre

Nefertiti Gets a New Palace

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 month ago: Link to full article Revamped Neues Museum Finally Opens in Berlin For seven decades Berlin’s … more →

Tags: Ancient Egypt, Berlin, bust of nefertiti, Egyptology, Museum Island, Nefertiti, Neues

Statue of Alexander Found in Alexandria

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 month ago: From State Information Service – Link to full article A statue of Alexander the Great has been … more →

Tags: Alexander, Alexandria, Ancient Egypt, archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Egyptian History, Egyptology, ptolemaic egypt, Ptolemaic Period

Practical Travel Updates

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 month ago: Not Egyptology related, but for anyone travelling in Egypt, you may want a few “heads up … more →

Tags: Ancient Egypt, avenue of sphinxes, cairo, CAIRO AIRPORT, Cairo Metro, Egypt, Egyptian Archaeological Sites, Egyptian Monuments, heliopolis

Egypt Suspends Louvre Saqqara Excavations over Stolen Artefacts

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 month ago: Link to original article Egypt has decided to suspend all archaeological cooperation with the Louvre … more →

Tags: SCA, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, Saqqara, Egypt, Supreme Council of Antiquities, archaeology, Egyptian Archaeological Sites

Seti I Before Hathor (B7)

pavementsofsilver wrote 3 months ago: This week, from the birthplace of Egyptology, the zenith of Pharaonic art… … more →

Tags: new kingdom, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, Seti I, KV17, Valley of the Kings, Pharaonic Culture, archaeology

Objects in the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery - British Museum

pavementsofsilver wrote 3 months ago: Recently my partner has been active on producing videos for Youtube, so I have decided to produce a … more →

Tags: Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, archaeology, British Museum, Egyptian Archaeology, YouTube

Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Su wrote 9 months ago: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, should be a priority on the list of things to see when visiting … more →

Tags: Cairo, Lower Egypt, Cairo museum, Egypt, Egyptology, Museums

Aten was a form of the sun God Ra

worldwidestore wrote 10 months ago: http://www.worldwidestore.com/36340c.htm Sandstone carving of a female ruler in profile, hands raise … more →

Tags: Egyptian artifacts, new kingdom, 18th dynasty, Aten, sun god ra, Akhenaten, King of the Gods

Buy one; get another, then another until eventually you get the Sir John Soane’s Museum1 comment

echostains wrote 11 months ago: Facade of Sir John Soane's museum London What a remarkable place!   What a remarkable man, son o … more →

Tags: London (A Crafty Jaunt before Christmas), act of parliment 1833, adam brothers drawings, Antiquities, Bogoff, Canaletto, Classical, Collection, Diana of Ephesus

Luxor Development Plans

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: From Al Ahram Weekly – Link to article The width of the Nile Corniche boulevard in Luxor is to … more →

Tags: My Writings, News Reports, Ancient Egypt, avenue of sphinxes, conservation in Egypt, Conservation of Egyptian monuments, Corniche el-Nil, Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology

ooops they did it again1 comment

honourablerekhyet wrote 1 year ago: Some days I really do wonder where Al Ahram got it’s reputation, because it’s heritage a … more →

Tags: Ancient Egypt, Current Affairs, Modern Culture, Al Ahram, Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt, Egyptian Monuments, Egyptian Temples, isfet

New Standards On Collecting Of Archaeological Material, Ancient Art

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: From Huliq News via Andie Byrnes’ blog (Egyptology News) – Full Article on Huliq The Ame … more →

Tags: archaeology, stolen antiquities, Antiquities Trade, antiquities theft, Ethical archaeology, Antiquities Smuggling, UNESCO, American Association of Museums, AAM

SCA Developments on the Giza Plateau

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: If the media are anything to go by, it’s exciting times on the Giza Plateau.  As most visitors … more →

Tags: News Reports, My Writings, SCA, Old Kingdom, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Pyramids, giza plateau, Khufu

Egypt, Italy sign protocol to set up center for renovation antiquities

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: From State Information Service – Original article Egypt, Italy sign protocol to set up center … more →

Tags: SCA, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Supreme Council of Antiquities, state information service, Egyptian Archaeology, Farouq Hosni, Antiquities Conservation, Archaeological Conservation

Six Stolen Shabtis Recovered

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: From State Information Service – Link to original article Egypt restored six stolen ancient st … more →

Tags: News Reports, SCA, new kingdom, Ancient Egypt, Saqqara, Pharaonic Culture, Supreme Council of Antiquities, antiquities theft, state information service

Spending Eternity Aboard The Celestial Barque

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: The “boat pits” around the great pyramid of Khufu were first discovered in 1954 by Kamal Al Mallakh. … more →

Tags: My Writings, SCA, Old Kingdom, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, Khufu, Egyptian History, Supreme Council of Antiquities, archaeology

Mrs. Mubarak, Prince Albert open Egyptian antiquities exhibit in Monaco

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: From the State Information Service (original article) Mrs. Mubarak and Prince Albert of Monaco co-op … more →

Tags: News Reports, Egyptology, Egyptian History, Exhibitions, archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, cleopatra, Grimaldi Forum, Reines D'Egypte

The Tomb of Harwa

pavementsofsilver wrote 1 year ago: On Friday I attended an EES lecture by Dr Francesco Tiradritti of the Italian Archaeological Mission … more →

Tags: My Writings, Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, archaeology, 25th dynasty, taharqa, Luxor, digital recording of tomb inscriptions, digital archaeology


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