Copied from today’s Twitter posts @egyptologynews.
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| Predynastic Comb. Nubia Museum, Aswan |
Missed this BBC video whilst away: smugglers have been digging underground tunnels to find archaeological treasures. http://bbc.in/XhucHQ
Khaled Fahmy compares palaces in Italy, Scotland and Egypt and laments the condition of those in Egypt. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/Xkmm12
Seminario Internacional sobre los templos de los Millones de Años de la ribera Oeste de Tebas. AEDE http://bit.ly/16FS9rV
Petition: Urgent call to stop the pillaging of Egypt’s heritage. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/778/312/253/urgent-call-to-stop-the-pillaging-of-egypts-heritage/# …
My most successful Photoshop cut-out to date. The lovely Ashmolean Museum head of Sobek. I took the photo last year. pic.twitter.com/XaxyhBjJsQ
Sad piece re Egypt’s neglected public and historic gardens and parks. L’agonie d’une splendeur fanée. Al Ahram Hebdo http://bit.ly/ZHSc1P
Newsletter for the March season of the Amarna Project 2013. I’ve posted the email update on Egyptology News http://bit.ly/17lkxTl
A restored historical neighborhood in Cairo might fall into disarray. Egypt Independent http://bit.ly/Z1IfAn
Jean-Luc Martinez is the new boss of the Louvre and a number of the museum’s projects. Daily Star Lebanon http://bit.ly/10I4rOP
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Egypt after Mubarak. The Ancient Near East Today http://bit.ly/16FAkLn
Happy Birthday, curse of Tutankhamun. Live Science http://www.livescience.com/28484-king-tut-curse-turns-90.html …
More re Egypt’s dollar-a-night fundraising scheme to secure build of Grand Egyptian Museum. Al Arabiya http://bit.ly/10DXAFA
Nice post re co-existence of Nile-side and nomadic populations. Challenges tradition of purely north-south corridor. http://bit.ly/ZfHShN