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Author: Andie

  • Exhibition: Eight antiquities to visit Shanghai

    CRI English

    Eight priceless pieces of ancient Egyptian antiquities will be on display in Shanghai World Expo which will run from May 1 to Oct. 31, said Lotfy Abdel el-Hamied, head of the Foreign Exhibitions Committee in the Egyptian Museum.

    “The eight artifacts will be displayed in Shanghai Expo for six months,” Abdel el-Hamied told Xinhua on Monday.

    He also asserted that the artifacts date back to different ancient pharaonic dynasties, adding that the oldest piece is the Gold Broad Collar of Ahhoptep with Hawak End-Pieces made in dynasty 18 (1550-1525 B.C.).

    “Ancient Egyptians thought that this Gold Broad Collar was protecting the mummies and helping them come back to life,” Abdel el-Hamied said.

    Moreover, he said that the most charming one is the Gold Mask of Sheshonq which dates back to the 22nd dynasty (890 B.C.) and was found in 1939 in Tanis Royal Tombs in Delta, northern Cairo.

    Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Photo for Today – Temple of Derr


    The Temple of Derr, New Amada, Lake Nasser
    Rock cut temple of Ramesses II, moved during Nubian Rescue Campaign.
    It was originally on the east bank of the Nile and was later
    used as a Coptic church, which accounts for some of the damage.
    However, in spite of the Coptic usage colourful friezes still survive.
    The temple is often described as crude, but I found it to be charming.
    There is a plan of the site on the Tour Egypt website.

    Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Photo for Today – Temple of Derr





    Temple of Derr, Lake Nasser
    Rock cut temple of Ramesses II, moved during Nubian Rescue Campaign.
    It was originally on the east bank of the Nile and was later
    used as a Coptic church, which accounts for some of the damage.
    However, in spite of the Coptic usage colourful friezes still survive.
    The temple is often described as crude, but I found it to be charming.
    The deities above are, from left to right, Thoth, Ptah and Sekhmet.
    There is a plan of the site on the Tour Egypt website.
    Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes