Update on Karnak Temple #luxor #egypt #karnak

To confirm there was no damage to the monuments and Karnak temple is unharmed. The only people killed were the attackers.

Police foil attack at Karnak

Reports are still very hazy and unclear but it appears the brave Egyptian police stopped an attack at Karnak temple today, shooting dead two attackers and the third blew himself up. Everyone I know and all my guests are safe and well

Egypt's winemakers seek to revive ancient art - Yahoo News

Egypt's winemakers seek to revive ancient art - Yahoo News: Kouroum of the Nile, an organic winery based in the Red Sea resort of el-Gouna, has planted 120 acres of Bannati grapes, an indigenous variety used for its premium Beausoleil white wine, in central Egypt. The vineyard is an hour's drive north of Beni Hassan, the site of well-preserved 3,600-year-old pharaonic tombs.

17th dynasty Sarcophagus discovered Djehuty team goes to Luxor Museum

Living in Luxor - 17th dynasty Sarcophagus discovered by the...

Aswan Discoveries

Generous discovery in Aswan!

Egypt's Antiquities Minister, Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty declared the discovery of SIX Late Period tombs (26th Dynasty) at the Aga Khan Mausoleum perimeter, west of Aswan. This magnificent discovery came within the framework of the excavation works performed by the Egyptian Mission in Aswan and Nubia.

Eldamaty clarified that a group of stone and wooden sarcophagi containing the mummies of their owners as well as fiance statues representing the four sons of Horus, a group of amulets and small wooden statues of Horus the Falcon were also discovered.

Eldamaty further added that this discovery is extremely important because it is the first Late Period discovery at the Ancient Cemetery in Aswan. The previously discovered tombs at this area date back to the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.

On the other hand, General Director of Aswan and Nubia Archaeological Area, Nasr Salama said that most of the discovered tombs begin with a 30 steps stair leading to the tomb's main entrance. Each tomb is divided inside into three or four rooms with no inscriptions. Salama also pointed out that the technique used in digging the newly discovered tombs is completely different from the tombs of the same area.

Head of the Egyptian Mission working at the area, Mostafa Khalil finally added that this discovery will help in recognizing the architectural style of that period pointing out that the area was subjected to illegal digging lately and some burials were unearthed by thieves at the area.

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In PDF:

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Six photos belonging with the press release:

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Cairo to Luxor cruises return after two decades - Telegraph

Cairo to Luxor cruises return after two decades - Telegraph 



Wonderful article on the cruise, only one point I would take him up on. You can do all that by road! You see even more and there are some great hotels. I have done the trip and sent guests on it.

Egypt Ranked the World’s Second Cheapest Country for Tourists | Egyptian Streets

Time to see the wonderful sites in Luxor.

Egypt Ranked the World’s Second Cheapest Country for Tourists | Egyptian Streets: Egypt has officially been ranked the world’s second cheapest country for international tourists in this year’s “Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report” (TTCR) issued annually by the World Economic Forum.

Ancient Egypt: A history in six objects - University of Manchester | Coursera

Another free online course from Manchester Uni.  

Ancient Egypt: A history in six objects - University of Manchester | Coursera: This course provides an introduction to ancient Egyptian history, using six items from the collections of The Manchester Museum. These items have been carefully chosen to reflect the development of the dynastic age through their origin, manufacture, decoration, and use. Week by week we will examine a different artefact and place it in its social and historical context. This will allow us to journey from Predynastic Egypt and its first king, Narmer, to Greco-Roman Egypt and its final queen, Cleopatra.

Model caleche for sale

You may have seen these advertised on Facebook so apologies if this a duplicate. Mr Hag Bedwey is 63 years old, married with 5 children. He used to be a caleche driver but due to the lack of tourists he sold his horse and he now makes models, it is all he can do. He is a Luxor resident, lived here all his life.

The big carriage is 2500LE and the smaller one 800LE.  It took him 3 months to make the big one (30cm by 70cm by 35cm). He can also make to order... however, please remember that as each is hand made they are all different. Please phone  0952280981 / 01091361544 if you are interested. Or contact https://www.facebook.com/mia.tripodi.5 via Facebook as he lives on her street and she is trying to help him.

Egypt targets 20 million tourists by 2020: Tourism Minister - Daily News Egypt

Egypt targets 20 million tourists by 2020: Tourism Minister - Daily News Egypt: Regarding the expected launching of electronic visas, Rami stated that the Egyptian Authorities have decided to continue granting individual visas upon arrival until the beginning of work with electronic visas in the upcoming months.

Start of the Season 2015 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog

Start of the Season 2015 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog: Our epigrapher Ken Griffin is back to sorting boxes and boxes of inscription fragments.

Start of the Season Part 2 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog

Start of the Season Part 2 | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog: South Asasif Conservation Project continues documenting the first days of the new season and celebrating the reunion with our great mission members and beloved activities at the site.

Curator’s Diary 20/05/15: Discussing & Displaying Tutankhamun | Egypt at the Manchester Museum

Curator’s Diary 20/05/15: Discussing & Displaying Tutankhamun | Egypt at the Manchester Museum: Last week I attended a conference on the complexities of moving and displaying objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. These world-renowned artefacts, from perhaps the greatest archaeological find in history, have already begun to be moved from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to a new home in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza,

Flats in Luxor (Egypt) - Apartment Reviews - N0 1 on TripAdvisor

Flats in Luxor (Egypt) - Apartment Reviews - TripAdvisor 



We have now been number one on Trip Advisor for over year thanks to all our wonderful guests, keep those reviews coming

Gebel el Silsila Survey Project: Amazing discovery!

Congratulations to Maria, John and especially Freya 



Gebel el Silsila Survey Project: Amazing discovery!: Gebel el Silsila is back in the news after the amazing discovery of the "lost" temple of Kheny! Now you can probably understand what kept us busy during the spring season, and why we were not able to share more regular and detailed updates with you at the time.

Free and paid courses from Manchester Uni

Fantastic news for all you Egyptology addicts, especially the poor ones!

From Mummies to Microchips

Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July, 2015

To mark the 10th anniversary of the online Certificate in Egyptology, we are organising a two-day event at The University of Manchester. Our speakers have all been associated with Egyptology Online, either as lecturers or examiners (or, in some cases, both); they have been invited to speak on subjects that interest them. They include Professor Rosalie David, Dr Steven Snape, Dr Roland Enmarch and Dr Ashley Cooke. The two-day event will end with a buffet reception, which should be great fun.

The event is open to anyone with an interest in Egyptology – you don’t have to have been on one of our courses. For details of fees and speakers, and to book this event, please click here:

http://www.egyptologyonline.ls.manchester.ac.uk/events/

Blue: a free symposium exploring aspects of life in ancient Egypt

As I know that many of you are unable to visit Manchester, I have organised a free Symposium as the on-line equivalent of our regular February study day. I am very grateful to the Egyptologists who made this possible. Please click on the link, register, and enjoy “Blue”.  This symposium will be permanently on-line. I hope to add more speakers soon and, fingers crossed, may be able to add a new colour for discussion next year:

https://www.udemy.com/bluesymposium/?dtcode=96XTptS2yhyE

A History of Egypt in Six Objects

Egyptology Online will be delivering a free course (MOOC) later this year, based on the collections of the Manchester Museum: click here for more details and to register your interest:

https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientegypt

Certificate Course in Egyptology

We are now recruiting students for our Certificate and Diploma in Egyptology courses. Please, if you know anyone who would be interested in applying, pass the details on to them:

http://www.egyptologyonline.ls.manchester.ac.uk/certificateinegyptology/

Digital Atlas of Egyptian Archaeology | LEADR

Digital Atlas of Egyptian Archaeology | LEADR: The Digital Atlas of Ancient Egypt is a digital cultural map of archaeological sites in Egypt (ranging from the Predynastic to the Roman period). Collaboratively produced at Michigan State University during the Fall 2014 semester by the students registered in the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt class (ANP 455), the Digital Atlas of Ancient Egypt represents an experiment in applied digital archaeology undergraduate learning.

Luxor camel race starts, 6 Arab countries participate | Egypt Independent

Luxor camel race starts, 6 Arab countries participate | Egypt Independent: The Luxor camel race has begun and includes the participation of 80 riders from six Arab countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain and the UAE.

Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9 | Egypt Independent

Great for Germans but we need more from the UK!



Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9 | Egypt Independent

Manchester to Luxor Flights from Thomson

Check the Thomson website for details but they do exist

EGYPTAIR - Manchester to Cairo GBP 299 and 3 weekly flights

EGYPTAIR - Homepage

Tourism Ministry delays offering investors 95,000 metres in Luxor until 2016: Official - Daily News Egypt

I hope they bring back EasyJet!   



Tourism Ministry delays offering investors 95,000 metres in Luxor until 2016: Official - Daily News Egypt: Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Companies in the South Valley, Mohamed Othman, said that they will work to unite efforts between the governorate and the tourism sector in Luxor to speed up the return of foreign flows to the region soon.

Al-Agamy demanded intensifying incentives for charter flights next winter in order to increase the flights movement in the region.

Tourism Minister Khaled Rami said that the ministry is reconsidering the charter flights incentives programme.

Spain, Egypt to study Cairo-Luxor bullet train link - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Ola! Well it might take a few years but what a great initiative. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

Spain, Egypt to study Cairo-Luxor bullet train link - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online: Spain and Egypt have agreed to study the feasibility of a bullet-train link between the Egyptian capital of Cairo and the ancient southern city of Luxor.

The agreement was signed Thursday by the countries' economy ministers during a one-day visit to Spain by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Spain's Economy Ministry said.

Deir el Shelwit

It was confirmed today that the ticket office is selling tickets for 40LE

Egypt’s President Cancels Daylight Savings | Egyptian Streets

Great decision, they should do it in the UK too. If you are coming to Egypt remember this as often the airlines get it completely wrong.



Egypt’s President Cancels Daylight Savings | Egyptian Streets: esident Cancels Daylight Savings

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-sisi has issued a Presidential decree cancelling daylight savings.

The decision comes after a poll conducted by the government reportedly found that moving the clock one hour forward during summer was unpopular among Egyptian citizens, said the Presidency’s spokesperson.

Lotus Boat Day Cruise from Luxor to Dendera restarts

My favourite way of visiting Dendera the cruise boat Lotus, is restarting this Sunday. The price is 500LE which includes entrance to the temple, a guide, lunch and afternoon tea. It will be running every Sunday

Carter House v Stopplaere House

I have reblogged this as I have been asked twice in the last month about the house on the TOP of the hill. That is the Stopplaere House which was built in the 50's. The Carter House is the one at the BOTTOM of the hill in the grove of trees.



Luxor News - Jane Akshar: Which one is the Carter House?



I hope my photo makes it clear. The one at the very top of the hill is
the Stopplaere House and below is an excellent description. Also on this
website you can find many photos.



http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3749

"The
Stopplaere House, which dates from the year after New Gourna was
completed, was designed as both a guest house for the Department of
Antiquities and the headquarters and apartment of Dr. Alexander
Stopplaere who was the chief restorer of the Department at that time.
The architect's drawings of the house, which went through several
revisions, all convey the difficulty of combining these two diverse
entities into one, showing how the architect was struggling with the
duality of functions involved.

The first scheme he attempted uses a
square plan to group both sectors around two perfectly balanced parallel
courtyards that are divided by a bisecting wall. The demands of a
ridge-like, linear site, however, which is strategically located at the
summit of a step ridge overlooking the main entrance into the Valley of
the Kings and Queens at Luxor, eventually forced the opening up of the
plan into an elongated rectangle. A skylit gallery, of a kind that first
appeared in the Hamid Said house, is used to join both sides of the
residence, and the bisecting wall of the original concept finally
emerges as a fully expressed buttress in the finished building,
effectively separating the main entrance and its garden from the private
quarters of Dr. Stopplaere.

In spite of the fact that no "as-built"
drawings for this project exist, the small collection of initial
sketches that have survived provide a rare insight into the creative
thought processes of the architect, and show how actual site conditions
began to inform a beginning design idea. The photographs of the actual
building are equally important in that they include interior views of
both the rooms and the courtyards. As is the case with so many of
Fathy's surviving works today, access into the Stopplaere house is now
very restricted, which gives these interior views added significance."

The
house in the grove of tree at the bottom is the Carter House, so called
Castle Carter 2. He had previously had a house at Medinet Habu called
Castle Carter 1. According to TGH James in the winter of 1910/11

“Carter
had by them been working for Carnarvon for two seasons and it must have
become clear to both that there was to be a future in their
association….A gesture in the direction of putting down roots in Thebes,
presumably with an eye to future work, was the building by Carter of
Castle Carter II. It was designed by himself along vernacular line –
solid, roomy, four square, with a central hall with a dome…. In no time
he would be receiving guests, there was much to be admired ‘Carter has
built himself a delightful house at the north end of the necropolis and
moves in soon’ (Weigall): ‘Theo and I had a charming afternoon with Mr
Carter in his new house – so well built and arranged and pretty – it
looked like the abode of an artist and scholar (Mrs Andrews); By noon we
had reached the new house that Carter had built for himself… and it
being very warm, we determined to call upon Carter and take drinks off
him. I was glad to have an opportunity of looking over his house, which
is delightful, simple mud walls, not rendered conspicuous by any
plaster, very little furniture but what there is artistic (Gardiner).”

. Many years later after the discovery and clearance of the tomb it would be described

“ very comfortable, a house much above the standard of field bases and of frequent champagne”

also taken from James’s excellent biography of Carter.

Warfare and Weapons in Ancient Egypt

I have just started this FREE course from Manchester Uni, strongly recommend it if you want some quality Egyptology teaching.



Warfare and Weapons in Ancient Egypt: Warfare and Weapons is a self-paced introductory course which covers a little-explored yet fascinating aspect of life (and death) in ancient Egypt. The course is presented as a series of four short learning modules plus a bonus learning module of introductory material.
Together we will explore the technology, art and archaeology of Egyptian warfare and weapons from the Predynastic Period (Dynasty 0) to the end of the New Kingdom (Dynasty 20). We will examine specific weapon-types, take an in-depth look at selected artefacts in the Manchester Museum, and meet the mighty warrior king Tuthmosis III and the self-proclaimed hero king Ramesses II, who claims to have single-handedly won the Battle of Kadesh.

Newsletters - Animal Welfare of Luxor

The April newsletter is out with lots of pictures showing the good work done by this wonderful charity. The only west bank animal charity. Please support them not just by reading the newsletter but donating. The price of your next cup of coffee buys a heck of a lot out in Luxor and they are grateful for ANY donation no matter how small.



Newsletters - Animal Welfare of Luxor

On-arrival visas to be scrapped within 6-8 months: Egypt's tourism minister - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

On-arrival visas to be scrapped within 6-8 months: Egypt's tourism minister - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online: On-arrival visas to be scrapped within 6-8 months: Egypt's tourism minister
Individual tourists will be required to obtain a visa via a new system before they come to Egypt when the changes are implemented.



This makes a lot more sense, lots of warning and a proper system in place to get the visa in advance. This will accommodate NGO volunteers, archeologists, students, independent and business travelers and charter people can get it through their travel agent.