Friday, 29 August 2014
Tourism Authority will set up sound and light show at Meidum Pyramid | Cairo Post
Tourism Authority will set up sound and light show at Meidum Pyramid | Cairo Post: CAIRO: The Tourism Development Authority (TDA) plans to set up a sound and light show at the Meidum Pyramid in coordination with Ministry of Antiquities, TDA chief executive Serag Eddin Saad told The Cairo Post Thursday.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Al-Tahrir News Network | New discovery in Horhotep tomb highlights pragmatic funerary complexes - Al-Tahrir News Network
Al-Tahrir News Network | New discovery in Horhotep tomb highlights pragmatic funerary complexes - Al-Tahrir News Network: During excavation works carried out at the courtyard of the Horhotep’s rock-hewn tomb in Assassif necropolis, adjacent to Hatshepsut temple on Luxor west bank, a Polish team from the Institute of Archaeology of Wroclaw University stumbled upon what is believed to be a rare mud brick funerary chapel with a limestone altar.......................
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Friday, 22 August 2014
Marsa Alam incorporated into Luxor governorate in Upper Egypt - Economy - Business - Ahram Online
Marsa Alam incorporated into Luxor governorate in Upper Egypt - Economy - Business - Ahram Online: Officials hope joining two cities - one with virgin beaches, the other with famed temples - will open up tourism options in Upper Egypt
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Blog Post 8: Reconstructing Karakhamun | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog
Blog Post 8: Reconstructing Karakhamun | South Asasif Conservation Project Blog: One of the largest conservation tasks of the season is reconstructing the west wall of the Second Pillared Hall in the tomb of Karakhamun. The worst preserved wall in the hall, it consisted of only one section of stone with the lower part of a standing figure and a column of an offering list.
Friday, 15 August 2014
University of Basel KV40 Tomb of the royal Children: Valley of Kings report
Honestly is makes me laugh how countless people have said there was nothing further to discover in the valley.
University of Basel: Basel Egyptologists of the University of Basel Kings' Valley Project have been working on tomb KV 40 in the Valley of the Kings close to the city of Luxor for three years. From the outside, only a depression in the ground indicated the presence of a subterranean tomb. Up to now, nothing was known about the layout of tomb KV 40 nor for whom it was build and who was buried there.
The Egyptologists assumed that it was a non-royal tomb dating back to the 18th dynasty. They first cleared the six meter deep shaft which gives access to five subterranean chambers and then recovered the countless remains and fragments of funerary equipment.
University of Basel: Basel Egyptologists of the University of Basel Kings' Valley Project have been working on tomb KV 40 in the Valley of the Kings close to the city of Luxor for three years. From the outside, only a depression in the ground indicated the presence of a subterranean tomb. Up to now, nothing was known about the layout of tomb KV 40 nor for whom it was build and who was buried there.
The Egyptologists assumed that it was a non-royal tomb dating back to the 18th dynasty. They first cleared the six meter deep shaft which gives access to five subterranean chambers and then recovered the countless remains and fragments of funerary equipment.
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history - News and events, The University of York
Not strictly Luxor News but hugely significant Egyptology News
Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history - News and events, The University of York: Researchers from the Universities of York, Macquarie and Oxford have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought.
Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history - News and events, The University of York: Researchers from the Universities of York, Macquarie and Oxford have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought.
The Rest Of Egypt | Vegan Without Frontiers
Flats in Luxor gets a mention in this blog but do read it all for a lyrical description of the black and white desert.
The Rest Of Egypt | Vegan Without Frontiers: we decided to go back to Luxor to visit Jane properly and do some sight-seeing.
Jane is in charge of “Flats in Luxor”, an apartment building for visitors, sort of like a hotel but with your own kitchen, bedroom, bathrooms, and so on. There was even an outside pool, which is surely a luxury in the 42+ degree heat. We visited the Valley of the Kings, a spectacular ancient burial site for 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties of pharaohs, and we were able to visit 4 of the tombs there. Then we visited the Temple of Hatshepsut, a magnificent ancient building with many features intact, built just at the foot of the major cliffs on the outside of the valley, making it appear to be built right out of the cliffs instead of next to them. We also passed some more derelict ancient temples on the way and visited the Luxor Temple on the east bank of the Nile. There is a row of sphinxes that apparently used to stretch for 3 km, a long straight road with identical sphinxes evenly spaced out, staring dead ahead, and now there are still a lot of these left, although not for 3km, but the impact remains the same.
The Rest Of Egypt | Vegan Without Frontiers: we decided to go back to Luxor to visit Jane properly and do some sight-seeing.
Jane is in charge of “Flats in Luxor”, an apartment building for visitors, sort of like a hotel but with your own kitchen, bedroom, bathrooms, and so on. There was even an outside pool, which is surely a luxury in the 42+ degree heat. We visited the Valley of the Kings, a spectacular ancient burial site for 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties of pharaohs, and we were able to visit 4 of the tombs there. Then we visited the Temple of Hatshepsut, a magnificent ancient building with many features intact, built just at the foot of the major cliffs on the outside of the valley, making it appear to be built right out of the cliffs instead of next to them. We also passed some more derelict ancient temples on the way and visited the Luxor Temple on the east bank of the Nile. There is a row of sphinxes that apparently used to stretch for 3 km, a long straight road with identical sphinxes evenly spaced out, staring dead ahead, and now there are still a lot of these left, although not for 3km, but the impact remains the same.
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Celebrating Nefertari's tomb discovery to take place in Luxor 15 October | Egypt Independent
Celebrating Nefertari's tomb discovery to take place in Luxor 15 October | Egypt Independent: The civil aviation ministry and the tourism authority, in collaboration with Italian Embassy in Egypt, will organize a ceremony in commemoration of the discovery of Nefertari's tomb in Luxor 110 years ago.
The celebration will take place between 15-25 October in the Valley of Queens, Luxor.
Several Italian archaeologists, trip organizers, media professionals representing Egypt and Italy will attend.Two photo exhibitions will be held atthe Luxor Exhibition and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The celebration will take place between 15-25 October in the Valley of Queens, Luxor.
Several Italian archaeologists, trip organizers, media professionals representing Egypt and Italy will attend.Two photo exhibitions will be held atthe Luxor Exhibition and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Ankhtifi from Osirisnet
We invite you to discover the tomb of the nomarch
Ankhtifi which is on the site of Mo'alla, which is about forty kilometres to
the south of Luxor. The monument dates from the First Intermediate Period, a
troubled period and badly known in Egyptian history. From the tomb, there
remains a vast rectangular chamber containing thirty pillars, of which eight
carry a famous autobiography. The parietal decoration is very damaged, of
provincial style and inspired by the tombs of the Old Kingdom of Guiza and Saqqara,
however it includes some original scenes, such as the navigation in Hemen.
Saturday, 9 August 2014
The only picture of a camel on an Ancient Egyptian temple wall
This is especially for my camel loving friend from Texas, Doug Baum.
The Ancient Egyptians didn't have the camel however in the early Christian ere some camel riding Blemyes passed by the small temple at Deir el Medina and carved this piece of graffiti. It is on the exterior north wall of the temple.
p33 Ptolemaic Temples by Seton-Williams.
p33 Ptolemaic Temples by Seton-Williams.
Monday, 4 August 2014
Vegan Without Frontiers | The travels of two vegans exploring the world in our beloved camper van Troopy.
Just been very quickly visited by Jonathan and Katya, they are going to Aswan to sort out so red tape but hope to be back and see the sights properly. An amazing journey do read their blog Vegan Without Frontiers | The travels of two vegans exploring the world in our beloved camper van Troopy.
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