Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

A few stories today on the return of artefacts to Egypt, with a piece by Zahi Hawass who says it is time for the antiquities to return home, and the Berlin Museum refuses the return of the Nefertiti bust to Cairo.

More on Cleopatra’s artifacts being raised from the sea with a video interview with Zahi Hawass, Leena gives us a close up view of the cartouches on her painting of Cleopatra and Caesarion on her Ancient Egyptian Art blog, and also a photo of the same scene Leena is painting. And to top it off, here are a couple of old photos of Alexandra and ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’ from the Brooklyn Museum’s Lantern Slide Collection.

Egypt: Cleopatra's Needle (New York), Alexandria

Egypt: Obelisk, Alexandria.

• PHOTO: Alexandria Coast: http://bit.ly/8BRKpR #
• PHOTO: Caesar & Cleopatra at the Temple of Denderah: http://bit.ly/7MaUKZ #
• VIDEO: Playmobil Egyptian Pyramid Review: http://bit.ly/7oqjSW #
• Time for the Antiquities to Return Home, by Zahi Hawass: http://bit.ly/4CDtWD #
• The Egyptian Museum of Berlin refused the return of Nefertiti to Cairo and reiterates the German property: http://bit.ly/5cEyFt #
• Nefertiti bust not up for discussion on Egypt trip, says the Berlin Museum: http://bit.ly/8u8MTM #
• Ancient Egyptian Art – Leena gives us a close up view of the cartouches of Caesarion: http://bit.ly/4SYdkd #
• Royal Ontario Museum Forgery Exhibit Looks for the Real Deal: http://bit.ly/8qum5T #
• Indiana Jones, but in reverse – Is Egypt's claim on pharaonic artefacts truly legitimate? http://bit.ly/81EkDc #
• Discovering Tut – Carter & Carnarvon: The duo that Unlocked the Tomb of Tutankhamun: http://bit.ly/6BteWE #
• VIDEO: Ancient Egyptian pylon pulled out of Mediterranean sea at Alexandria on Thursday: http://bit.ly/6QvNyZ #

Seeing as there is only a week left until Christmas day this is the last of my Christmas gift suggestions: The Playmobil Pyramid

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