Ancient Egypt News for Tuesday 12-01-10
A historical look at the Aswan High Dam with some photos of the dam as well as the Aswan High Dam Monument that was built in memory of those who died building the dam. You can see the monument on the left in the aerial photo below. Click for a closer view.
“We said we would build and here we have built the high dam. Oh colonialism, we have built it with our hands, the high dam. With our money, with the hands of our workers,” Abdel Halim’s chorus enthusiastically repeated.
There are some more photos of the recent discovery of the workers’ tombs on the Giza plateau. The Ancient World Bloggers Group reports on the Giza Archives Project at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and gives the most recent list of all books and articles in the Giza Library inventory.
James Henry Breasted also features in today’s news with a new exhibit at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, “Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-20.” The exhibit opens Jan. 12 and runs through August. The Oriental Institute details the book “Pioneer to the Past: The Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist, Told by His Son Charles Breasted.”
- PHOTO: Aswan High Dam monument – in memory of that and the many that died building the dam: http://bit.ly/8ulPEz #
- PHOTO: Aswan High Dam: http://bit.ly/8tKVC0 #
- International Colloquium on Geoarchaeology in Egypt. 19-21 September of 2010, Cairo – Egypt: http://bit.ly/8hwgnS #
- PHOTO: Dr. Hawass Inside the Osiris Shaft underneath Khafre's causeway: http://bit.ly/8NfrT3 #
- PHOTOS: A series of photos from the recently discovered workers tomb at Giza: http://bit.ly/5oiWIw #
- Rare Greek papyrus texts & Coptic textiles from Egypt form the basis of an exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art: http://bit.ly/805Gqp #
- A historical look at the Aswan High Dam: http://bit.ly/5nM1j0 #
- Download a stack of Giza related articles from the Giza Library Archive. All books and articles listed in one place: http://bit.ly/5fPV1s #
- PHOTO: James Henry Breasted & his son Charles, and his wife: http://bit.ly/5TLGVF #
- News: Hometown Boy Makes Good! Museum exhibit features famed Rockford archaeologist: http://bit.ly/5VQ0be #
- Pioneer to the Past: The Life of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist, Told by His Son Charles: http://bit.ly/6CDtaZ #
- Open Access to the archaeology of Giza. Survey the open access resources for the study of the Giza Necropolis: http://bit.ly/6g35Wk #
- RT @AmUNESCO: Readers Vote new UNESCO Chief Bokova as the 'Bulgarian Personality of 2009' http://bit.ly/7OKPq8 #
- PHOTOS: Sandro Vannini's Photography – The Theban Tomb of Montuemhat and his son Nesptah (TT34): http://bit.ly/8jDRkU #
- Temples, Tales and Technology – Day 3 at CRE XI Leiden 2010: http://bit.ly/58nYM2 #
- Scientist recalls an Indiana Jones moment: “…that faience amulet speaking from such a distant time’’: http://bit.ly/62An8A #
- Sailing into antiquity – BU archeologist unearths clues about ancient Egypt’s sea trade: http://bit.ly/4NaBS0 #
Photo of the Aswan Dam by stefrobb. Some rights reserved.
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