Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Zahi Hawass is in the news again today with the return of the five paintings from the tomb of Tetiky and he’s well chuffed about it.

He now wants to return them to the tomb from where they were stolen. Here is an excerpt from his post on his website:

It was very interesting that when our President Hosni Mubarak visited Paris last week, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France placed one of the paintings in the hall for President Mubarak when he arrived, so that he could symbolically receive it. This gesture shows that France is willing to return stolen artefacts to Egypt….

…I believe returning these artefacts to Egypt is a good example to show that any museum that buys stolen artefacts will have an immediate reaction against them. However, because of the return of these artefacts, the Louvre expedition at Saqqara will be allowed to resume.

In other news, the Egypt Exploration Society reports on their all-day event at the Brunei Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Includes their Study Day under the theme ‘In the time of the demi-gods’: Egypt in the Pre- and Early Dynastic Periods, the Annual General Meeting, the Annual Lecture by Penny Wilson: Water, Water everywhere…the Dynamics of Life in the Nile Delta: past and future prospects, and the Society’s Christmas Party.

• PHOTOS: A set of photos from the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Libyan Soup: http://bit.ly/7QuHKJ #
• Sandro Vannini's Photography – Tomb of Seti I (KV17): The Burial Crypt: http://bit.ly/8FeS8C #
• Egyptology summer school – Egypt and her neighbours (Birkbeck University of London), 21st June to Friday 25th June: http://bit.ly/64HwLq #
• Egyptian Mummies Heading for Afterlife, Reach Singapore Instead: http://bit.ly/8wHQsW #
• Report with photos on the Quest for Immortality – The World of Ancient Egypt, at the National Museum which opens today: http://bit.ly/5nSibq #
• PHOTOS: Mysterious Non-Egyptian Pyramids: http://bit.ly/4JFpPB #
• Zahi Hawass is pleased that the five paintings from the tomb of Tetiky return from the Louvre: http://bit.ly/7Yaanz #
• PHOTO: Maryanne catches the sunset and pyramids on the way home: http://bit.ly/7T1OQn #
• PHOTOS: From the Egypt Exploration Society event on the 12th of December: http://bit.ly/4zP63n #
• EES reports on their event at the Brunei Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the Uni of London: http://bit.ly/7cnpO2 #

British Museum 016 Nebamun feast Girls by zongo69 some rights reserved

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