Talking Pyramids

Every day Bennu reports on the latest news and information related to ancient Egypt. Once a week these updates are compiled and posted here.

Daily News from July 11th – July 17th 2009

• VOCAB: (MdC): pDt, (English): bow; foreigner, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/akxyo #
• King Tut explorer’s photos, treasures revealed. Cache of Egyptian antiquities include painted coffin, bracelets and more: http://is.gd/1BmNb #
• Dr Hawass on his recent tour of Alexandria: National Museum of Alexandria Pompey’s Pillar, Graeco-Roman Museum: http://is.gd/1BmvD #
• Would you like to name the Putnam’s Egyptian Gallery? Send your submissions by e-mail to arguello@putnam.org by July 30: http://is.gd/1Bmpr #
• Furor Over Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition – claims the scrolls are ‘stolen property’ seized from an occupied territory” http://bit.ly/jsrWi #
• The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum will be hosting its annual Egyptian Epagomenal Festival on July 18 and July 19: http://is.gd/1AhHu #
• The Global Corner introducing Egypt to elementary students: http://is.gd/1AgO3 #
• An ‘Aida’ short on attainment – Ritz Theatre fell short in its staging of the ambitious Elton John/Tim Rice show: http://is.gd/1A8AL #

• VOCAB: (MdC): Smaw, (English): Upper Egypt, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/agxzu #
• Egypt holds many undiscovered treasures, German researchers say: http://is.gd/1A7NC #
• PHOTO: Dr. Rainer Stadelmann and a 4th dynasty lion with Khufu cartouche between its paws in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: http://is.gd/1A7ym #
• The Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum hosts its annual summer Egyptian Art Workshop series for kids ages 10-13 July 27-30: http://is.gd/1A6Ym #
• PHOTO: Must see when in Alexandria – the ‘Trains of Beware’: http://is.gd/1A46q I’d add to that the ‘Taxis of Beware’. #
• RT @nicholsonmuseum: Kid’s day at the Nicholson Museum, Sunday 19 July: 12noon-4pm! Free entry! Glyphs and mummies! Bookings: 9351 2812 #
• RT @K_Hawke: Buried City in Oasis Lends View of Ancient Egypt: The site is Amheida, in the Dakhleh Oasis of Egypt’s west http://bit.ly/wOyyk #
• RT @SabrinaTheMusic: there’s a new play on ancient Egypt playing in Baltimore about Hatshepsut the Woman Pharaoh: http://is.gd/1A3NB #
• Dr. Kent Weeks’ 12-Foot-Wide Home on the Nile – an 85-foot-long dahabiya, or traditional Nile riverboat: http://is.gd/1yUCe #
• PHOTO: The Temple of Ras el-Souda, Alexandria: http://is.gd/1yR4K #
• Medhat Ibrahim – During the 1960s, this engineer and architect helped move the temples of Abu Simbel: http://is.gd/1yQ1e #
• The Pharaohs, by Joyce Tyldesley offers compelling profiles of the great kings of Egypt: http://is.gd/1yPHc #
• VOCAB: (MdC): xnty, (English): who is in front of; foremost, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/ad10f #
• Ethiopian and Egyptian Art at the Walters Art Museum: http://is.gd/1yPqp #
• Dr Zahi Hawass explains why he is so passionate about ancient Egypt & talks about the beautiful lady that was Cleopatra: http://is.gd/1yLNY #
• Do you want to appear on a major new TV show with Dr Zahi Hawass? http://is.gd/1xWq8 #
• VIDEO: The faces of ancient Egypt: http://is.gd/1xDsl #
• Green Eye of the Pyramid, 1993-1997 Cast glass. From the collection of Lisa and Dudley Anderson: http://is.gd/1xCCE #
• VOCAB: (MdC): xnt, (English): before; in front of, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/a9kbt #
• Egyptian Tourism authorities are attempting to revive a slowing industry in the face of tighter budgets for travelers: http://is.gd/1xzkB #
• Graduates of Manchester Museum’s Online Certificate in Egyptology had their graduation ceremony at the Museum on Friday: http://is.gd/1xyYr #
• Children’s Museum hosts an exhibit dedicated to King Tut and other Egyptian pharaohs: http://is.gd/1xynH #
• High-tech imaging of ancient papyrus may shed light into writing of early societies: http://is.gd/1xy62 #
• Hmm…that one works for me. I fixed the Amazing Adventures one. You have to download it though, and have Windows. #
• Hawass Press Release – New Cachette Discovered in the Egyptian Museum Garden: http://is.gd/1xwYe #
• PHOTOS: The EES has posted photos from the July 4 ‘Saturday seminars’ attended by 28 EES members: http://is.gd/1wq0Z #
• Largest ancient garrison found in Egypt’s eastern Delta: http://is.gd/1wmFa #
• Ethiopian and Egyptian Art at the Walters Art Museum: http://is.gd/1whJ5 #
• VOCAB: (MdC): rsy, (English): southern, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/a5hxq #
• French Egyptologist and world famous Jean Yoyotte, has died at 81: http://is.gd/1wfVu #
• VOCAB: (MdC): mHty, (English): northern, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/a1xb4 #
• PHOTO: Strange inverted pyramid buildings in Tokyo, Japan: http://is.gd/1vab2 #
• Protecting the Valley of the Kings – Tourism is the number one threat to the Egyptian antiquities: http://is.gd/1v96q #
• PHOTO: The Only Way To Fly to Alexandra – Maryanne spots a beautifully painted rail car: http://is.gd/1v8KI #
• Whats New in Papyrology? First Scans of the Herculaneum Papyri: http://is.gd/1v8Dx #
• RT @nicholsonmuseum: Nicholson was closed to the public 6 -10 July to move the Egyptian Hathor capital – the 1st time in 180 years! #
• RT @nicholsonmuseum: The Nicholson Museum reopens to the public today. Kid’s day on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on Sunday, 19 July! #
• A new gallery at the Oriental Museum showcasing the highlights of our amazing Ancient Egyptian collections: http://is.gd/1uOqz #
• UK University’s Egyptian gold exhibition successful: http://is.gd/1uOoa #
• VOCAB: (MdC): mHt, (English):north, (Hieroglyphs): http://twitpic.com/9y4qe #
• Egyptian treasures back on show after an extensive £60,000 revamp of the Durham University’s Oriental Museum : http://is.gd/1u5x1 #
• Another story on the Czech scientists studying mummies with CT scan: http://is.gd/1u1DD #
• The report on the 2008 expedition to Kom Firin (season 7) by Dr Neal Spencer, from Andie Byrnes: http://is.gd/1u1uC #
• Tutankhamun and his ancestor Pharaohs are holidaying in Indianapolis on their first Midwest tour: http://is.gd/1u0NG #

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