Showdown at the Oasis | OnEarth Magazine

Showdown at the Oasis | OnEarth Magazine

That would be Lake Qarun in the Fayoum.

Confusion Reigns!

Controversy Over Legality of Egypt's Antiquities Ministry

To be continued...

Mark Lehner, AERA, and Training Egyptian Archaeologists

The al-Banna mentioned toward the end of this article is the one who, fleetingly, was named to replace Zahi Hawass as Minister of Antiquities yesterday.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1049/heritage.htm

PM Sharaf cancels El-Banna's nomination for antiquities - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online

The game's afoot! To be continued...

PM Sharaf cancels El-Banna's nomination for antiquities - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online

Hawass "Resigns" Again!

Breaking news!
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=36599
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15716/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=EwlSSj0T

In Memoriam - Bob Partridge

A true gentleman and a scholar! Love the bit about his encounter with a "New Age" group at Karnak!
http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2011/07/bob-partridge-in-memoriam.html

Indiana Potter?

Maybe he'll specialize in Egyptology?
http://lezgetreal.com/2011/07/harry-potter-star-considering-going-from-wands-to-picks/

Despite Heat Protesters Flood Cairo's Main Square

NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks to Michele Norris about today's protests in Tahrir Square and around the country:
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137709658/despite-heat-protesters-flood-cairos-main-square

Demonstrators gather in Luxor in solidarity with Tahrir protest - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Demonstrators gather in Luxor in solidarity with Tahrir protest - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
"At the Luxor Temple in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor (ancient Thebes), another 2000 protesters stage a demonstration in solidarity with the ongoing mass protest in Tahrir Square."

Earliest Image of Egyptian Ruler Wearing “White Crown” of Royalty Brought to Light

Earliest Image of Egyptian Ruler Wearing “White Crown” of Royalty Brought to Light

Be sure to watch the slideshow! I could not see the king figure, even in the closeup shots. Thank heaven that Labib Habichi had recorded the scene before it was damaged.

Two new monuments uncovered at Karnak Temple - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online

Two new monuments uncovered at Karnak Temple - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online

AUC Press revolution works, festival prompt some skepticism

AUC Press revolution works, festival prompt some skepticism

I don't appreciate what seems like AUC's and AUC Press's appropriation of a revolution for commercial purposes, but I also believe that they were between a rock and a hard place: after all, at the time when the new AUC campus was inaugurated Suzanne Mubarak was the First Lady of Egypt, so it was not inappropriate for them to invite her to serve in this capacity. On the other hand, many of AUC's actions during the revolution were, in my opinion, indefensible.

Another Battle for Tahrir

Check out this link:
http://bambuser.com/channel/sherifboraie/broadcast/1778383
It's happening right now!
Here's more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/egypt-protesters-tahrir-square_n_886559.html?ref=fb&src=sp
and
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/472461

More on Desroches Noblecourt

A very nice article from AP as published in the Contra Costa Times:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_18357245?

I particularly like this bit about her involvement with the French Resistance and her arrest:
"During World War II, Desroches frequented some members of the French Resistance and was arrested in December 1940. 'I thought I was done for,' she told Le Monde. 'I told them what I thought of them, and I don't know why, they let me go after two days.'"

French Egyptologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt dies

One of the many articles about this amazing woman published on the occasion of her death at the age of 97: http://networkedblogs.com/jCTMc The world owes her a debt of gratitude for the development of the campaign to salvage many of the monuments which would have been swallowed up by the waters of Lake Nasser back in the 1960s when the Aswan Dam was built. She will be missed!

Chuffed!

Yes, I'm feeling rather chuffed today. I just got word from the advertising agency that has been working on the new "Egypt Tourism Authority" website that it was finally up and running. They had contacted me before the revolution about using this Ramesseum photo I had taken several years ago to illustrate that page. I had completely forgotten about it until I received the email today. I think it looks rather nice!

Egypt Tourism Authority - Egypt: Where it all begins - Ramesseum: Ramses II's Mortuary Temple

Not Egypt - Amsterdam Building "Art"

These photos were all taken on one street in Amsterdam during my April visit:

Ancient Egypt follows me to Amsterdam!

Cats too!

Love this reflection of the building across the street (see next)

Not Egypt - Leiden by Night

A couple of "reflection" photos I took at night in Leiden during my visit in April:

The old market over the Rhine

Not Egypt--The Tulip Fields of Holland

On my way back from Luxor in April I spent just over three days in Amsterdam and Leiden. It was a wonderful visit and I took these shots of fields of tulips from my train back to Paris via Rotterdam. Enjoy!

"Egipte, panorama des rives du Nil"

An interesting 49-second film from the Lumière brothers in 1895: