Caroline Seawright's Egyptology Column
Description: I have a special fondness for Egyptology, so I've started my own column. Ancient Egyptian deities, some hieroglyph lessons and general articles on ancient Egypt - from women in ancient Egypt to the Egyptian 'lotus'.
New Egyptian Museum to be Erected Soon
Description: A report presented at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptology (Cairo, 28 March-03 April 2000) provides a brief history of the Egyptian Museum and why a new facility is urgently needed; by Naglaa El Zahlawi.
Keywords: egypt, sphinx, plateau, guardians, ancient egypt, guardian, antiquities, pyramids, sca, khufu, gp1, king tut, meidum, kom ombo, tut, giza, bent pyramid, great sphinx, giza plateau, dahshur
Rank: 16040632
Neglect Puts a Damper on Museum's Treasures
Description: Associated Press article by Jasper Mortimer (published April 30, 1998), explaining space, security, environmental, and display problems in the Egyptian Museum, and why a new facility is badly needed; from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Rank: 12310296
Then-"New" Egyptian Museum (1906)
Description: Photograph of the then-new Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, taken by Sydney Upton on 29 October 1906; from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
Keywords: oriental, expedition, oi, salvage, study, plateau, aqaba, ane, giza, harpist, mesopotamia, smelting, statuette, thebes, banquet, cylinder, 1987, persepolis, inscriptions, highlights
Rank: 5597538
Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of Grand Egyptian Museum
Description: Dated 2/5/2002, this story from ArabicNews.com relates that Egyptian President Mubarak laid the foundation stone for the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located at the beginning of the Fayoum desert road, three kilometers from the Pyramids.
Keywords: arabic, arabic news, palm trees, mulla omar, recipes, diesel tanks, grape leaves, wye river, mediterranean recipes, second hand cars, arab news, lagouira, homeless child, wye, egyptian companies, pedestals, mediteranean, stuffed grape leaves, apply for a job, mediterranean
Rank: 4265109
Museum Of Egyptian Antiquities
Description: Guide to the Egypt Centre, home to part of the Sir Henry Wellcome collection. Includes a brief history of the collection, and contact details.
Keywords: swansea, wales, empress, swan, business management, nietzsche, friedrich, patra, morals, aikido, micro hydro, oil, antiquities, mogadishu, oil spill, spill, materials engineering, friedrich nietzsche, rheometry, treatise
Rank: 2264039
Egypt to Revamp 100-Year Museum to Lure Tourists
Description: Describes conference and exhibition programs to mark the Egyptian Museum's 100th anniversary, renovations made and planned for the current building in Cairo, and the planned transfer of major pieces to the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza; by Heba Kandil, for Reuters (8 Dec 2002).
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Rank: 997589
The Egyptian Museum
Description: Official site for the museum. Information about exhibitions and collections, research activities, and background history and culture of Pharaonic times. Also includes a virtual tour and visitor information.
Keywords: cairo, egyptian museum, masterpieces, egyptian, cairo museum, pharaonic, late period, old kingdom, selket, egyption language, khnum, el cairo, eras, hathor, caire, prehistoric, middle kingdom, eg, egyptian sculpture, ancient egyption
Rank: 633812
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