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Shamoussa - as young as the sun - Fri, 2008-02-29 23:24 By shamoussa

Yesterday I wanted to draw a picture of you. I've had this urge for several days, I'd get the idea on the way back home and then I arrive too tired and I don't do anything. Yesterday was the day, I wanted to get this lovely energy of yours on paper.

I arrived home, printed your 2 photos that I like most (or that seem most like who you truely are), I waited till I really wanted to start drawing, I got a new pencil and a new sketchbook and I finally started to trace your features.  read more »

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Renovated Christian rock painting from Sudan exhibited

Egyptology News - Sat, 2007-11-24 13:53 By Andie

Nauka w Polsce

A unique mural dating back to the 9th/10th century, which was discovered during excavations on the outskirts of the Sudanese village Banganarti, representing the “Descent of Christ into Hell” has been restored and displayed at Poznań Archaeological Museum. The depiction of Christ among sinners, descending into hell to redeem them is painted on a piece of plaster measuring 1.2 metres by 2 metres. It can be viewed in Poznań over the coming year.  read more »

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Travel: The Nile in even more style

Egyptology News - Sat, 2007-11-24 13:53 By Andie

Times Online (Bettany Hughes)

Sunbathing with two sub-machineguns near by is a curious experience. There I was, lazing along the Nile, when our luxurious liner was boarded by armed tourist police. Docked, things got even more exciting. Special operations officers, dressed in black, drove us in convoy, horns blaring, through roadblocks to the Temple of Dendara.

Essential security or showing off? Whichever – the original occupants would have approved: the Pharaohs loved a grand entrance.  read more »

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Travel: Downtown Cairo hotels

Egyptology News - Sat, 2007-11-24 13:52 By Andie

Al Ahram Weekly (Nagal Nkrumah)

A downtown Cairo hotel might not be the place to put down new roots, but there are notable exceptions. Most of the hotels in this part of Cairo have seen better days and are run-down, dilapidated lodges that house rucksack European and East Asian tourists stopping over in Cairo for a week or so. They hark back to the good old days of Khedive Ismail’s belle époque. He tried to construct a “Paris along the Nile” fashioned in the unique style of the Parisian architect Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commissioned by Napoleon III to revamp the French capital.  read more »

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Saturday Trivia

Egyptology News - Sat, 2007-11-24 13:52 By Andie

This will be the last Saturday Trivia - a necessary cut-back due to shortages in time! I will cover Egyptomania (interesting modern takes on ancient Egypt) in the main blog as and when I find articles.

Review: First thoughts re The Lost Tomb
Wired Online  read more »

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Daily Photo - The Giza Pyramids

Egyptology News - Sat, 2007-11-24 13:47 By Andie
These were taken in November 2006 from Le Meridien Pyramids hotel.  read more »
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قالوها حكمه….

Sun WilL Rise Tomorrow - Fri, 2007-11-23 13:23 By Administrator

حبيبي..لقد طال بعدك..مازال قمرك معتذرا عن الحضور لينير حياتي…عودي فأني محتاج اليك

كلما زاد حبنا تضاعف خوفنا من الاساءة لمن نحب

عتاب المحبين كمطر الصيف يمضي سريعا ويترك الدنيا اكثر نضارة وجمالا

قمه التحدي:ان تعشق مالا يحبك

قمه القوة:ان تبتسم وفي عينيك الف دمعه  read more »

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Desert art in danger at Egypt’s new tourism frontier

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:39 By Andie

Middle East Online (Charles Onians)

I have been nagging recently about the impact of irresponsible tourists on the Egyptian deserts. I am delighted to say that this has been excellently highlighted by the article on the above page, which points explicitly to the problems being experienced in Egypt, Libya and the Sudan. I have quoted from it more than I would usually, but there is a lot more to read on the above page.

A rising tide of travellers seeking out the new frontier of Egyptian tourism is threatening priceless rock art preserved for millennia in one of the most-isolated reaches of the Sahara.  read more »

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More re discovery of Thirteenth Dynasty sarcophagus

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:39 By Andie

Egypt State Information Service  read more »

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Archive photographs of the discovery of Tutankhamun

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:38 By Andie

Times Online

17 terrific photographs taken during the excavations of the tomb. You will need to scroll down the page, and the slideshow is about half way down (indicated by a black and white photograph). You’ll probably have seen some of these images before, but its nice to see them all in one place.

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Summary of Tutankhamun and related subjects in London

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:37 By Andie

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)

A comprehensive overview of the Tutankhamun exhibition and related issues by Nevine El-Aref. She includes the responses to Hawass’s claim that none of the income from the 1970s exhibition went to help Egypt’s heritage:

“Egypt previously gave a lot of free meals,” Hawass declared, adding that when the Tutankhamun exhibition came to London 35 years ago, Egypt received nothing in return. “We didn’t get a penny and the British Museum is still making money,” he says.  read more »

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More from George Hart on hieroglyphs

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:36 By Andie

Why a tadpole means a great deal
Times Online

No prizes to those of you who have studied hieroglyphs at even the most basic level for guessing that this title refers to ancient Egyptian numbering! George Hart is taking a look at the subject in this short article:  read more »

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More speculation about mummy of Nefertiti

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:35 By Andie

Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah)  read more »

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Daily Photo - Mons Claudianus, Eastern Desert I am a bit up to my ears in thing

Egyptology News - Fri, 2007-11-23 12:34 By Andie

Daily Photo - Mons Claudianus, Eastern Desert

I am a bit up to my ears in things today, but if you’d like to know more about Mons Claudianus, a Roman quarrying site and settlement in the Eastern Desert, have a look at this page on one of my other sites, where there is a section about Mons Claudianus (followed by one on Mons Porphyrites).  read more »
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يالي زرعتوا البرتقال يالا أجمعوه

مشوار حياة جد وجدة - Fri, 2007-11-23 09:59 By fosho

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The End Of The World.

Sun WilL Rise Tomorrow - Fri, 2007-11-23 02:25 By Administrator

نولد ونحن محكوم علينا بالموت…فنري الناس يلهون ويلعبون متراقصين علي حافه نهر الموت فيهوي المرء اذا آتي دوره..فأنه كأس لابد ان يشرب منه الجميع…*باسم مصطفي

هكذا قال زميلي…اما انا فأكرر قول الله تعالي:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

كل من عليها فان ويبقي وجه ربك ذو الجلال والاكرام

صدق الله العظيم  read more »

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كلمه ونص

Sun WilL Rise Tomorrow - Fri, 2007-11-23 01:39 By Administrator

ليس من الضرورى ان يكون الحب الاول وهم

العشق هو الضعف الجميل

اعطيتك قلبي ولكن حافظي عليه…ليس لانه قلبي ولكن لانك موجوده به

كل ما هو حي يبدأ صغيرا ثم يكبر وينمو…الالم وحده هو الذي يولد كبيرا ثم يصغر ويتضائل

يقولون ان الحب هو الفناء…فناء نفس لنفس  read more »

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شيماء تبكي

Sun WilL Rise Tomorrow - Fri, 2007-11-23 01:21 By Administrator

سائل في المهد يبكي *** طرفه نحو السماء

يرسل الانظار شذرا***وجهه فيه شقاء

من رأي حملا وديعا *** يملأ الارض شقاء

من رأي طفلا رضيعا ***يستحف الاوفياء

ليس يدري فيما يبكي ***ليس يدري ما البكاء  read more »

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