Talking Pyramids (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Located at Edfu is the temple of Horus, the second largest temple in Egypt, second only to Karnak temple. The huge grand pylons of temple measure 250 ft across and 100 ft high. At the entrance to the inner court of the temple is a large granite statue of the god in the [...] Related posts: Administration Building & Silos found at Edfu Friday Photo: Riddle of the Sphinx Update on the Statue Discovered...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The Flying Eagles took time out on Saturday to visit the historic sites of Giza hours after their qualification into the Round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
JUNK HISTORY WATCH: Haven't had an entry in this file for a while. Governor stirs controversy over Great Pyramid of Giza By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent ( Gulf News ) Published: September 06, 2009, 22:56 Cairo: The first shot was fired by Giza Governor Saeed Abdul Aziz early last month, when he announced that the city famed for its pyramids would celebrate Giza Day on every August 23. He explained...
Jeff Mills Coastal Vacations Club B (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
If you think of Egypt, you naturally think of antiquities – place where the term ‘Giza’ is not referring to a cheeky-chappy from the London’s East End. The things that spring to my mind are Pyramids rather than golden beaches and clear water. If your idea of great Egypt holidays involves being near or in water, [...]
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
The August/September 2009 issue of “Ancient Egypt” magazine (published in the U.K.) is now available. This issue is also available as an electronic version which can be found at the web site www.ancientegyptmagazine.com This may be useful for anyone with a broadband connection who may have difficulty in getting hold of a paper copy of the magazine, or who might want to see a copy before...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
drhawass.com I always say that the Egyptian monuments will be completely destroyed in less than 100 years if tourism isn’t managed properly. Tourism is the number one threat to the Egyptian antiquities. In Egypt we have started many important site management projects in order to protect the monuments, and I have published many articles about my ideas. When I became Secretary General of the Supreme...
Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
After the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt’s next most visited historical site is the Karnak temple complex just outside Luxor. Karnak was constructed over a period of 1300 years by approximately 30 different pharaohs, and eventually grew to become a collection of 25 temples. Known in ancient times as Ipet-isut, ‘The most select of places’, it is [...]
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Ancient Egypt Magazine The June/July 2009 issue of “Ancient Egypt” magazine (published in the U.K.) is now available. This issue is also available as an electronic version which can be found at the web site www.ancientegyptmagazine.com This may be useful for anyone with a broadband connection who may have difficulty in getting hold of a paper copy of the magazine, or who might want to see...
IOL (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
United States President Barack Obama ditched his suit in favour of a T-shirt and sunglasses when he toured the Giza pyramids in Egypt.
3arabawy (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
[Above: Ghazl el-Mahalla strike leader Tarek Amin (R) talking to Nagui Rashad (L), who led the 2007 Grain Mills occupations in Cairo and Giza, on the need to coordinate the efforts to establish independent unions in Egypt] Some might have regarded last Thursday’s meeting at the Center for Socialist Studies as a regular public meeting, but [...]
Travel Guides (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009
Cairo is a hectic city, with busy traffic and crowded streets, and the weather in the summer can get very hot and uncomfortable. However this is the capital of Egypt, and full of some of the countries greatest treasures, from the iconic pyramids of Giza to the historic wonders displayed in the Cairo Museum, [...]
notgartner (Free subscription) | 02/21/2009
Conference is done. We wrapped up the Code Camp conference yesterday at about 7pm with a cheers all round. This was the first Code Camp in Egypt and I think that you could class it as a success. Yesterday we headed out to Giza (Cairo + Giza are apparently referred to as Big Cairo because the [...]
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