Luxor News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After less than one year from the beginning of its launch!!! Wireless Internet service in Luxor wins the annual prize for innovation in the Middle East The wireless Internet service which launched in Luxor less than ten months ago win the anniversary of innovation prize in the field of telecommunications and information technology. Organized [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Around the World (in way less than 80 days; Jules Verne had nothing on me!)
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
CEHAO (in PDF format) The CEHAO ( Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente) is a a center focused on the history of the Ancient Near East (including Egypt ). In this edition the top article is " Karnak , Mendes and Thirty Years in Egyptology: An Interview with Alicia Daneri Rodrigo" by Virginia Laporta: It is a pleasure to interview Dr. Alicia Daneri Rodrigo, one of the most important scholars...
Nubricks.com - Overseas Property (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Hurghada, known in Egypt as Ghardaga, was at one time just a simple fishing village. But now, with its crystal clear waters, untouched reefs and a multitude of shipwrecks, it has become one of the best Egyptian tourist destinations.
It's A Blog Eat Blog World (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Another of my pictures from the Karnak Temple complex. Massive columns in the famous hypostyle hall still support remaining pieces of the roof. The detail that remains after thousands of years astounds me. Here we can see carved hieroglyphs on both the columns and under the ceiling piece. On pieces like this, protected from the sun and blowing sand, bits of paint can still be found, giving us a hint...
Luxor News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
More from Dr Samir Farag press office UNESCO sent thanks to the Egyptian government for its efforts to develop the city of Luxor which consider one of the most important world heritage sites and what is being implemented on its territory from development projects designed to be converted into the biggest open museum in [...]
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Rob Cohen, director of the upcoming action sequel The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, told SCI FI Wire that changing the setting from 1930s Egypt, where the first two films took place, to 1940s China offered a chance to do something completely new with the franchise.
It's A Blog Eat Blog World (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
tnchick has honored my "bright" Photo Hunters post from last week as her featured post today. Thanks, tnchick! This week, I continue sharing some of my Egypt tour pictures with you, again from Karnak. Last week's shot was from the rear of the vast temple complex, and this week is the front entrance. Here, you can see the height of humans at the base of the pylon wall, so you can get an idea of the...
Luxor News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
From the Press Office of Dr Samir Farag Mr. Laurent Gbagbor, President of the Republic of Côte Difoarbziarh visited Luxor on Wednesday after the Sharm el-Sheikh summit with also a group of official delegations from African participants in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit from several states who were keen to watch the various archaeological sites [...]
comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Here’s #45! Click here for the master list! Enjoy! Fantastic Four #45 Most creative teams, after being together for over forty issues, would begin running out of ideas. Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, though, just got better and better, as their astonishingly hot streak from issues #40-60 of the Fantastic Four demonstrates. The FF had already encountered Medusa, as [...]
It's A Blog Eat Blog World (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
When I think of "bright" I think of the brilliant bright blue sky over Egypt. Yes, there was smog over Cairo and Alexandria, but downriver the air was just amazing. Here's a picture I took of Karnak - the temple famous for its columned hall (think The Spy Who Loved Me ), but this is a view from the rear of the temple complex, where you can see Hatshepsut's obelisk still reaching up into the sky. The...
Talking Pyramids (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The IAE Computer Group (Informatique et Egyptologie, I&E) will be meeting in Vienna at the Kunsthistorisches Museum on the 8-11 of July this year. The conference itself will start on Wednesday the 9th and 10th. IAE 2008 meeting at the Kunsthistorisches Museum The conference fee is €30 and includes a visit to the Heurigen restaurant for a [...]
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
You are cordially invited to participate in a public art project and attend the opening reception to celebrate another innovative “GREEN” Public Art installation in the Town of Huntington! Built with your help! 2007 Public participatory Installation of Golden Spiral, Heckscher Museum, Huntington [Can you find Charlotte in the picture? - ISW] ‘Huntington Columns’ Made entirely out of bamboo, [...]
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Cleopatra, Tutankhamun, the Holy Family, Mohammed Ali, King Farouk - we are immersed in the celebrity of Egypt, alluring in its antiquity, calling to us as though part of our own eternal past. Nowhere is more breathtaking than the magnificent complex of temples at Karnak...
