Showing posts with label EGYPTOLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EGYPTOLOGY. Show all posts
17.2.11

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM TRIES TO PROTECT EGYPTIAN MASK FROM SEIZURE

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THE ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM HAS FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO TRY TO KEEP A 3,200 YEAR OLD MUMMY MASK THAT EGYPT WANTS RETURNED, CLAIMING IT WAS ST...
8.1.11

EGYPTIAN GOVENMENT MAKES THREATS OVER NEW YORK OBELISK

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THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH PROTECTING HIS COUNTRY'S ANCIENT MONUMENTS IS THREATENING TO TAKE BACK AN ICONIC OBELISK I...
3.11.10

BRITISH MUSEUM PRESENTS EXHIBITION ON EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

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AS SELF-HELP MANUALS GO, THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD HAS CERTAINLY STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. FOR CENTURIES, THE 3,500 YEAR OLD GUIDE...
1.11.10

TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS EGYPT EXPERIENCE: SECRETS OF THE TOMB

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DISCOVER AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION'S FASCINATING APPROACH TO LIFE AND THE AFTERLIFE AT THE EGYPT EXPERIENCE: SECRETS OF THE TOMB, A NEW EX...
4.10.10

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED A STATUE OF AMENHOTEP III

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED THE UPPER PART OF A DOUBLE LIMESTONE STATUE OF A POWERFUL PHARAOH WHO RULED NEARLY 3,400 YEARS AGO, EGYPT'...
2.10.10

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, TO PRESENT 'TUTANKHAMEN: THE GOLDEN KING AND THE GREAT PHARAOHS'

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THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON (MFAH), WILL HOST 'TUTANKHAMEN: THE GOLDEN KING AND THE GREAT PHARAOHS', AN ACCLAIMED EXHIBITION FE...
5.8.10

AFTER SEVEN YEAR FACE-LIFT CAIRO MUSEUM TO REOPEN

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THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART WILL REOPEN IN CAIRO IN COMING WEEKS AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR FACE-LIFT, MUSEUM OFFICIALS SAID RECEN...
26.7.10

KING TUT'S CHARIOT TO PRESENTED AT NEW YORK EXHIBITION

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A HUMBLE CHARIOT THAT MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN KING TUT'S DEATH IS CURRENTLY TRAVELING TO THE HIGHLY-PUBLICIZED EXHIBITION DISPLAYING T...
20.6.10

THE BRITISH MUSEUM PRESENTS 'JOURNEY THROUGH THE AFTERLIFE: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD'

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THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S MAJOR AUTUMN EXHIBITION WILL PRESENT AND EXPLORE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH. 'JOURNEY THRO...
7.6.10

THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM PRESENTS 'TO LIVE FOREVER: EGYPTIAN TREASURES FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM'

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ON 6.JUNE, THE NILE CAME TO TULSA WITH THE DEBUT OF 'TO LIVE FOREVER: EGYPTIAN TREASURES FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM'. THIS BLOCKBUSTER...
5.6.10

THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 'CLEOPATRA: THE SEARCH FOR THE LAST QUEEN OF EGYPT'PRESENTS

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WAS CLEOPATRA A CONNIVING TEMPTRESS WHO SEDUCED HER WAY TO THE TOP, OR THE TARGET OF RECORDED HISTORY'S MOST EFFECTIVE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN...
26.5.10

GERMAN OFFICIAL SAYS NEFERTITI BUST SHOULD STAY IN GERMANY

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GERMANY'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THE 3,300 YEAR OLD BUST OF QUEEN NEFERTITI THAT HAS BEEN IN A BERLIN MUSEUM FOR DECADES IS IN GERMANY LE...

ARCHEOLOGISTS UNEARTHE 57 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TOMBS

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ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED 57 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TOMBS, MANY OF WHICH HOLD AN ORNATELY PAINTED WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS WITH A MUMMY INSIDE, EGYPT...
23.4.10

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH 383 EGYPTIAN/GREEK COINS

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED 383 BRONZE COINS DATING BACK TO KING PTOLEMY III WHO RULED EGYPT IN THE 3rd CENTURY BC AND WAS AS ANCESTOR OF ...
31.3.10

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH DOOR TO THE AFTERLIFE

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Door to Afterlife from Ancient Egyptian Tomb Found by Archaeologists ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED A 3,500 YEAR OLD DOOR TO THE AFTERLIFE FR...
2.3.10

MASSIVE RED GRANITE HEAD OF AMENHOTEP III DISCOVERED IN LUXOR

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED A MASSIVE RED GRANITE HEAD OF ONE OF EGYPT'S MOST FAMOUS PHARAOHS WHO RULED NEARLY 3,400 YEARS AGO, THE EG...
17.2.10

TESTS SHOW TUTANKHAMEN DIED FROM MALARIA INFECTION

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KING TUTANKHAMEN, THE TEEN-AGED PHARAOH WHOSE EGYPTIAN TOMB YIELDED DAZZLING TREASURES, LIMPED AROUND ON TENDER BONES AND A CLUB FOOT AND MO...
14.11.09

TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN SET FOR FIVE YEAR RENOVATION PROJECT

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EGYPT'S FAMOUS TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN WILL UNDERGO A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT TO CLEAN AND RESTORE THE LAVISH WALL PAINTINGS IN THE UNDERGROUND CH...
19.10.09

MFA BOSTON PRESENTS THE SECRETS OF TOMB 10A: EGYPT 2000 BC

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THEY SURVIVED TWO FIRES, THE ONSLAUGHT OF ROBBERS AND THE EFFECTS OF FOUR THOUSAND YEARS UNDERGROUND. NOW, THESE REMARKABLE MASTERWORKS FROM...
6.10.09

NEUES MUSEUM RECEIVES 3,300 YEAR OLD BUST OF NEFERTITI

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A FAMOUS 3,300 YEAR OLD BUST OF THE EGYPTIAN QUEEN NEFERTITI HAS BEEN MOVED TO ITS NEW PERMANENT HOME AT BERLIN'S RESTORED NEUES MUSEUM....