Archive for August, 2008

The author of four previous Cornell University Press volumes on Egyptology, Hornung (emeritus, Univ. of Basel) here focuses on “Egyptosophy.” This concept is defined as “the study of an imaginary Egypt viewed as the profound source of all esoteric lore. This Egypt is a timeless idea bearing only a loose relationship to the historical... »

At the moment of this posting, the KMT journal site has not been updated KMT A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt (Volumen 19 Number 3 Fall 2008) features: King Tut returns…again! Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs – Peter Lacovara Why Nefertiti went to Berlin – Rolf Krauss Egypt on the Tiber – Lucy Gordan-Rastelli Never Before Exhibited... »

With an overall investment of more than two million pesos and more than 10 years of technological and scientific research, the interactive kiosk “Eternal Egypt” opened at the National Museum of Cultures in Mexico City. “Eternal Egypt” is a combined effort by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Arab Republic of... »

This winter the British Museum will open a new Ancient Egyptian gallery centered round the spectacular painted tomb-chapel of Nebamun. The paintings are some of the most famous images of Egyptian art, and come from the now lost tomb-chapel of Nebamun, an accountant in the Temple of Amun at Karnak who died c. 1350... »

IBM and the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) of Bibliotheca Alexandrina at the Smart Village announced the launching of www.egyptmemory.com. The website gives users around the world the opportunity to purchase pictures relating to Egyptian history and society in different eras: Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic. Egypt Memory also provides... »

The number of people visiting Egypt increased more than 25 percent in the financial year 2007/8, compared with the previous year. The country has not yet seen any slowdown in tourism because of slower growth in the European or U.S. economies, according to Tourism Minister Zoheir Garrana. The consumer price index rose 22 percent in... »

Alcohol is once again being served at Cairo’s five-star Grand Hyatt hotel, but only at the hotel’s 41st floor rotating restaurant. Back in May, US chain owner Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, a member of the Saudi royal family, poured about 2,500 bottles of alcohol worth $US300,000 down the drain after unilaterally deciding to ban spirits in... »

The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin. Collins/Smithsonian (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-165552-4 Since its construction 4,500 years ago for Pharaoh Khufu, the Great Pyramid of Giza has remained an engineering mystery. According to Egyptologist Brier (The Murder of Tutankhamen)... »

Aiten Amin’s first short movie, “Her Man,” has gained wide acclaim among movie fans and several critics in Egypt. The rising director surprised many Muslim viewers with an unflinching glimpse into the sexual and moral codes of Egypt’s urban poor. Given her economic dependency on her husband, Zeina, the movie’s leading character, was forced to... »

Meet Tito Seif, who shakes his hips for a living and has become the world’s most famous male belly dancer in the world. »