Archive for May, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Failure by Egypt and Sudan to come up with a common stand during the Nile Council of Ministers’ assembly in Kinshasa, DR Congo, frustrated their attempts to block a new pact to govern the use of River Nile waters. To the disappointment of the two downstream countries, the pact was adopted and... »

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it has recovered seven of the eight ancient Egyptian artifacts that were stolen from the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam in the middle of the afternoon on July 29, 2007. The Art Loss Register found them at a Manhattan auction house (one of the big two —... »

The American University in Cairo (AUC) is at last fully operational, having realized a 15-year-old aim of moving its campus from an 8-acre plot in the heart of traffic-clogged downtown Cairo to a 260-acre site on a desert plain outside the city. The university bought land to the east of Cairo in 1997. By 1999,... »

Workmen inside Florence’s courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to Isis, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility who was later adopted by the Greeks and Romans. Dating to the second century AD, the remains were discovered as... »

Image via Wikipedia International antiquities-smuggling gangs are pilfering Libya’s Roman ruins, which are some of the most pristine in the world. This trade, which first began in 1987 with the opening of the Egyptian border, has accelerated since 2003 with an unprecedented gutting of Libya’s ancient heritage sites underway since. Ancient ports, villas and entire Roman cities... »

Rollstone Studios will host “Visions of Egypt,” photos from 2006 and 2007, by Margaret “Meg” Smith, with scenes of modern life and work in Egypt from journeys to Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, and the villages and antiquities of Upper Egypt along the Nile River. The diverse exhibit includes photos from... »

Michael Hammerschlag is a journalist who has written commentary and articles for many major newspapers and magazines over 20 years, including International Herald Tribune, Seattle Times, Providence Journal, Honolulu Advertiser, Columbia Journalism Review, Media Channel, Capital Times, Modern Photography, Outside; and Moscow News, Tribune, Guardian, + Times. What follows is an excerpt of “Cairo... »

Image via Wikipedia Kuwait-based Wataniya Airways will launch flights between Kuwait and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 5 June 2009. The airline will initially fly to the popular holiday and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) destination two times a week. Wataniya Airways flies from the Sheikh Saad Terminal to Dubai, Cairo and Beirut, Bahrain and... »

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Less than one year ago, a young man of 13 from Florida named Preston Ray contacted Dr. Zahi Hawass with questions for a school project. The theme of his project revolved around individuals in history – their actions and legacy. Preston chose to focus on the impact that Dr. Hawass was making toward on... »