Archive for July, 2009

Egypt’s ministry of tourism has established a telephone hotline to allow foreign tourists to complain about price discrimination at hotels. The ministry launched the call-in service on July 15 in response to complaints from Gulf Arab visitors, some of whom say they have been quoted higher rates because of their perceived wealth. But while the... »

Egypt and neighboring Sudan are the Nile’s largest consumers. Egypt, which lies at the end of the river as it flows into the Mediterranean, does not contribute any water to the Nile system. But it has the largest population — 80.24 million — and the greatest military power among the riparian states and thus... »

Image via Wikipedia UK’s flagship carrier British Airways has announced that it will launch new thrice weekly direct services from UK to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt from October 25.  BA had previously offered services to the Red Sea resort via its former franchise operator GB Airways. The routes will be operated by a triple-cabin Boeing... »

The article has beautiful photographs of mosques. “People always accuse me of not liking the Islamic monuments because I always talk about the Pharaonic antiquities, but this is only because this is what I know. I do not know lots about the Islamic monuments, so people do not see me talking about them. However, the... »

Four of the Wayne County Libraries, in association with The Outreach Lecture program of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, will host two programs called:  “CSI:  Ancient Egypt” and “I Want My Mummy”. Described as exciting and family-friendly library programs, they will be held on July 29th and July 30th and presented... »

English folk and fairy tales begin with the words, “Once upon a time…” In ancient Egypt, a phrase commonly used was “There was once a man…” The reciters were professionals, whether these lector priests reciting liturgical texts or entertainers called in to perform at public festivals or private banquets. Presumably many of them were the... »

Image via Wikipedia The “Louvre – DNP Museum Lab” is a joint project, begun by the musée du Louvre and Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) in 2006, which seeks to offer new approaches to artworks. Three portraits of women from Roman-Egyptian antiquity (2nd century A.D.) will be on show for the final presentation in the first... »

I’ve been expecting this news for some weeks. Finally, I’m very pleased to announce the launching of a new website by Stan Parchin, Mr. Parchin has done some invaluable contributions to this blog, especially in the area of Egyptian exhibitions and museum news. Please join me in celebrating and wishing Stan and his staff... »

Despite the impact of the global downturn on Egypt’s important tourism industry, international investors continue to recognise that there are numerous lucrative opportunities worth exploiting in the market. Some notable examples of new investments announced at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 include the renovation of the Nile Hilton costing $64 million... »

This volume (624 pages) presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II. They range across social categories from grand viziers, viceroys of Nubia, chiefs of treasury and granaries, high priests and leading clerics of Egypt’s principal gods, army generals and... »