Archive for January, 2011

Image via Wikipedia January 30, 2011 The U.S. Department of State recommends that U.S. citizens avoid travel to Egypt due to ongoing political and social unrest.  On January 30, the Department of State authorized the voluntary departure of dependents and non-emergency employees.  Violent demonstrations have occurred in several areas of Cairo, Alexandria and other parts of... »

I am very thankful that all of the antiquities that were damaged in the museum can be restored, and the tourist police caught all of the criminals that broke into it.  On Saturday, the army secured the museum again and guarded it from all sides.  I left the museum at 3.00pm on Saturday, 29,... »

Egyptian state television (image on the right) is trying to portray an image of normality in Cairo, notwithstanding the thousands of people calling for the ouster of Mubarak at Tharir Square (left picture by Al-Jazeera). Even with the curfew imposed, watch the number of cars crossing the bridge. Military fighter jets and helicopters... »

The Egyptian army secured Cairo’s famed antiquities museum early Saturday, protecting thousands of priceless artifacts from looters. The greatest threat to the Egyptian Museum first appeared to come from the fire engulfing the ruling party headquarters next door on Friday night, set ablaze by anti-government protesters. Then dozens of would-be thieves started entering the grounds surrounding... »

From Huffington Post: Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every... »

EgyptAir said it was suspending its departures from Cairo for 12 hours, beginning at 9 p.m., a move linked to the curfew which is in effect from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. The curfew presented international airlines with a problem. Many flights in Cairo arrive late in the evening or in the pre-dawn hours. Several... »

Created by Tamer Shaaban. Another Egyptian who’s had enough. Facebook Link Violent clashes between police and demonstrators as over ten thousand gather on the streets of Cairo. The Egyptian population has endured a tyrants rule for far too long, millions struggle each day to find where their next meal is coming from. January 25th, 2011 marks... »

Image via Wikipedia The Egyptian jackal, which may have been the inspiration for the Egyptian god Anubis, is actually not a jackal at all but a member of the wolf family. New genetic research in the open-access journal PLoS ONE finds that the Egyptian jackal is Africa’s only member of the gray wolf family. The... »

The most significant thing about today’s protests across Egypt is that their scale was totally unexpected. We still do not have a clear picture of what transpired in much of the country, and media focus tended to be on the main protest in Cairo’s Midan Tahrir. While we (here I mean the press, analysts, and... »

Image via Wikipedia “Wrapped!: The Search for the Essential Mummy,” is a limited-run exhibit on view from Jan. 30 to Sept. 11. The traveling exhibit marries the mystery of ancient Egypt with modern technology, including elaborate sarcophagi, ancient amulets, animal mummies and forensic portraits of ancient Egyptians. The portraits were created through cutting edge technology... »