Fun/Odd
Khufu Pyramid closed for 11-11-11
Aly El-Asfar, head of the Giza Plateau in the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), told Ahram Online that the Great Pyramid of Khufu will be closed on 11-11-11, thereby canceling 19 private visits scheduled and approved a year ago as well as a controversial meditation ceremony intended to be held at the foot of... »
Early recordings from Nile to be released
Worship the Animal – 1994 the Lost Recordings EP highlights a handful of tracks crafted well before Nile’s 1998 debut LP Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka. The five-song affair, which acted as their demo tape, features the original lineup of guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders, bassist/vocalist Chief Spires and drummer Pete Hammoura. The mini-set is sure to... »
First ever Nile crocodiles born in England
After spending around £60,000 on a habitat with enough room for seven adult crocodiles in 2005, British farmer Andy Johnson, 41, managed to hatch the first pair of British baby Nile crocodiles last week after a 90-day incubation period. He says that he intends to use the newborn pair for breeding purposes. Nile crocodiles grow... »
An Amarna White House?
What did Akhenaten actually look like? No one knows for sure. Egyptologists at UCLA mulled over the question at a symposium Saturday called “Akhnaten and His World.” Afterward, Anne Austin, who spoke on “Art and Akhenaten,” and who had seen the comparison pictures, noted “striking similarities” between Akhenaten and Obama. But she thought Obama... »
Anubis not an Egyptian Jackal but African Wolf
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... »
4000 year old Egyptian antiquity dug up in English garden
I read this first in Andie Byrnes Egyptology News. A stone bust shaped as a pharaoh dug up in a Derby back garden has been valued at £10,000. The owner of the item appeared on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow where the item was valued by antiques expert Henry Sandon, who said the bust originated from around... »
Mt. Tamalpais Horus Statue destroyed
The statue of the ancient Egyptian falcon god Horus found by the Mount Tamalpais Fire Crew in 2008 off a fire road along Blithedale Ridge have been “recycled” into dust by the Marin County Open Space District. Nobody knows how many years the four-foot tall concrete sculpture with an approximate weight of 1200 pounds kept... »
Ankh The Lost Treasure for iPhone and iPod Touch
Ankh is based in Ancient Egypt and you play the title role of Thara as she attempts to help her sick father and solve the mysteries. The story is enjoyable enough and it’s told with a slice of humor and is beautifully illustrated in cartoon style graphics. The player searches the scenarios of the Ankh... »
Texting like an Egyptian
Image via Wikipedia R u gng 2 pick me ↑ @ 4 4 driving lsns? My ss teach wants 2 talk 2 me @ my pp. or , but I hope . ‹3 A new global language is being developed, inspired by “new media,” the surge in technology and the ubiquity of... »
Controversy over Anubis display at Denver airport
The giant depiction of the Egyptian God Anubis that usually accompanies the King Tut exhibit on its tours has created controversy among some residents of Denver, after being assembled and displayed at that city airport. Complaints arose from research done by various residents indicating that Anubis is a god of death and of funeral rites,... »
