Fun/Odd
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,... »
History Egypt heading to PS3 and PSP Minis
Slitherine’s Development Director Iain McNeil has announced today that History Egypt: Engineering an Empire will be available for both PS3 and PSP Minis via PSN. Egypt Engineering an Empire is a strategy game inspired by the Engineering an Empire TV series by History and games like Civilization and Advance Wars. The TV series circles the globe... »
Pyramids proposed for southern Illinois’s city
Imagine seeing pyramids hovering above interstate 57. That’s one West Frankfort man’s plan. Scott Williams calls it the Little Egypt Oasis, which would eventually include: 3 pyramids, a restaurant, truck stop and botanical gardens. It would take serious road-work, like re-vamping the ramps and creating frontage roads into West Frankfort, infrastructure development and a lot... »
Egyptian blue pigment found in Romanesque altarpiece in Barcelona
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) has discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a 12th Century church altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). The results of this research have just been published in the journal Archaeometry. Egyptian blue or Pompeian blue was a pigment frequently used by... »
“Weeeeee’re off to see the pyramids”
Image via Wikipedia That’s what an Air India airlines crew might have been singing as they failed to board their Boeing 777, going instead on a sightseeing tour of the Pyramids of Giza, leaving passengers at Cairo Airport waiting for a long 16 hours. The April 15 flight was originally scheduled from Mumbai to Toronto, but... »
King Tut Trivia – How much you know?
He deserves to be hanged, but your knowledge of King Tutankhamen might save the obnoxious kangaroo from the gallows. Find out how much you know about the golden boy king in this special version of Hangaroo with an Egyptian twist. »
Giza pyramid climber arrested by military commandos as thousands below watch
A 24 year old man named Hassan Farooq Anter was apprehended by military commandos who dropped from a helicopter poised on top of the pyramid of Khafre, the second largest of the Giza pyramids, and wrestled him aboard the craft. The entire operation took about ten minutes, according to one of the many witnesses... »
Joan of Arc relics not really Joan’s
Image via Wikipedia In an extensive new study, a team of scientists has determined that the revered relics of Joan of Arc are nothing more than the bones of a human and a cat tracing back to ancient Egypt. The relics, which have fooled onlookers for decades, did resemble burnt bones, in keeping with historical accounts... »
