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Baksheesh: Egypt’s tipping economy
Image by Bergius via Flickr Alongside haggling, tipping is a pervasive feature of the Egyptian economy. Millions of Egyptians depend on these gratuities for their survival and exist in a kind of parallel “baksheesh economy”, abandoned by government and employers alike. In fact, with the grinding poverty, neglect, marginalisation and disempowerment that poor Egyptians endure,... »
Ancient lost lake in Egypt’s Sahara
Image via Wikipedia Radar images taken from the space shuttle confirm that a lake broader than Lake Erie once sprawled a few hundred kilometers west of the Nile, researchers report in the December issue of Geology. Since the lake first appeared around 250,000 years ago, it would have ballooned and shrunk until finally petering out... »
How to make a Sphinx in Origami
How to Make an Origami Sphinx — powered by eHow.com »
Crater in Egypt could change meteor impact risk
One of the best preserved craters yet found on Earth, the Kamil crater was initially discovered in February during a survey of satellite images on Google Earth. Researchers think the crater formed within the past couple thousand years. The Italian-Egyptian team that found the crater in pictures recently visited and studied the 147-foot-wide (45-meter-wide), 52-foot-deep... »
Planet named after Egyptian god
Image via Wikipedia The distant world, orbiting a bright star in the constellation of Pegasus 150 light years from Earth, is known officially as HD 209458b, but has been nicknamed Osiris, the god of the Egyptian underworld. Osiris races around its yellow, Sun-like star at a distance of around seven million kilometres (4.37 million miles) —... »
“Keep It Clean” Concert in Cairo
Local performers will join today in a concert for the environment at the Sakkiet El Sawy Wisdom Hall at 8 pm. The Keep It Clean Concert is being organized by Clean Up Giza and www.localsoundwave.com, with artists representing a range of musical genres: Shady Ahmed (acoustic pop/rock), Amina Diab and Farida El Guertly (acoustic), Déporté... »
The Facts behind the Hoax
Image via Wikipedia Many of us are tired of mass media’s interest in using archaeological facts as a solid foundation on which to build hoaxes usually dealing with apocalyptical issues and hyping them to their prime time audiences. Well, archaeologist Sarah Parcak is doing something about it. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor conducted... »
One Million Thanks
Today I’m thrilled to announce that All-About-Egypt has surpassed the 1 Million Pageviews milestone. Over the years, the site has been getting ever more increasing exposure, thanks principally to your support as readers. I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your helping me in reaching this goal. As you know, All-About-Egypt is intended to serve as an... »
Egypt: World’s first international conference on repatriation of antiquities
Egypt will host an international conference next March for countries seeking the return of ancient indigenous treasures being kept in foreign museums. The secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said the conference would be a world first. ”We expect around 12 countries to participate, possibly several more,” Dr Hawass said. ”There is a moral... »
Tut-tini: King Tut Martini
Image by Sanandreas via Flickr The Fairmont Royal York hotel has invented a regal cocktail to mark the return of King Tut’s treasures at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Tut-tini by bartender Mike Astins: Fresh ice 1 oz vodka (the recipe calls for Grey Goose) 1/2 oz Goldschläger 1 oz butter ripple liqueur Splash of cranberry juice Add ice to a cocktail... »
