Egypt recovered a Greco-Roman bust from Canada. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced that the bust had been illegally smuggled out of Egypt but that the Canadian authorities were giving their full cooperation to repatriate the artifact. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that... »
Egypt completes desert canal project
Image via Wikipedia An ambitious $100 million canal project to bring water from the Nile river to the Toshka desert 225 km south of Aswan in Egypt to convert arid regions into farmland and boost animal production has been completed. The Sheikh Zayed Canal project, funded by the Abu Dhabi government, is part of a bigger... »
Egyptian woman flag bearer at Youth Olympics
When Jihan El Midany leads the Egyptian delegation into Saturday’s opening ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympics, it will be a historic moment for her country. The 18-year-old pentathlete will become the first woman from Egypt to serve as a flag bearer at an Olympic event. And if she wins a medal as expected in... »
Chinese ‘gold’ rush in Egypt
In Egypt, “Chinese gold”– an affordable imitation of the precious metal– has swamped the jewelry market, granting the poor a little taste of luxury. The current price of one gram of 24 carat gold in Egypt stands at 218 Egyptian pounds (38 dollars), while the Chinese version — a mixture of aluminium, iron and other... »
Boulder perfumer re-creates ancient Egyptian fragrances for the King Tut show
Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of Boulder has re-created the fragrances of ancient Egypt in conjunction with the ” Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum for its gift shop. Hurwitz researched those ancient scents through books at The British Museum in London, works from Egyptian archaeologists and some... »
