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IMAX: Mummies – Secrets of the Pharaohs [Blu-ray]
In mind-blowing IMAX detail, unravel the enshrouded human time capsules that have become the most fascinating mystery of our time Egypt’s mummies. Probe ancient tombs to uncover these carefully hidden phenomena, and follow top scientists as they embark on a modern-day forensic investigation of the mummies that could have huge implications in the study... »
Reveling in the ancient Egyptian identity
To celebrate the Egyptian New Year – it is now the year 6251, according to Egypt for Egyptians, a non-profit organisation that works to promote a concept of Egyptian identity. – is to commemorate what is fundamentally Egyptian: that spirited national pride and strong sense of place that predates the foreign influences that turned... »
Birkbeck College Egyptology Summer School 2009: Trade, Travel and Transport in Ancient Egypt
Image via Wikipedia Monday 22nd June to Friday 26th June 2009 10.00 am-5.00 pm Birkbeck College, Malet Street This five day summer school will present a series of lectures on trade, travel and transport in ancient Egypt followed by a special day devoted to new research. Topics covered will include: where the Egyptians went and why, who went... »
Exhibition: The Gates of Heaven – Visions of the World in Ancient Egypt at the Louvre
In the ancient Egyptian language, “gates of heaven” referred to the doors on a sacred shrine holding the statue of a god. Opening these doors brought the divine world into contact with the human one, an act that enabled the Universe to perpetuate itself by renewing the process of creation. It also allowed humans... »
School principal turned into a "mummy" to get kids to read
Oregon’s Fricano Primary School Principal Bonnie Calamita has kissed a live cow, had 40 gallons of slime poured over her head and has been turned into a giant cheeseburger, all with the goal of encouraging her students to read. At the annual Parents as Reading Partners assembly, the theme was Ancient Egypt, with each kid... »
