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Peddling ancient prejudices about Egypt
The protests in Egypt had hardly kicked off before a shocking image of two mummies’ heads began to circulate, alerting the world to the likely looting of the National Museum in Cairo. Looking like people with their mouths half open as if in pain, the bodiless heads seemed to cry out against the brutal... »
Faces from Egypt
Masr from Javier Morgade on Vimeo. »
India and Egypt
Image by fabiogis50 via Flickr In recent years, the number of Indian tourists visiting Egypt has surged. According to the Egyptian Tourism Authority, 47,000 Indians visited the country in 2005; that number almost doubled within two years, with 90,000 Indians visiting in 2008 — a number that has already been reached in 2009 thus far. Diwali,... »
Conference: Ancient Egypt not isolated from Mediterranean cultures
Archaeologists working around the Mediterranean met two weeks ago in Cairo to discuss intercultural relations between the countries of the region. The conference focused on theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of intercultural contacts in archaeology on the one hand, and on actual case studies of intercultural contact on the other. Papers presented... »
