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How did HBO discover the Bird Lady
Madeleine Cody, a research associate for Egyptian, classical, and ancient Middle Eastern art, explained in a blog post on the Brooklyn Museum’s site: The script for Episode 1 of Season 2 (of vampire drama True Blood) called for “a primitive piece of art; like a dancing girl” to be placed on the character Maryann’s coffee table.... »
The Two Lands not rivals but culturally united
Recent discoveries by a Polish archaeological mission at Tel Al-Farkha (literally “the chicken hill”) in the north-eastern Delta about 120 kilometerss north-east of Cairo are remarkable and sensational. Remarkable in that they reveal that the “Two Lands” of Upper and Lower Egypt were not rivals in predynastic times but culturally united. Sensational in the... »
