by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt
Kate Phizackerley’s News from the Valley of the Kings website brought this local report on the Egyptian Dreams forum of continued illegal excavations at Abydos to my attention. What was reported today is chilling: When the American mission does get here they...
by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt, Tacky Tourists
Click here to go directly to the March 7th update regarding the resignation Dr. Zahi Hawass and the continued looting in Egypt. In the wake of the Jasmine Revolution in Egypt, as the infrastructure shifts and uncertainty persists, Egyptians continue to aggressively...
by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt, Zahi Hawass
What a roller-coaster weekend! We kicked it off on a serious high Friday with the long-awaited resignation of Mubarak–Mabruk Masr! This was followed Saturday by the sad confirmation that several major objects in the Cairo Museum were missing. Now, there are...
by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt, Methods
Delighted by more and more confirmed news emerging of undamaged sites (for regular news updates from multiple sources, see the excellent Egyptology News, Egyptological Looting Database, and Talking Pyramids websites), many of which were guarded by heroic ordinary...
by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt, Methods
The current protests in Egypt show us exactly how fragile the illusion of stability can be in the face of reality. It truly is astonishing that these ancient objects and sites have survived at all, across these thousands of years. It is breathtaking and utterly...
by Art of Counting | Current Events Egypt
Many thanks to Egyptology News for sharing the entirety of Caroline Simpson’s thought-provoking presentation at the Disciplinary Measures? Histories of Egyptology in Multi-Disciplinary Context conference that took place in London, June 10-12, 2010. In essence,...
