Category Archives: Egypt

EGYPTIAN MUMMIES – ANCIENT LIVES – NEW DISCOVERIES

I AM VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT I AM ON MY WAY TO LONDON TO SEE THE EXHIBITION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM SHOWING HOW MUMMIES CAN NOW BE X-RAYED,   AVOIDING UNWRAPPING THEM AND DISTURBING WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE … Continue reading

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EGYPTIAN STATUE SEKHEMKA SOLD FOR $27 MILLION.

DO WE REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL OTHER COUNTRIES PRECIOUS ANTIQUITIES? EVEN IF THEY WERE GIFTED TO US? This week Christies Auction House of London sold the statue of SEKHEMKA – a limestone statue, 30″ high, for a little over US 27 … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – SOUVENIRS

  IS THERE REALLY NOBODY COMING TO BUY MY SOUVENIRS ?????? More from Egypt soon                         Brigitte

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OPEN MUSEUM AT KARNAK

The Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor is often called the biggest outdoor museum in the world. But the last time I visited, a friend of mine said: “You must not miss to see the “Open Museum.” Open  Museum? I was puzzled, “But … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – CHILDREN CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE!

….AND THEY HAVE GUARDIAN ANGELS ALL OVER THE WORLD! More from Egypt soon   Brigitte  

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – HI GOOD-LOOKING!

  WHO AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS POLICEMAN IN CAIRO IS LOOKING AT THAT MAKES HIM SMILE LIKE THAT? More from Egypt soon Brigitte  

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LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA

The Ancient Library of Alexandria is famous and known to most for having burned. Maybe our interest stops there because we know it does no longer exist, and for a long time that was true. But on October 17, 2002 … Continue reading

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CAIRO – PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

ONCE AGAIN THE WORLD IS FOLLOWING ELECTIONS IN EGYPT………. AND CAIRO WITH OVER 20 MILLION INHABITANTS HAS THE STRONGEST VOICE – HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THIS DIVERSIFIED AND FASCINATING CITY.   More from Egypt soon Brigitte  

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EGYPT HAD A FEMALE PHARAOH 3000 YEARS AGO AND THE US IS STILL WAITING FOR A FEMALE COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

Standing in front of the  Mummy wrapped in a beige linen cloth exposing only feet, arms, and the head, it was hard for me to think of this small, shrunken person as one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs, Queen Hatshepsut. Her last resting place is in … Continue reading

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A MATTER OF SIZE – SMALL PEOPLE OR TOO BIG HEADS?

HOW TALL WERE THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS? OR THE IMAGE THEY HAD OF THEMSELVES? MAYBE ONE EXPLANATION IS THAT THIS FUNERARY TEMPLE WAS BUILT AROUND 1340 B.C. BY  RAMSES II, THE FAMOUS AND LONG REIGNING PHARAOH. HE WAS IN POWER OVER 6O … Continue reading

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