Luxor, Egypt News and Information
Luxor News has moved to http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/
Yes that’s right we now have a fresh new home http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/ so please change your favourites and bookmarks http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/
Just in case
With the hurricane headed for Texas and Tour Egypt hosted there I have put up an alternative website http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/just in case. All the past posts are there as well but not the photos but I have the originals of those. Lets hope there is no problem
Flats in Luxor - Goubli Swimming Pool
Yes at last I have got photos of the new pool at Goubli. I wanted to wait until we had all the pool furniture. We got really lucky with that and got a lot of stuff from the New Winter Palace hotel which is being demolished. We had it recovered and that took time. But I am really pleased with the material. The pool area covers all the the back of the property with a shower area and toilet block as well as snack bar and poolside bar. read more »
That is not a online service
You get all excited when a Goggle alert comes
Egypt Ministry of Transportation launches online ticket booking service
then you read the contetn
22 August 2008
The Ministry of Transport, Egypt has launched a online ticket booking service in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Administrative Development. The IT Department will maintain the service at the Egyptian National Railways Authority and the National Commercial Bank. read more »
Moulid of Abu Haggag
You know it is getting near Ramadan when the Moulid comes along. The Muslim calender is a lunar one not solar so events move every year. read more »
More finds on Sphinx Avenue
CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed four small statues of the Sphinx, the mythological figure of a lion with a human head, the Higher Council of Antiquities said on Friday.
The headless sandstone statues were found on a road linking the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement.
They were unearthed in an area once occupied by a police station that was demolished as part of a project to rescue artifacts, Hawass said.
The statues date from the reign of King Nekhtnebef who founded the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC), Hawass added. read more »
KV64 & KV65
From Andies blog, Zahi has made an annoucement about this and other recent discoveries
http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2008/08/interview-hawass-on-latest-discoveries.html
At the Valley of the Kings, we are excavating now, we found the entrances of 2 tombs, KV 64 and KV 65 and in October we will start the excavation.
Andrew: Do you believe that one of these tombs belonged to Ramesses VIII?
Zahi: Yes, the one between Merneptah and Ramesses II could be the Tomb of Ramesses VIII.
DNA testing on Tut’s kids
Loads of news stories on this but I think this one is the best
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Egypt-King-Tuts-Fetuses.php
Egypt to DNA-test 2 fetuses from King Tut’s tomb
The Associated PressPublished: August 6, 2008
CAIRO, Egypt: Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh’s offspring, Egyptian antiquity authorities said Wednesday.
The two tiny female fetuses, between five to seven months in gestational age, were found in the King Tut’s tomb in Luxor when the tomb was disovered by Howard Carter in 1922. read more »
Update from Otto Schaden on KV63 and KV10
AMENMESSE PROJECT UPDATE
28 July 2008
Sorry about the delay in getting out a new Update for until recently I had little new information to offer. After a few months of medication, I was scheduled for a CT-scan early this month and then had to wait until some meetings with the doctors to get the results. Am most pleased to report there is no indication of any return of the tumor which was removed back in January. I am scheduled to continue with the costly pills for a few months, and during that time I have to report just once a month for blood tests. If all goes well, it maybe possible to dispense with the medications soon and just have occasional check-ups. read more »
Little Mohammed is a Dad!!!!!
Remember his wedding Little Mohammed gets married well yesterday at 4am Zeinab arrived on the scene. Isn’t she cute. For those of you not in the know Little Mohammed works at my flats, he is so small he was rejected by the army much to his mortification.
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