Preparations for the Prophet's Birthday, Luxor East Bank
This year, the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, Mulid el-Nabi, will be celebrated on 13 January - in Egypt an official holiday. Already weeks before the street vendors put up their pitches full of...
View ArticleCleaning Day in Ramla and Gezira, Luxor West Bank
The charity Small Pyramid organises again a waste collection day - not exactly on the 3rd anniversary of the January Revolution 2011 but on occasion of it. Meeting point on Friday, 24 January 2014, 10...
View ArticleOpening of New Tourist Attractions in Luxor
Actually, it was said that the opening would be public, however, then there was no talk of it. Also the list of the sites that should be opened changed from source to source. As it stands today, these...
View ArticlePhotoguide of the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich
With 275 photos on 7 pages. In german but I added the subject of the rooms in English.
View ArticleTwo New Pharaonic Tombs Discovered in Abydos
The year is still young but already brought many discoveries. On 6 January 2014 archaeologists of the Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia)...
View ArticleStart on Construction Work of Tutankhamun's Facsimile Tomb, Luxor Westbank
The good news go on and on: Meanwhile the excavation work for Tutankhamun's facsimile tomb close to Carter's House in Qurna has begun. In charge are architects of the Tarek Waly Center - Architecture...
View ArticleCountdown for the 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival 2014, Luxor...
On Sunday, 19 January 2014, the 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival will be launched. Until 25 January 2014 it will screen 62 movies from 18 European countries and Egypt. Amr Salamas Excuse...
View ArticleOpening of the 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival 2014, Luxor East...
Yesterday by early evening, the opening ceremony of the 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival 2014 took place. After a couple of the usual words of welcome and thanks, the Egyptian actor and...
View ArticleSilver for Egypt at the Award Ceremony of the 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European...
During the Film Festival's closing ceremony at the Karnak Temple the winners of the Best Feature Films and Best Short Films were announced. Egypt had participated in the Festival with a total of four...
View ArticleWeekly Yoga on Luxor's West Bank
Marianne Neerbek comes from Denmark and offers a Body Mind Yoga class with meditation on the roof top of the Gezira Garden Hotel. Afterwards you can swim in the pool and have lunch. Days: Thursday 30...
View ArticleVisit of the Theban Mapping Project Library, Luxor West Bank
Did you know that we have a nice little public library on the west bank? It was founded by the famous American egyptologist and director of the Theban Mapping Project, Kent Weeks, in October 2011 and...
View ArticleProof for a Co-Regency of Amenhotep III and IV?, Luxor West Bank
Today, the Minister of Antiquities Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim announced a very special discovery in El-Asasif. The Spanish mission of the Instituto de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto excavated remains of walls...
View Article17th Dynasty Sarcophagus Discovered in Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor West Bank
On 13/02/14 the Ministry of Antiquities announced the new find: The Spanish-Egyptian mission of the Proyecto Djehuti led by José Manuel Galán unearthed an anthropoid wooden sarcophagus dating back to...
View ArticleMissing Parts of Colossi of Memnon Found at Amenhotep III Temple, Luxor West...
In many years the European-Egyptian mission led by Hourig Sourouzian works on the site of the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III in Kom el-Hettan. Again and again the archaeologists bring statues or...
View ArticleLecture on the Stoppelaëre House, Luxor West Bank
The Stoppelaëre House was built by Hassan Fathy in 1950. Marcel Maessen, specialist for Egyptian dig houses, will lecture on Dr. Alexandre Stoppelaëre (1890-1978) and his extraordinary house, which is...
View ArticleConstruction progresses on Tutankhamun's Facsimile Tomb in February, Luxor...
The reproduction of Tut's tomb close to the Carter House takes shape step by step. In January the work under the direction of the Tarek Waly Center - Architecture and Heritage had started (see our news...
View Article18th Dynasty Tomb Discovered in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor West Bank
Yesterday the Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announced the discovery of a new tomb in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. The Italian-Spanish-Egyptian mission of the Min Project came across it as they broke...
View ArticleStatue of a Princess Unearthed in Kom el-Hettan, Luxor West Bank
Again, the team under Hourig Sourouzian hit the headlines (see also our news from 02/03/10, 22/03/10, 17/05/10, 02/10/10, 16/12/10, 27/04/11, 31/05/11, 07/02/13, 18/02/13, 12/03/13 and from 20/02/14)....
View ArticleLAFF 2014: Schedule and Program Published, Luxor
In 4 days the 3rd Luxor African Film Festival will start, It will take place at several venues in Luxor from 18th to 24th of March 2014 . Senegal is guest of honour this year. Initially 79 films from...
View ArticleArt Exhibition at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor East Bank
On Monday, the 17th of March 2014 at 6 pm the art exhibition "2nd Upper Egypt Salon" will be inaugurated at the Waset Art and Culture Center of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor. The entrance is free....
View Article3rd Luxor African Film Festival - Opening Ceremony, Luxor East Bank
Of course it didn't start at 4 pm as previously announced - the dahabeyas, which should pick up the honoured guests at their hotels, started there only at 6 pm. They landed at the Mummification Museum,...
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