Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mafouz wrote a novel about Akenaten. I can't find it right now, and don't remember the exact title. I met him in Cairo a few...
Jared Diamond has written two books about the collapse, fall and fate of societies and civilizations: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared...
Concern over fate of antiquities lying on the seabed New bill does little to dispel experts' looting fears Experts know of more than 1,000 wrecks in Greek...
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Here's a terriffic novel set in AE: "The Egyptian: A Novel" by Mika Waltari I loved it, -Mike Draper ... Hi. I'm new to the group and have a question. I love ...
i have a question that might not be true. i recently had a converstaion with a friend and they told me their were religious cults in ancient egypt's history....
Yes, Mika Waltari's novel "The Egyptian" is a classic. The German title is "Sinuhe der Aegypter", the spanish translation reads "Sinuhe, El Egipcio". It is a...
... /1556524412/qid=1107808275 ... Yes! Definitely a classic - and seems to give a good feel for the time period (although, of course we cannot really know),...
From http://www.geotimes.org/feb05/NN_mummytar.html ====================================== Mummy tar in ancient Egypt For millennia, ancient Egyptians used oil...
From http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4502.html ========================================== Scientists find fossil proof of Egypt's ancient climate ...
Thanks,that's very interesting. From the tomb paintings, I see noblemen and pharaohs hunting gazelle and other animals in the desert; but those animals aren't...
What do you mean by cults, exactly? There were many gods and goddesses with their own temples and priesthoods. There were also household shrines to deities. ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient classic. It is the oldest recorded story in the world: the story of an ancient Mesopotamian king who ruled in the city of...
I've seen references to a priest of the Ptolemaic period, who wrote down dream interpretations. Does anyone know about this? I would love to read more about...
Tamara, recall that most of those tomb drawings were from the Old Kingdom period before the great drought of around 2130BC which dried up lakes and desolated...
... No, I have not found something. But the role of dreams in ancient Egypt and Egyptian dream interpretation are an interesting topic. Common people, as well...
Dear Tamara, ... down dream interpretations. Does anyone know about this? I would love to read more about it. **There is a recent book out on dreams in AE...
The "New Age" subject of dream interpretation isn't new at all. Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians used the messages in their dreams in order to cure ...
Dear Group-members, we do have some egyptian items (Shabti, amulets) in Auctions at e-Bay. The auctions are ending within the next hours. You can leave your...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/2/16/nation/ 10162185&sec=nation A life’s mission for Johorean BY MAZWIN NIK ANIS AND AUDREY EDWARDS KOTA...
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:09:15 -0000 From: "Sally" <sallypointer@...> Subject: Help please- who analysed the ointments in Tutenkahamuns tomb? I'm at...
