Category: CULTURE
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Egypt’s underwater antiquities travel the world
Summary⎙ Print Egyptian antiquities discovered in the now sunken city of Heracleion and nearby towns are being displayed in exhibits worldwide in a bid to revive Egypt’s declining tourism sector. Author George MikhailPosted March 3, 2017 The exhibition in Zurich displays 293 artifacts that tell the myths of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld, and Egypt’s sunken antiquities that…
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Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies at 88
His daughter, Dr. Mohga el-Abbadi, said the cause was heart failure. Professor Abbadi’s dream of a new library — a modern version of the magnificent center of learning of ancient times — could be traced to 1972, when, as a scholar at the University of Alexandria, he concluded a lecture with an impassioned challenge. “At…
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An ancient Egyptian mystery draws tourists to King Ramses II statue
Every year, a Pharaonic miracle has been happening for 33 centuries. At the main entrance of the Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel in Aswan governorate, a solar alignment is witnessed on the face of the King Ramses II statue twice a year, once on his birthday, Oct. 22, and again on his coronation…