All One World Egypt Tours with Ruth Shilling

30/08/2022

More restorations. This one is at Karnak Temple.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/08/22/egypt-completes-restoration-of-thutmose-iis-statue-at-karnak-temple/

Efforts to restore 10.5-metre statue began in August of last year

30/08/2022

"...they traced the rise and fall of water levels in the Khufu branch of the Nile River over 8,000 years of Egyptian dynastic history, relating their results to other historical records.

"Our 8,000-y reconstruction of Khufu-branch levels improves understanding of fluvial landscapes at the time of the construction of the Giza Pyramid Complex," Sheisha and colleagues write.

"The Khufu branch remained at a high-water level… during the reigns of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, facilitating the transportation of construction materials to the Giza pyramid complex."

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-landscape-we-can-no-longer-see-may-explain-the-mystery-of-the-pyramids

28/08/2022

Another exciting restoration we'll see. This is at the Dendera Temple for the goddess Hathor.

Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the development and restoration work in various archaeological sites in the governorates of Upper Egypt is in full swing, in line with the timing plan set for its completion before the start of the winter tourist seas...

28/08/2022

Looking forward to seeing this. We'll be there soon! Come join us, Oct 23 - Nov 7.

The Supreme Council of Antiquities' researchers and archaeologists completed the restoration work of the deity Amun-Ra's shrine.

06/08/2022

The Grand Egyptian Museum (from LinkedIn).

03/08/2022

Thanks to All One World Egypt Tours traveler, Paige Morgan , for sharing this.

Aerial view of the recently uncovered west town in Thebes, Egypt with those interesting wavy walls.

26/07/2022

Long, but fascinating. Here is an excerpt from the conclusion:
"Based on the contents of the papyri, Tallet believes that at least some workers in the time of Khufu were highly skilled and well rewarded for their labor, contradicting the popular notion that the Great Pyramid was built by masses of oppressed slaves. In several instances, Merer and his team were awarded gifts of textiles. In addition to a diet including poultry, fish, fruit, and a variety of breads, cakes, and beers, the men were also provided with dates and honey, delicacies that were extremely scarce and generally reserved for those within the royal entourage. In fact, the laborers may have been quite close to the royal family. During their several months working at the Giza Plateau, Inspector Merer’s phyle—and possibly other phyles that were part of the same group—appears to have taken turns guarding and helping to provision a royal institution called Ankhu Khufu, which likely referred to Khufu’s valley temple. In the papyri, Merer’s men are called the setep za, “the chosen phyle” or “the elite,” a phrase that can denote a royal guard force. “I think these boatmen were a very special category of workers because their activities were really vital for the royal project,” says Tallet. “I think the monarchy had an interest in being fair to them because it was essential to have them working well.”

Thanks to All One World Egypt Tour November 1999 traveler, Mary Elizabeth Raines, for sending this link.

The story of the highly skilled workers who helped build Egypt’s Great Pyramid is emerging from a papyrus cache unearthed at the world’s oldest harbor

11/07/2022

The last and largest of King Tut's Golden Shrines has been transported safely to its new home in the GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum).
Credit: Mohamed Moustafa

06/07/2022

Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt will open on October 13.

05/07/2022

A downpour, a dust storm and an encounter with a lively dig team offered a photographer a new perspective on the country’s celebrated tombs.

30/06/2022

The mission was excavating in the ancient city of Heliopolis, the capital of the 13th or Heliopolite Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre. Archaeologists uncovered large blocks of granite in the ruins of the Sun Temple near the obelisk of Senusret I, representing the first discovery from the period of King Khufu in the Ain Shams region....

Excavations also revealed the sarcophagi and altars from the era of Amenemhat IV, Sobekhotep IV, Ay, Seti I, Osorkon I, Takelot I, and Psamtik I, in addition to a sculptural model of quartz in the form of the Sphinx of King Amenhotep II, the base of a statue of King Amasis (Ahmose II), and the base of a colossal monkey statue of pink granite of a baboon.

A joint German/Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered stone blocks from the reign of King Khufu in Heliopolis, Egypt. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

30/06/2022

"Among the 150 bronze statuettes unearthed in the latest findings is one of Imhotep, who "revolutionised architecture" in the ancient world, Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters."

Egypt on Monday unveiled a cache of sarcophagi and bronze statuettes -- including one of pioneering architect Imhotep -- at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo.

13/06/2022

"The process isn’t as simple or automatic as, say, the camera option on Google Translate, which translates text from images. It would be impossible for a machine, on its own, to fully incorporate all the nuances of ancient Egyptian grammar and spelling with enough accuracy to identify hieroglyphic sequences and suggest translations. This is because hieroglyphic signs can have multiple meanings, their spelling varies across thousands of years, and different scribes and artists had stylistic idiosyncrasies."

A new program aims to use AI to help academics and the public decipher hieroglyphs. Here’s an inside look at how—and whether—it works.

11/06/2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is lifting its COVID-19 testing requirement for airline travelers coming into the country. It's a major change for the travel industry.

10/06/2022

Thanks to Mary Elizabeth Raines, 1999 All One World Egypt Tour participant, for sending this along.

A new exhibit focuses on the Egyptians left out of the story of the most famous archeological find of the 20th century.

09/06/2022

Yes, we are waiting!!
(from a LinkedIn post)

31/05/2022

Discoveries from the Late Period at Saqqara.

Egypt on Monday unveiled a cache of sarcophagi and bronze statuettes – including one of pioneering architect Imhotep – at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo.

26/05/2022

Packing tips for carry-ons.
https://www.travelawaits.com/2766081/packing-tips-for-a-long-trip-with-only-a-carry-on/?amp

As an airline pilot, having a simple packing system makes my life easy. Here's how easy it is to pack for a long trip with just one carry-on.

23/05/2022

The sounds of Cairo.

Listen to the the sounds that could fade away as Cairo expands and more people move out of the center of the city.

16/05/2022

Esna Temple cleaned. Really looking forward to seeing the progress that has been made when we are there in October!

A joint German/Egyptian archaeological mission at the Esna Temple in Egypt has revealed some of the original colour and patterns within part of the temple complex during restoration works. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

15/05/2022

Just posted.

In the Book of the Dead people must come face to face with the Gods and confess their negatives, in this clip from, Season 1, "THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD....

09/05/2022

“The written sources demonstrate that ancient Egyptians lived in a rich olfactory world,” says Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith of Freie Universität Berlin. A full grasp of ancient Egyptian culture requires a comprehensive examination of how pharaohs and their subjects made sense of their lives through smell, she contends. No such study has been conducted.

In studying and reviving long-ago scents, archaeologists aim to understand how people experienced, and interpreted, their worlds through smell.

30/04/2022

We're going back! There will be 2 Egypt tours this year. One is already sold out, but there are 8 places left on the Oct 23-Nov 7, 2022, tour. Private visit inside the Great Pyramid, our own private Nile cruise boat, longer visits at the sites, places others never get to see, and all in a small group of 18 people. A unique opportunity unlike any other Egypt tour!
https://timespace-egypttour.com/

All One World Egypt Tour with Ruth Shilling. Small group, slower-paced. Giza, Dahabeya Nile cruise, private Great Pyramid, Abu Simbel.

27/04/2022

Thanks to All One World Egypt Tours traveler, Frank DeMarco, for sending this.
"Experimental archaeology is often used to fill gaps in our knowledge and help us understand the practicalities of these production techniques – particularly for objects and processes that are rarely preserved."

Using Greek and Roman texts, Egyptian iconography and archaeological remains, we have a pretty good idea as to how olive oil was made.

19/03/2022

Old Kingdom tombs at Saqqara for both men and women. "...El-Waziri said the fourth, also a six-meter deep burial shaft, belongs to a woman named Petty. She was the priest of Hathor..."

Egypt discovers 5 ancient tombs in Saqqara

15/03/2022

Plans for a new scan, but waiting for funding.

The powerful scan of the Great Pyramid of Giza could finally reveal what's inside its two mysterious voids after 4,500 years.

11/03/2022

Ideas about how Ancient Egyptians may have looked.

08/03/2022

New excavation at Saqqara.

At the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara, archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, an economic minister under the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II (r. ca. 1279–1213 B.C.). Like the adjacent burials of other officials of the period, the mudbrick tomb is laid out in the style of a ...

07/03/2022

Another muon study may be happening sometime soon.

The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their greatness and persistence. But in some respects, the Great Pyramid stands alone. Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only the Gr...

05/03/2022

With the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war on Feb. 24, 2022, Egypt's food security crisis now poses an existential threat to its economy. The fragile state of Egypt's food security stems from the agricultural sector's inability to produce enough cereal grains, especially wheat, and oilseeds to meet...

05/03/2022

A week after Russia invaded Ukraine, the economic and political ramifications for Egypt have evolved more rapidly, and comprehensively, than its policymakers would have wished.

03/03/2022

Egyptian government officials say the long-awaited antiquities museum near the Pyramids of Giza will probably open in November this year

01/03/2022

Egyptian art is widely considered to be one of the most striking art forms to ever exist. The most well-known examples of Egyptian art that have survived to thi

25/02/2022

Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies.

22/02/2022

Ethiopia starts generating power from River Nile dam - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-60451702

A "monumental day" for Ethiopia but Egypt and Sudan fear it will reduce their share of Nile waters.

14/02/2022

The coffin and mummy of Pa-ankh-en-Amun (in the US):

https://www.artic.edu/interactive-features/coffin-and-mummy-of-pa-ankh-en-amun

Details painted on this coffin and modern-day imaging of the remains inside give us insight into the life and afterlife of Pa-ankh-en-amun, a doorkeeper in the sacred temple of the god Amun.

12/02/2022

Archaeologists Uncover 18,000 Ancient Egyptian ‘Notepads’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-18000-ancient-egyptian-ostraca-180979543/
This is a Greco-Roman town near Sohag (Middle Egypt).

Known as "ostraca," the inscribed pottery shards document everyday life in the city of Athribis

06/02/2022

Aerial view of the GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum).

05/02/2022

Includes video.

The discovery of a 3,000-year-old city that was lost to the sands has been hailed as one of the most important archaeological finds in recent Egyptology.

04/02/2022

The Amun-Ra Notebook with pages that look like papyrus is now available on Amazon. It's #11 in the series. Use any pen or pencil. Intro price of $6.95. https://amzn.to/3ggMghV
Statue is from Luxor Museum. Back cover is a wall at the Ramesseum.