Alexandria
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Extremely vague item from Egypt Independent: Alexandria’s antiquities department has discovered a new archaeological monument in the eastern area of the city. Archaeologists revealed several items, including cisterns, pottery remains, and a headstone. The items were transferred to Alexandria National Museum. All items belong to the Roman era. Mostafa Rushdy, head of Alexandria and Beheira…
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… all empty, alas … Here’s the story from Al Ahram: During routine archaeological survey at an area known as the “27 Bridge” in Al-Qabari district, one of Alexandria’s most densely populated slum areas, archaeologists stumbled upon a collection of Graeco-Roman tombs. Each tomb is a two-storey building with a burial chamber on its first…
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An excerpt from an otherwise ‘standard’ piece from ABC: One of them is the last Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. Legend has it that when the Romans entered Egypt in 30 BC and after losing the Battle of Actium, Cleopatra and her lover Mark Anthony took their own lives in order to avoid being captured by…
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Most of the press coverage this week comprised of variations on an AP piece on Franck Goddio’s explorations of the underwater ruins of Alexandria, with a special focus on Cleopatra’s palace (to coincide with the exhibition in Philadelphia). Here’s the incipit of a representative item: Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the…
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An excerpt from a feature on Zahi Hawass in Speigel … I don’t think comment is necessary …. Hawass reserves the right to announce all discoveries himself. Not everyone likes this. Some people feel that he is about as interested in serious research as Rapunzel was in having her hair cut. He boasted that there…
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