The Columbia Museum of Art celebrates 10 years in its new home this year, but for the next five months, the museum will look more like it's 4,000 years old. The museum is turning the clock back - way back - to host "Excavating Egypt," an exhibition of ancient artifacts from the University College of London. The exhibition, organized by the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, consists of materials excavated by W.M. Flinders Petrie, one of the fathers of modern archaeology. Petrie made his first journey to Egypt in 1880, returning again and again until shortly before his...
Mummy at Reading museum finally has a face
Penn Live
Penn Live
1/23/2010, 3:00 a.m. EST> The Associated Press (AP) READING, Pa. - After 80 years on display at the Reading Public Museum, Nefrina finally has a face. The bust of the 2,300-year-old mummy, created more than...
Free King Tut exhibit weekend in San Francisco at the de Young museum, don't miss it
The Examiner
The Examiner
Awe-inspiring artifacts from the King Tut exhibition Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic If you like this ... New iphone app, savoring San Francisco. Leave your heart , but don’t leave hungry More reasons to travel to...
Fascinated with death? Visit Egyptian exhibit at San Diego Museum of Man
The Examiner
The Examiner
Egyptian sarcophagus is among the exhibits at the San Diego Museum of Man Donald H. Harrison If you like this ... At Mingei International Museum, objects are functional and beautiful Kate Sessions left legacy of...
'Sphinx Alley' Gives Egypt Large Open-Air Museum
ABC News
ABC News
LUXOR, Egypt January 24, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley of Sphinxes, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, known as ... Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley of...
Photography's Early and Unsung Pioneers
The New York Times
The New York Times
PARIS - Some of the most interesting photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries picked up their craft by accident and the impact that their sophisticated background had on their work remains unsung to this day. Two...
'Sphinx Alley' gives Egypt huge open-air museum
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
(01-31) 04:00 PST Luxor, Egypt -- Luxor is set to become one of the world's largest open-air museums when a multimillion dollar project to restore the "Sphinx...
Tourists Return to an Ancient Crossroads in Syria
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
TO shouts of "yella-yella" -- move along! -- the driver of a donkey lugging a wagon overstuffed with pistachios parted the throngs of shoppers in Aleppo's medieval souk. It was the middle of Ramadan, just hours before...


