Yet another great travel report!

Yet another great travel report from the UK's Independent newspaper!

Alone on the Nile

At last there are some very positive reports coming through. Great to see!  

We need more blogs like this! A perfect time to come to Egypt

I have just read this blog. Great report on a trip to Egypt........ Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Luxor!  Great descriptions and it sounds like they had fun!
They also spent a couple of nights on a felucca from Aswan!  Don't forget we offer the same trips for anyone interested!  Camping on the River Nile!  Wonderful!

http://my.tntmagazine.com/blogs/15/177/egypt-a-year-after-revolution-b

Interview with the Minister for Antiquities

Interesting interview with Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister for Antiquities on Al Ahram online news

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1080/eg42.htm

NMEC museum in Cairo

Al Ahram Weekly. Report on the NMEC museum Cairo

Interesting reading about the ongoing project to develop the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Fustat, Cairo.
I cannot help but notice the final paragraphs setting out the idea of all the Royal Mummies being moved here, "to recreate the experience of visiting the tombs in the Valley of the Kings".  Combine this statement with the intention to build replica tombs on a hill on the West Bank of Luxor in Gurna, and we do have to ask if it will not be long before the Valley of the Kings itself becomes permanently closed to the general public, and only extremely large amounts of money will allow access to visitors.
I personally would not pay large amounts of money to take a holiday here if I could not see the real thing. I can go to Vegas and see a replica of Tut's tomb and have fun in the casinos at the same time!

And yet another Museum blog from Paul Barford, courtesy of Nicole Hansen questioning the actual events of the January 28th 2011 looting incident.

January 28th looting in Egyptian museum

Sharing blogs

I love sharing other peoples blogs.... and today it seems the conspiracy theories that abound here in Egypt, are finally becoming clear.

This is one of Paul Barfords blog posts about the "new" inventory being planned for the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Enjoy

Egyptian museum inventory to begin