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Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project
Excavated in Egypt in the early 1900s, these papyri have restored to us lost Greek texts. Oxford University provides an online exhibition, conference proceedings, photographs and published volumes.
http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/
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Egyptian Stonehenge
From NASA, the site, known as Nabta, is between 6,000 and 6,500 years old, or about 1,000 years older than Stonehenge.
http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/egypt_stone.htm
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In Egyptian Desert, Cells of Earliest Monks
The International Herald Tribune reports on the discovery of 4th-century monastic cells at St. Anthony's Monastery.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/27/news/journal.php
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Egyptian Mirage
A database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford.
http://www.ashmolean.museum/gri/4mirage.html
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Secrets of the Lost Tomb
Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101950529-134211,00.html
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Giza Archives Project
Provides integrated, online access to the excavations of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University. Includes panoramic views, archives, and a database.
http://www.gizapyramids.org/
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Egyptian Antiquity Thief Gets 35 Years
From al Jazeera, the ringleader of an Egyptian antiquities smuggling ring that shipped at least 300 pharaonic and other artefacts to Europe has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=3412
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Amarna Project
Provides an overview, a guidebook, a model of the city, current research, and preservation of ancient Akhetaten. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and color photos.
http://www.amarnaproject.com/
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North Kharga Oasis Survey
Maps, color photos, descriptions of the archaeological sites, and annual fieldwork reports of the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS), a project of the American University in Cairo and Cambridge University.
http://www.rakm.co.uk/kharga/home.html
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Raising Alexandria
In the waters off-shore, archaeologists are discovering fabled remains, from the site of Cleopatra's palace to the Pharos, the lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World; from Smithsonian Magazine (April 2007).
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/april/alexandria.php
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