Living in the XIXth Dynasty from about 1295-1255 BC, Nefertari, otherwise known as Nefertari Merytmut, meaning "Beautiful Companion, Beloved of Mut", was the Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II the Great, and is one of the best known Egyptian queens. Her tomb, QV66, is the largest, most lavishly decorated and spectacular tomb in the Valley of the Queens. A temple at Abu Simbel was also constructed by the king for her next to his own colossal monument, with statues on the facade of the temple the same size and scale as his own. She was the most important of his eight wives for the first twenty years of his reign until her death in 1255 BC. Her tomb was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904.
Gustave Flaubert - the author of 'Madame Bovary' - travelled through Egypt from October 1849 to July 1850. Together with his friend and photographer Maxime Du Camp he journeyed from Alexandria in the North to Sudan in the South and back. This journey is the focus of the exhibition 'Het Egypte van Gustave Flaubert' (Gustave Flaubert's Egypt), which runs at the RMO in Holland until April 4th 2010. The expo follows the famous French writer on his journey through Egypt and takes its visitors from the amazing pyramids at Giza and the sanctuaries at Luxor to the gigantic pharaonic statues at Abu Simbel in the deep south.
One does have to wonder how Zahi Hawass actually finds time to partake in any archaeology. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities is one of the world’s leading archaeologists, as well as one of its most famous. When he’s not travelling the world promoting Egypt’s wonders (Dr. Hawass will be in London on the 8th of December) or grabbing headlines demanding them back, he must surely find himself tied to his desk, busily tinkering away at his keyboard. How else would Hawass manage to become one of archaeology’s most prolific authors?
Submitted by Sean Williams on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:56
With the UN's Climate Change summit taking place in Copenhagen next month, it seems everyone's minds are adjusted to the environment. Zahi Hawass is no different. The sands of time and weather pose a serious threat to many of his famous Egyptian landmarks, and the antiquities chief has set up several projects to combat the forces of nature on some of man's greatest achievements.
The UNESCO World Heritage List is possibly the best known list, of anything, anywhere on Earth. One of UNESCO's core projects, it is intended to identify and safeguard the world's natural and cultural treasures. Listing by UNESCO is the ambition of many sites, large and small, around the world because it not only brings prestige and tourist dollars, but it also brings with it the clout of UNESCO and and expertise in the preservation and conservation of sites.
Travelling through Egypt is still today an experience you are bound to remember; wide deserts, gigantic monuments and a whole different culture. But imagine how it must have been for those 19th and early 20th Century explorers? Surely it must have been a once in a lifetime experience, which we now - thanks to this footage from the Travel Film Archive and the Human Studies Film Archives - can relive, be it in black and white and without sound. Enjoy this footage from the era when Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered King Tut's tomb:
Gustave Flaubert - the author of 'Madame Bovary' - travelled through Egypt from October 1849 to July 1850. Together with his friend and photographer Maxime Du Camp he journeyed from Alexandria in the North to Sudan in the South and back. This journey is the focus of the exhibition 'Het Egypte van Gustave Flaubert' (Gustave Flaubert's Egypt), which runs at the RMO in Holland until April 4th 2010. The expo follows the famous French writer on his journey through Egypt and takes its visitors from the amazing 
One does have to wonder how 
The UNESCO World Heritage List is possibly the best known list, of anything, anywhere on Earth. One of UNESCO's core projects, it is intended to identify and safeguard the world's natural and cultural treasures. Listing by UNESCO is the ambition of many sites, large and small, around the world because it not only brings prestige and tourist dollars, but it also brings with it the clout of UNESCO and and expertise in the preservation and conservation of sites. 
