Heritage Key Weekly Newsletter - October 27th 2009
HERITAGE KEY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 27th 2009
Visit Heritage Key to unlock the wonders of the ancient world. Everyone wants to visit an amazing historical site and make the most out of it. Join the action and try-out our incredible 3D-online virtual experience. Your exploration of King Tut Virtual is just a few clicks away (and it gets even better if you take the tour).
JOIN ME NOW AT KING TUT VIRTUAL
Join me daily at King Tut Virtual for a guided tour through the Virtual Experience. We would like to make your virtual experience fun and more personal. This is why you will see more expert tours scheduled in the next coming weeks.
In the mean time, if you would like to join us in the Virtual King Tut I am there every weekday. Follow me on Twitter - #HKVX - or simply just drop me an email at meral@heritage-key.com to book your next guided tour. We meet in the Valley of the Kings. Follow these easy instructions.Meral Crifasi
- Fast Track - Only 2 Clicks to GoVirtual
- Why go Virtual? It's simple, fun, HQ, educational, innovative and free!
- A Reason for Rezzing: How and Why We Build King Tut Virtual
- Upcoming: Stonehenge Virtual
Video from Gilf Kebir:
SWIMMERS & THE BEAST
It’s hard to imagine that anyone could have once lived on the Gilf Kebir,
an arid, remote, desolate sandstone plateau the size of Switzerland,
located in the far southwest of Egypt.
Yet, as we discover in an
exclusive new Heritage Key video report by Nico Piazza, around 10,000
years ago water, and with it vegetation and animal and human life, once
ran through the barren land Egyptians today call “the Great Barrier.”
Sekhemkhet's Pyramid Video:
THE DISCOVERY
Behind each great archaeological discovery there are at least two
stories: who found it and how, and to whom it belonged. In case of the
buried, or unfinished, step pyramid at Saqqara, both stories are
fascinating. But one definitely does not come with a happy ending.
Dr.
Zahi Hawass tells us about the 1951 discovery of the Buried Pyramid at
Saqqara by Egyptian archaeologist Zakari Goneim, and about how
professional jealousy and false accusations eventually ended Goneim's
life as well as his career.
'THE LOST TOMBS' by Sandro Vannini
A selection of the superb photographs from the Theban necropolis by Sandro Vannini - accompanied by text provided by the renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass - is now available in the book 'The Lost Tombs of Thebes: Life in Paradise' published by Thames & Hudson in English and in German as 'Die Verbotenen Gräber in Theben' by Philipp Von Zabern.
Using a vast array of professional photography
equipment as well as years of experience and skill, Sandro has the
unique ability of being able to make a photograph come to life through
his use of lighting and attention for detail. He tells Heritage Key all about how they captured these ancient Theban tombs on digital film, and what kind of problems you can run into when 'shooting tombs'.
Only a dozen of the magnificent tombs discovered at the Theban necropolis can currently be entered by the
public, mainly for conservation reasons. Many tombs have fallen foul of
floods, fungus and looting so much that they have been damaged beyond
repair. Sandro Vannini and Nico Piazza were allowed to enter, with camera and came back with this interesting documentary starring Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Janice Kamrin.
More of Sandro Vannini's photographs on Heritage Key:
- KV17, The Tomb of Seti I: the Antechamber and the First Pillared Room
- King Tut's Cosmetics Jar (with recumbent lion)
- KV63 Storage Room? and The Seven Sarcophagi
If you've taken your camera with
you on a heritage trip, visited a museum filled with
ancient artefacts or spotted a famous archaeologist, we'd be honoured if you'd add them to our Heritage Key Flickr Pools.
By Toutatis! Asterix and Obelix celebrate their 50th Birthday by releasing a new album: 'The Golden Book'
What we lost in evolution: ancient man was stronger, faster, wittier and better looking... and the list goes on. At least according to Australian Manthropology author Peter McAllister
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New
at Heritage Key
Darwin didn't go there first? Images of South American Pottery Found on the Galapagos Islands
Early man did have sex with Neanderthals (de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum)
Book, Film & Game Reviews
New releases:
Upcoming Books:
Added to the Ancient World Directory:
The Buried Pyramid at Saqqara
Top Artefacts:
Tutankhamun: The Golden King at the Art Gallery in Ontario, Canada
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor at the National Geographic Museum, Washington DC
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor at the National Geographic Museum, Washington DC
Gustave Flaubert's Egypt at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, the Netherlands
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