Rescuing Egyptian monuments, a day at Amarna, the latest from Luxor, the Rosetta Stone, and ancient tales of gold…

Su Bayfield’s blog, Reflections in the Nile, is always as relaxing as it is informative.  You would be really hard pressed to find a better travel blog for Egypt.  I would have to say my favorites for this week would be Tell el-Amarna and Tihna el-Gebel.  It wasn’t an easy choice, though.  Her photography is fantastic.

Vincent from Talking Pyramids brings us an article about a march of young people organized by the Cultural Ministry of Egypt to raise awareness about the preservation of heritage sites.  Check it out at Youth Campaign to Save the Pyramids.

Speaking of saving heritage sites, Tim from The Egyptians blogs about the difficulties involved in the preservation of the monuments at Abu Simbel.  Already spared from the Aswan Dam once, are the temples of Ramesses yet again threatened by the rising of the Nile?  Read Saving Abu Simbel.

Does X still mark the spot?  Did an ancient papyrus lead to the discovery of Egyptian gold mines?  Probably not, but the story did set one explorer to thinking.  Now, $1.8 billion dollars in the bank later…  The Egyptian Yell Egyptology Page News brings us the story:  Centamin Follows the Ancients in Big Quest for Egyptian Gold.

Proving that the Rosetta Stone is more than just language-learning software, Andie from Egyptology News brings us the latest news about the most important herald of hieroglyphs since Thoth himself.  Read The Rosetta Stone:  History and modern controversy. 

And by the way, if you read this Andie, add me to the list of readers who are indebted to your labor of love over there!

Jane from Luxor News has a great photo of the floodlighting of the Temple of Hatshepsut at dusk.  Check it out here:  Dr. Zahi Hawass opens the Hatshepsut visitor centre.  After that pop out to her front page and read her three-part article on Dr. Hawass’ visit to Luxor, with tons of photographs.

Tags: Abu Simbel, Amarna, Hieroglyphics, Luxor, Modern Egypt, Rosetta Stone, Temple of Hatshepsut