4:00AM Thursday Mar 19, 2009 The Red pyramid was built by Pharaoh Sneferu. Photo / AP CAIRO - Travellers to Egypt will soon be able to explore the inner chambers of the 4500-year-old "bent" pyramid, known for its oddly shaped profile, and other nearby ancient tombs. The increased access to the pyramids south of...
Free King Tut exhibit weekend in San Francisco at the de Young museum, don't miss it
The Examiner
The Examiner
Awe-inspiring artifacts from the King Tut exhibition Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic If you like this ... New iphone app, savoring San Francisco. Leave your heart , but don’t leave hungry More reasons to travel to...
'Sphinx Alley' Gives Egypt Large Open-Air Museum
ABC News
ABC News
LUXOR, Egypt January 24, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley of Sphinxes, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, known as ... Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley of...
'Sphinx Alley' gives Egypt huge open-air museum
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
(01-31) 04:00 PST Luxor, Egypt -- Luxor is set to become one of the world's largest open-air museums when a multimillion dollar project to restore the "Sphinx...
New Orleans, Indianapolis art museums make a Super Bowl bet
USA Today
USA Today
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | NEW ORLEANS (AP) When art museum directors bet on the Super Bowl, the trash talk extends to art and artists. A Renoir painting is dissed as "sentimental...
Paintings hang on Super Bowl wager
BBC News
BBC News
Two art galleries have staked the loan of a painting on the outcome of the US Super Bowl between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. John Bullard and Maxwell Anderson, directors of museums in New Orleans...
Museums bet masterpieces on Super Bowl
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
This story is brought to you courtesy of INDIANAPOLIS -- The Vince Lombardi Trophy isn't the only coveted work of art hanging in the balance when the Saints and the Colts meet for the Super Bowl this weekend. In a rare...
Mummy at Reading museum finally has a face
Penn Live
Penn Live
1/23/2010, 3:00 a.m. EST> The Associated Press (AP) READING, Pa. - After 80 years on display at the Reading Public Museum, Nefrina finally has a face. The bust of the 2,300-year-old mummy, created more than...
Iran cuts cultural links with British Museum over Cyrus Cylinder
The Times
The Times
Iran has severed all cultural ties with the British Museum over the institution's failure to hand over an ancient Persian treasure. At the centre of the diplomatic row is a 2,500-year-old cuneiform tablet, known as the...
Fascinated with death? Visit Egyptian exhibit at San Diego Museum of Man
The Examiner
The Examiner
Egyptian sarcophagus is among the exhibits at the San Diego Museum of Man Donald H. Harrison If you like this ... At Mingei International Museum, objects are functional and beautiful Kate Sessions left legacy of...
Iran to Cut Ties With Museum Over Artifact
CBS News
CBS News
Tehran Claims British Museum Reneged on Agreement to Loan Ancient Babylonian Document on Human Rights for Exhibit Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments The Cyrus Cylinder, a 6th century B.C. clay tablet which features...

