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New Discovery at Luxor Temple

User's Tomb DoorIt’s amazing to think that archeologists are still finding amazing new discoveries after all these years but I read today in both The Guardian and The Mail that a new “tomb door” has been discovered at Luxor Temple. 

Barbara and I were only there last November and I think that you forget when visiting these amazing places that there is still ongoing work taking place at the same time you are walking around.

Here are the details from the Mail’s coverage:

“Archaelogists in Egypt have uncovered a 3,500-year-old ‘door to the afterlife’ belonging to the tomb of a high-ranking royal advisor.
The 175cm red granite false door, the likes of which were found in most ancient Egyptian tombs, was built to take the spirits of the dead to and from the afterworld. Continue reading “New Discovery at Luxor Temple”

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Tropic Of Cancer Programme About Egypt Next…

Tropic Of CancerI hope you’ve been watching the marvelous BBC travel programme “Tropic Of Cancer“.

Hosted by the excellent Simon Reeve it follows his journey along the Tropic Of Cancer, a journey of some 25,000 miles.

Simon is a great presenter and you can tell he really enjoys what he’s doing and it comes across so well on screen.  The great thing about the programmes is that he doesnt’ “do” the normal travelogue things.  For instance in the first programme about his journey across Mexico he starts to follow the trail of the terrible drug wars that are now taking place in Mexico.  His involvment even gets him almost shot when the police team he is trailing get involved in a shoot-out. Continue reading “Tropic Of Cancer Programme About Egypt Next…”