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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt and the Getty Conservation Institute have partnered to conserve and manage the tomb of King Tutankhamen. The five-year project follows concern that the large number of people visiting the pharaoh’s resting place may be causing it harm.
Egyptian Officials, Getty Trust to Launch 5-Year Restoration of Pharaoh's Mausoleum
Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department said on Tuesday.
It's not often that you see a grown man cry; rarer still to watch a grown man cry at a press conference in front of a baying phalanx of African football journalists. But for Rabah Saadane, the pressure just got to be too much.
With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home.
The verdict in the trial of a German man accused of stabbing to death a pregnant Muslim woman in a courtroom has been postponed because of new evidence, a spokesman for the Dresden state court told CNN Tuesday.
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Robert Lamarche has long been fascinated with recreating the art of ancient Egypt, but he adds an unexpected and modern twist to his ceramic work with neon. His pieces also incorporate glass, bronze, steel, 22-karat gold and poetry. Starting Thursday, Lamarche will exhibit about two dozen of his sculptures in a show titled “Ancient Wisdom in Clay”; it will run through Dec. 9 in Gallery 2 at ...
When Barack Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize next month in Oslo, Norway, one thing seems clear: It won't be in recognition of his skill in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
"You Better Not Cry" (St. Martin's Press, 206 pages, $22), by Augusten Burroughs: Even among high-functioning alcoholics, Augusten Burroughs is an acquired taste.
Egypt's famous Tomb of Tutankhamun will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the lavish wall paintings in the underground chambers of the boy king whose golden mask and artifacts have long awed the world. The project to restore the country's most...
A charitable foundation based in the United Arab Emirates recently arranged for two prominent Los Angeles surgeons, the father son team of Abbott Krieger and Lloyd Krieger, to travel to Egypt so they could perform specialized surgery. Their unique procedure is designed to help a patient breathe without the aid of a mechanical ventilator.
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University of Miami engineer presents novel methods for 3-D face recognition and for ear and face biometric systems at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Nov. 7-Tuesday, Nov. 10A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify ...
Egypt's famous Tomb of Tutankhamun will undergo a project to clean and restore the lavish wall paintings in the underground chambers
Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications announced Monday that it has launched a new Web site dedicated to reporting science and technology news.
