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THIS WAS a holiday with a notable difference: I got to meet in the
flesh the most famous Egyptian who has ever lived. On being
introduced, I was surprised how handsome he looked for his age. His
fine white hair was longer than I expected. His fingernails were
better manicured than mine. His name is Ramesses the Great, Pharaoh
of Egypt from 1279BC to 1213BC and the ruler who gave Moses a hard
time. I met him - or at least his uncovered mummy - in the Cairo
Museum, an Aladdin's cave of historic artefacts that is surely one of
the most stunning museums in all the world.
Egypt is a land with ...
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A JOLLY GOOD TOUR OF EGYPT BRITISH MUSEUM VISIT HITS ALL THE HOT SPOTS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...New York, the British Museum is a mandatory...alike. Outside Egypt, of course. Happily, Egypt itself still...antiquities for the British Museum. Many museums...But I chose a British Museum tour because...Easter in Egypt" tour cost...
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Antiques: Taking Egyptian treasures at face value; The enduring appeal of Cleopatra and Egyptian treasures has lead The British Museum to hold an exhibition dedicated to the queen.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...eventually brought Egypt to its knees. But was the Queen of Egypt a great beauty? It...Cleopatra was for Egypt the chosen goddess...in his arms.' The British Museum has an exhibition...several queens of Egypt) show a strikingly...showcases shown at the British Museum ...
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Egypt demands return of the Rosetta Stone After years of clamour over the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum faces call to surrender another world-famous exhibit
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; EGYPT IS demanding that...and one of the British Museum's most important...now, but if the British Museum doesn't act, we...artefacts stolen from Egypt must come back...exhibited in the British Museum since 1802. Vivian...Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at ...
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Terracotta eco-warrior ; Protester breaches security at the British Museum to put masks on exhibits
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...protester breached security at the British Museum to put face masks on exhibits from...banned for life because I love the British Museum, all of their exhibitions are wonderful...important than my pleasure of visiting the British Museum. "I know my daughters are proud of...
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The Pope's museum: in the June 1991 issue, John Pope-Hennessy's waspish memoirs were given a stinging review by John Rowlands, then Keeper of Prints and drawings at the British Museum.(FROM THE APOLLO ARCHIVES)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; Generally speaking, at the British Museum Pope-Hennessy felt less sure of himself...administrative side, Pope-Hennessy at the British Museum rightly found alarming the welter of...time of Pope-Hennessy's arrival at the British Museum a certain Soprintendente at Rome asked...
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Renewed financial crisis at British Museum raises question of blame ANALYSIS: High-profile debacles mask huge fall in funding levels
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...report revealed six years ago that the British Museum did not employ a single accountant...Some museum observers suspect that the British Museum comes nowhere near the tight financial...fundamental problem remains that the British Museum has genuinely seen a fall in funding...
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CLEOPATRA OF EGYPT: FROM HISTORY TO MYTH.(British Museum exhibit)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; ...She was a shrewd manipulator of religious authority in Egypt and liaised with the two Roman leaders of the day, Julius...her through the research done for this exhibition. The British Museum Great Russell Street, London Tel: 020 7323 8000
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Saving Iraq's heritage; Director Neil MacGregor should be celebrating the British Museum's 250th anniversary but instead finds himself on an international mission.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...FIONA MADDOCKS THE director of the British Museum is visibly agitated. Today, his legendary...the coalition plotted air attacks, British Museum scholars were still exchanging prized...built up over decades. In this area the British Museum has long been a world leader. Suddenly...
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Experts from the British Museum and Egypt have deciphered a 3,500-year-old inscription found earlier this year in a tomb at El Kab which reveals that a heavy defeat inflicted on the ancient Egyptians may have been removed from their historical records.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today
; Experts from the British Museum and Egypt have deciphered a 3,500-year-old...describes a ferocious invasion of Egypt by armies from Kush, and Sobeknakht...Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt is now organising large-scale investigations...
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British Museum boss rejects a bite of the Big Apple
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; BRITISH MUSEUM director Neil MacGregor has turned...clear that I wanted to stay at the British Museum. The opportunities and challenges...chairman of the board of trustees at the British Museum, said he was delighted that Mr MacGregor...
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