This article is not about ancient Egypt itself but the prehistoric rock art of it neighbour, Libya, but should be of interest to those studying prehistoric Egypt.

...Here, out in the open for all to see, is one of Libya's national treasures: rock engravings, some possibly dating back 9,000 years or more, created by a mysterious, prehistoric culture.

The graceful forms that emerge beneath Hassan's hand - humans among elephants, crocodiles, giraffes and hippopotamuses - reveal what scientists have now confirmed: rather than barren and desiccated, it was once lush and green here at Wadi al-Hayat (the Valley of Life, also known as Wadi al-Ajal) in the Fezzan region of south-west Libya...

[More]   The Guardian, UK, February 10, 2005.

The famous 3,000-year-old bust, below, of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti is moving from its old home in Berlin at the Egyptian Museum, which is scheduled to close at the end of the month, to a permanent setting, the Altes Museum on the Museum Island on Aug. 4.   Before moving, Nefertiti, one of Berlin's most popular art attractions since its discovery by German archaeologists in Egypt in 1912, will be part of a special exhibition about hieroglyphics and symbolism in the arts at the Kulturforum in Berlin from March 2 to Aug. 2.   Nefertiti's move is part of the restoration of the island's five museums, which were badly damaged during World War II and are being rebuilt.   KIRSTEN GRIESHABER.

[Source]   The New York Times, New York, USA, February 11, 2005, p. 2, via Explorator.

cf. Nofretete moves.

cf. Egyptian Museum moves to Museum Island.

cf. Nefertiti gets new home in Berlin.

More on the recent discovery of the first Islamic Pool.

A swimming pool has been unearthed under an ancient Mameluke palace in Cairo, the first such historic discovery in the capital, Egypt's state media reported.

Laborers stumbled across the pool accidentally during restoration work on the palace, which was built by Emir Taz in 1352 to celebrate his marriage to the Sultan Mohammed an-Nasir's daughter...

[More]   AFP via Yahoo News, USA, Feb 11, 2005.