Original X-rays of Tutankhamen's body, taken by scientists at the University of Liverpool, could throw new light on the mystery of the young King's death.

Robert Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Physical Anthropology from the University's Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, is working with the Egyptian authorities to analyse recent findings from a CT scan of the mummy and has been asked to comment on suggestions by scientists that Tutankhamen died as a result of an infection following an injury to the femur bone...

[More]   Science Daily, USA, April 1, 2005, via Explorator.

Egypt gets a mention in this article.   Also it should be noted that climate change has been suggested as the cause of the downfall of Egypt's Old Kingdom.

Harvey Weiss, professor of archaeology at Yale University, says climate change was a fact of life for earlier civilizations.   From pharaohs to the medieval Vikings, swift and sometimes violent changes in weather patterns sparked mass migrations and technological innovations like irrigation.

"Those episodes proved to be the single most important stimulus for the major transformations in human history," said Weiss, who digs through the traces of vanished empires for evidence of these climatic events...

[More]   CNN, USA, April 8, 2005.

The latest edition of GeoTimes has the following article.

The highs and lows of the Nile River have shaped the course of Egyptian civilization for more than 8,000 years.

Fekri A. Hassan

A River Runs Through Egypt: Nile Floods and Civilization, Fekri A. Hassan, Geotimes, Virginia, USA, April 2005.

At the Bowers in Santa Ana, six Egyptian mummies arrive and remain intact as experts use CT scans to get the inside story.

Six mummies and other Egyptian artifacts arrived in Santa Ana this week for a two-year exhibit at the Bowers Museum.   And they made their debut in the parking lot.

In an effort to publicize the upcoming exhibit, museum officials had the mummies CT-scanned in a truck just outside the building...

[More]   Los Angeles Times, California, April 8, 2005.

Under the title of 'The Nile and Water Resources in Egypt through the Ages', the fifth Fayyoum conference took place this week at Cairo University's Faculty of Archaeology, Fayyoum Branch.

At a key address, Dr Abdul Halim Nur Eddin, Chair of the conference and Dean of the Faculty, said that water has always played a major role in the life of nations...

[More], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 7, 2005.

This much experts know: One was a priest from a wealthy family.   Another was a young girl who sang during religious rituals. A third was a child, buried in a finely carved wooden coffin.

But there is much more to learn about the six Egyptian mummies that were wrapped and buried in strips of resin-encrusted linen thousands of years ago to protect them from the elements...

[More]   AP via Yahoo! News, USA, April 7, 2005.

I'm sure this is old news?

Ancient Egyptians believed in properly equipping a body for the afterlife, and not just through mummification. A new study reveals that King Tutankhamun eased his arduous journey with a stash of red wine.

Spanish scientists have developed the first technique that can determine the color of wine used in ancient jars. They analyzed residues from a jar found in the tomb of King Tut and found that it contained wine made with red grapes...

[More]   Science Daily, USA, April 3, 2005.

"Culture Minister Farouk Hosni unveils next month the Sobek temple in Kom Ombo, which bas been restored at a cost of LE 15 million," the Secretary- General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said yesterday.

Dr. Zahi Hawass said that Minister Hosni will also inaugurate a new museum displaying mummified crocodiles and built near the restored temple, dedicated to the principal deities of ancient Kom Ombo...

[More], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 10, 2005.

Al-Arish National Museum for North Sinai history will be opened by the Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, next month.

The museum occupies 2km square and will contain over 300 antiquities taken from eight other national museums, the Head of the Museum Sector, Mahmoud Mabrouk, said...

[More], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 7, 2005.

"The Wadi el-Hitan area in Fayyoum is to be developed into the country's largest open museum for whales and fossils," said the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Maged George.

He noted that this was part of a larger project to develop Wadi el-Rayan protectorate in order to conserve the environment for both scientific and tourism purposes.

The project team consists of experts from Michigan University in the United States, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment, the Geological Survey Authority and Fayyoum Governorate.

[Source], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 7, 2005.

Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture is to inaugurate in mid May "Amheteb Museum" in Saqqara area to be ready for receiving visitors for the first time after completing the restoration works as well as equipping it with state-of-the-art systems.

Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities said the project lasted for about three years and cost LE.11 million.

The museum will house about 2000 pieces including artifacts and statues that were unearthed since starting of excavation in Saqqara area last century, added Hawass.

[Source], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 3, 2005.

An Egyptian Antiquity delegation will soon fly to Paris to participate in the "Nubia Campaign: Yesterday and Today" exhibition.   It has been organized by UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 13 April.

This exhibition gives a retrospective look at the Nubia Campaign, which began with a drive to safeguard Nubian monuments and has since seen the opening of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo...

[More], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, April 6, 2005.

A fund-raising campaign to support the planned Grand Egyptian Museum was launched last week by the Ministry of Culture, reports Nevine El-Aref.

A dozen journalists and photographers sit glued to a large TV screen as a computer simulation takes them on a virtual tour of the projected Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the most ambitious archaeological museum ever planned.

The GEM will be situated on the Giza plateau, and the design of the museum makes more than a nodding pass to landscape of the desert.   The museum complex will centre on the Dunal Eye, an area containing the main exhibition spaces around which will spread a network of streets, piazzas and bridges, linking together the museum's many sections...

[More]   Al-Ahram, Egypt, Issue No. 737, 7 - 13 April 2005.

A Hollywood flick on an alleged love affair between Pharaonic Queen Nefertiti and the Biblical Prophet Moses is soon to begin shooting in Egypt, renowned British producer John Heyman has revealed.

"Nefertiti married perhaps one of the first monotheists in history and the film will tell their story, which logically enough should be set in Egypt" said Heyman on a brief visit to Cairo...

[More]   AFP via Middle East Times, Cyprus, April 8, 2005.

Apologies for the lack of updates for the last week, I have been on holiday to Sicily.   Lots of rain and only two days of sunshine!

I'll attempt to catch-up on the articles I have missed.

Mark.