More than 20 frescos have been uncovered in the newly inaugurated Beit Al-Sitt Wassila, reports Nevine El-Aref.

Last Sunday ... Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Cairo Governor Abdel-Azim Wazir and Zahi Hawass secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities were among the officials inaugurating Beit Al-Sitt Wassila following a five-year restoration programme.   The house, which had suffered centuries of neglect, has now been reborn in the heart of historic Cairo.

Beit Al-Sitt Wassila counts among Cairo's most magnificent domestic buildings.   As early as 1895 plans were afoot to restore the house which over the centuries had lost two of its original four storeys...

Writing on the walls, Al-Ahram, Egypt, Issue No. 750, 7 - 13 July 2005.

A short article by Thomas Keyes, an author, saying how safe Egypt is.

Egypt Is A Safe, Safe Place, Useless-Knowledge, July 06, 2005.

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni agreed to carry out an Egyptian Italian project for developing the premises and halls of the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir Square, Cairo.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) Secretary-General Zahi Hawass said the project includes a comprehensive development to the show halls inside the museum as well as changing the system of lights and ventilation.

Egyptian Italian project to develop Egyptian museum, State Information Service, Egypt, July 07, 2005.

The Egyptian government plans to attract an extra 1 million tourists a year to Egypt every year for the next decade, more than doubling the current total to 18 million by 2015, President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday.

The government's 10-year plan will require building 15,000 extra hotel rooms a year, bringing the total to 300,000, he said in a speech in the south Egyptian town of Luxor, the center for visits to many of Egypt's pharaonic sites.

To achieve this target, the private sector will have to invest at least $1.4 billion a year in the tourism sector, he added...

Egypt plans to double tourism over 10 years, Reuters via USA Today, USA, July 05, 2005.

Egyptian and Italian conservationists and curators on Tuesday inaugurated a laboratory for restoring and preserving papyrus located at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

"The project aims to preserve the papyri for the long-term, not just to restore them to be looked at now," said Corrado Basile of the International Papyrus Institute in Syracuse, Italy.

Basile's institute is partnering with Egypt in the project...

Egyptian-Italian lab for restoring and conserving papyrus inaugurated, Deutsche Presse-Agentur via Washington Classical 103.5, District of Columbia, USA, July 05, 2005.

Hawass, Italian ambassador open first lab in Middle East for restoration of papyruses, State Information Service, Egypt, July 06, 2005.

More on the Pesed mummy scan.

Pesed is bouncing in the back of a Dodge Ram Van, much to the dismay of the young woman watching over her.   The driver is lost, and they're a little late for Pesed's CT scan appointment.

The concern about Pesed has nothing to do with her comfort and everything to do with the fact that she is a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy...

College schedules CT scan for 2,300-year-old mummy, NBC News, USA, July 02, 2005.

A visit to San Diego’s Museum of Man, which is said to display more mummies than any other museum in the United States, visitors can learn about the fascinating process of mummification.   The permanent ancient Egypt exhibit, housed on the second floor in the East Wing, includes a mummy (on loan from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County), a mummified falcon, mummy masks and a coffin.

The interactive Discover Egypt exhibit in San Diego’s Museum of Man, located in the Children’s Discovery Center, houses a mummy, decked with Scarab amulets (representation of a beetle, considered sacred and a symbol of the soul.   It is worn as a talisman).   If interested, one can listen to the mummification process narration, as told by the “Egyptian God Anubis.” ...

San Diego’s Museum of Man’s Strangely Fascinating Mummy Exhibition, The Epoch Times, USA, July 05, 2005.

American Express Travel announced today that it will award free tickets to this year's cultural phenomenon, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," to Cardmembers who book a minimum three-night package to Los Angeles through the American Express Travel Web site...

Free Tickets to this Year's Hot Museum Event, King Tut Exhibit in Los Angeles, Available from American Express Travel, PRNewsWire via WECT TV-6, USA, July 06, 2005.

When it comes to exotic getaways, few places can match Egypt...

With it's unique blend of antiquity, archaeology, cultural wealth and exciting contemporary lifestyle, this fascinating country on the tip of Africa offers unforgettable experiences.

Stepping into Cairo while still warmly armoured against the Johannesburg winter makes for a bit of a shock.   It's 6.30am in land where it rains perhaps twice a year and static, dry heat greets us, along with a welcoming face from Peace Tourism. [We] are on a mission to explore the culinary and holiday delights Egypt has to offer...

Escape to Egypt, Woman 24, South Africa, July 06, 2005.

A Blue Coat School sixth form pupil took a trip back in time to learn the mysteries of ancient Egypt at summer school.

Linda Coombs, from Ashton, learned all about the great architects of the pyramids during five days at University College London.

She was one of 30 lucky students drawn from 300 applicants to enjoy the one-off course on Egyptology, which took in the British Museum and Petrie Museum in London.

The 16-year-old, who’s favourite subject is history, said: “It was a great opportunity.

“I didn’t really know much at all about the subject before so it was a real learning curve.”

Linda, who plans to go to university, attended a series of seminars and lectures, culminating in a group presentation on what she had learned.

Linda’s no dummy on Egyptian mummies, Oldham Evening Chronicle, UK, July 07, 2005.