"Tutankhamun's Tomb," photos from the 1924 Howard Carter discovery of the tomb of King Tut, Leon County Public Library throughout July.

Tutankhamun: “Wonderful Things” from the Pharaoh's Tomb, The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science until November 27, 2005.

Private collections of Egyptian antiquities are rare in the United States.   There are only two or three such collections in the Southeast, according to Peter Lacovara, the curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta.

About 90 works from one such collection recently went on view at Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art in a similarly rare exhibition titled "Ancient Egyptian Art for the Afterlife."   Among these works are mummy boards, scarabs, ceremonial vessels and figurines representing deities and servants.   These objects were interred with the mummified remains of socially prominent Egyptians over a period of about 3,000 years ending with the first century A.D. Later they were uncovered and traded on the international market, where they eventually found their way into the hands of a Charlotte lawyer who lent them anonymously to the Mint...

Art From the Tombs, Relish Now!, North Carolina, USA, July 24, 2005.

Filming on a BBC series about ancient Egypt has run into difficulties, including illness and bad weather, resulting in an overspend on the multi- million pound budget.

Egypt, a six-part dramatisation based on the archaeologists who uncovered secrets of the ancient kingdom, has turned into a "fiasco in the desert," according to some production staff.

The six-hour series is based on three stories: Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb, Giovanni Battista Belzoni's discovery of the Valley of the Kings and the work of Jean-Francois Champollion, the Frenchman who decoded hieroglyphics...

BBC's ancient Egypt series is cursed by costs, sickness and sand storms, The Telegraph, UK, July 25, 2005.

I have blogged the changes to the British and Canadian tourism in recent posts.   Neither the US or Australian respective departments have amended their travel advice since the terrorist attacks in Sharm al-Sheik on Saturday, although the US State department have issued a public announcement.

U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs: Public Announcement: Egypt, July 23, 2005.

U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs: Consular Information Sheet: Egypt, June 01, 2005.

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Advice: Egypt, May 24, 2005.

Britons who have planned holidays in Egypt are being encouraged to go ahead despite the risk from terrorism. Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, went out of his way yesterday to praise Egypt as a stable country with effective law enforcement. His message to holidaymakers is: "Be aware of the risk, then make up your own minds." ...

Be alert, but don't cancel trips to Egypt, Straw tells Britons, The Independent, UK, July 24, 2005.

cf. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw: Be alert, but don't cancel trips to Egypt, State Information Service, Egypt, July 24, 2005.

More travel advice.   This time from Canada.

Foreign Affairs Canada advises against all travel to the ... Egypt-Gaza border area due to the violence in Gaza.

... Canadians should avoid unnecessary travel to Sharm el-Sheik and area ...

Foreign Affairs Canada advises against all travel to some regions of Egypt, TravelVideo.TV, Canada, July 23, 2005.

cf. Consular Affairs Bureau: Travel Report for Egypt.

I'm sure we had this story a couple of weeks ago?

A Westport design and project management firm has played a key role in "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," the exhibit of Egyptian antiquities now touring American museums.

In conjunction with National Geographic, AEG Exhibitions, Arts and Exhibitions International and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, McMillan Group designed an exhibit of 11 galleries spread over 15,000 square feet and displaying 114 objects excavated from King Tut's tomb and those of his ancestors...

Creating a show fit for a king, Stamford Advocate, Connecticut, USA, July 22, 2005.

The Times have a question and answer session regarding tourist travel to Egypt and the recent change to the FCO advice.

Q&A: is Egypt safe for tourists?, The Times, UK, July 25, 2005.

cf. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice: Egypt.