The Humboldt Arts Council and Morris Graves Museum of Art will sponsor an overnight art tour to Los Angeles in September.

Museum Director-Curator Jemima Harr will be the leader of this artistic adventure. Departing Sept. 9 and returning Sept. 10, the group will visit the King Tutankhamun exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Getty Museum and the Hollywood Bowl for a performance of “ A Night at the Copa.” ...

Museum is sponsoring trip to King Tut exhibit, Times-Standard, California, USA, August 09, 2005.

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni will open early next month Imhotep Museum in Saqqara, Giza.

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass said the museum will be the first of its type in Egypt as it tells the life story of the "Pharaonic Architect"...

Imhotep museum opens next month, State Information Service, Egypt, August 09, 2005.

The European Union (EU) approved a grant of 75,000 euro to the Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA for restoring a number of antiques at the Egyptian Museum.

The project will last for three years for restoring 10,000 antiques, according to SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass.

EU grant to restore 10,000 artefacts, State Information Service, Egypt, August 08, 2005.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has undertaken an £8bn project to dismantle 26 research reactors and bury nuclear waste (that will remain dangerous for thousands of years) in concrete bunkers and storage facilities.

The problem is that the details of the dismantling and the dangers in handling of the plutonium, uranium and other wastes are outlined on computer software that will become outdated in a decade.

Fortunately, someone remembered their ancient history — and the papyrus scrolls beloved of the Egyptians.   When stored in the right conditions, the scrolls can preserve readable records for millennia, making them perfect for the nuclear waste industry...

Ancient Egypt provides key to storing nuclear heritage, The Guardian, UK, August 09, 2005.

cf. How papyrus can safeguard nuclear waste, The Register, UK, August 09, 2005.

The remains of an ancient church and monks' retreats that date back to the early years of monasticism have been discovered in a Coptic Christian monastery in the Red Sea area, officials said Saturday.

Workers from Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities found the ruins while restoring the foundations of the Apostles Church at St. Anthony's Monastery.   The remains are about 2 or 2 1/2 yards underground, said the head of the council, Zahi Hawass...

Remains of Ancient Church Found in Egypt, AP via Herald Tribune, Florida, USA, August 06, 2005.

cf. Renovators in Egypt say they find oldest monk cell, Reuters, UK, August 08, 2005.

cf. Egypt announces new archaeological finds, State Information Service, Egypt, August 07, 2005.

Ancient Egyptians gossiped about a bald queen, royals who had affairs, missing bodies, homosexuality, harem intrigue and more, according to a noted Egyptologist.

Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, curator of California's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which houses North America's largest collection of Egyptian artefacts, recently found evidence for tabloid-like gossip in the museum's eclectic archives and elsewhere.   The findings suggest humans always have enjoyed chatting about personal or sensational information concerning others...

Egyptologist Discovers Ancient Gossip, Discovery Channel News, USA, August 08, 2005.