[Thomas Keyes] lived in Egypt for six months in 1990 and 1991, but [he] went there primarily to meet Egyptian people and study Arabic, not to visit ancient ruins.   Alexandria, the city where [he] had [his] apartment, was founded in 332 BC by Alexander the Great, who deposed Nectanebo II, the last of the Pharaohs, so there are no ruins there more ancient than the Greco-Roman period.

Still, about a week or so before [his] flight on Lufthansa Airlines to Frankfurt, Germany, [he] decided to make a quick tour of the pyramids, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum.   After all, who goes to Egypt without visiting the pyramids? ...

A Quick Tour Of The Pyramids, The Sphinx And The Egyptian Museum, Thomas Keyes, Useless Knowledge, USA, August 24, 2005.

One would not blame you, upon meeting Zahi Hawass, if you thought of Indiana Jones.

There's the outfit — the dusty jeans, the blue work shirt with rolled-up sleeves, the crumpled fedora that is sweat-stained to almost Hollywood perfection.   There's the confidence, too — he's a look-you-in-the-eye, take-charge lion of a man.   He is impatient with people being uninformed around him and assumes that if you're talking to him, you understand that he's important.

And he is important, beyond his willing cultivation of a dashing Indy image.   Hawass, 57, is Egypt's secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities — a key government post that makes him the country's chief promoter and protecter of its history.

That means he's in charge of every tomb, temple, museum, relic, archaeological dig and ancient site...

Official on mission to promote, protect Egypt's history, Dayton Daily News, Ohio, USA, August 29, 2005.

The entrance to Khnum-hotep's royal tomb yawns open, the rough-hewn passage inside dark, ominous and irresistible.   A slight figure brushes past the dimly lit columns and descends into the cool, shadowy depths, searching for a stone sarcophagus, hieroglyphics and his sixth-grade teacher.

Some 46,000 young Indiana Joneses get a hands-on taste of ancient Egypt every year, but they don't have to travel to Cairo to do it.   San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium not only houses the largest Egyptian artefact collection west of the Mississippi, but also the building itself is practically enough to satisfy California's social studies curriculum standards for sixth-grade.

"It was always part of the vision," said museum manager Juanita Ortiz.   "A museum to share with the community." ...

Museum teaches visitors of all ages all about Egypt, Contra Costa Times, California, USA, August 28, 2005.

Filming for a major BBC series in Egypt has been hit, allegedly, by the 'Curse of the Pharaohs'.   Nonsense, says a Midland descendant of the tomb-openers.   Richard Edmonds meets John Carter.

When a member of your family happens to be the man who opened the fabulous tomb of Tutankhamun, it is obvious that the love of antiques is in your blood.

John Carter, a well-known dealer in the Black Country, is a descendant on his grandfather's side of the world famous Egyptologist, Howard Carter.

Antiques dealer John Carter He claims to have what he calls the "Carter Hunch".   He says that if he could sell it canned and labelled, he would be a billionaire...

John's hunch on the Carter Curse, Express and Star, UK, August 30, 2005.

In 30 B.C. (by some estimates), the seventh and most famous queen of ancient Egypt known as "Cleopatra" committed suicide.

Today in history, Indianapolis Star, Indiana, USA, August 30, 2005.

Concurrent with Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at LACMA, the world premiere of "Egypt in Hollywood: A Retrospective 1898 — 2005" will open at The Hollywood Museum on Thursday, September 29, it was announced today by Donelle Dadigan, President and Founder.   Located in the lower level of the historic Max Factor Building, the exhibit presents the largest collection of Egypt-themed props, costumes, jewelry, photographs, and memorabilia ever assembled.

Dating from "La Fruite en Égypte" (France, 1898), the new exhibit is comprised of treasures from hundreds of movies including "The Mummy" (USA 1911, 1932, 1959 and 1999 versions), "Cleopatra" (1899, 1912, 1917, 1934, 1963 versions), "The Ten Commandments" (1923 and 1956 versions), "Charlie Chan in Egypt," "Caesar and Cleopatra," "Aida," "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy," "Land of the Pharaohs," "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Death On the Nile," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Stargate," "The Prince of Egypt" and "The Scorpion King."

Artefacts include a wide variety of special effects-laden mummies, death masks and corpses, weapons including daggers and rifles, Cleopatra costumes designed for Elizabeth Taylor and Claudette Colbert, the throne chair designed for Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra," sarcophagi from "Death On the Nile" and "The Mummy," and jewelry from both versions of "The Ten Commandments."   More than 50 posters from around the world and hundreds of movie stills round out the exhibit.

“Egypt in Hollywood: A Retrospective 1898 — 2005” Opens at The Hollywood Museum September 29, 2005, Yahoo! Finance, USA, August 29, 2005.