A leap into the daily life of Nefertiti and Rameses III will be offered by "The Five Senses. The pleasure of life in Ancient Egypt," the cultural event sponsored by the National Archaeological Museum of Florence – the Egypt Section and the Aboca Museum in occasion of the "European Heritage Days," dedicated this year to the culture of living. Realised with the help of the cultural association 'Arte-mide', the event (free entry) will take place on Sunday September 25, in the Crocetta Palace, home of the Archaeology Museum. It will be a journey back in time to discover the Egyptian people through their everyday life: the attention placed on beauty and hygiene, food, music and dance.

European Heritage Days: Florence to host Ancient Egypt, Agenzia Giornalistica, Italy, September 22, 2005.

Art collector Joanne Salvador, a resident of Linden-hurst, never imagined she would be the proud owner of a rare portrait sculpture of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.

Lindenhurst art collector finds 3300-year-old Egyptian sculpture, Amityville Record, New York, September 21, 2005.

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, a painter by profession, is no stranger to criticism. Over 20 years in office he has been among the most controversial cabinet ministers ... last week Hosni was blamed for the disastrous fire that broke out at the Beni Sweif Cultural Palace during a theatrical performance on 5 September — a tragedy that killed some 48 spectators and injured more. It was in the wake of that incident that he tendered his resignation to President Hosni Mubarak last Wednesday. Three days later, responding to the pleas of some 400 high-profile intellectuals, the president decreed that Hosni should resume his duties.

Profile: Farouk Hosni: Politics of temperament, Al-Ahram, Egypt, Issue No. 761, 22 - 28 September 2005.

By Zahi Hawass

...Excavating under houses was a completely different and unique experience from any other excavating I have done. This discovery came through word of two young people who live at the town of Al-Bawiti, the capital of Bahariya Oasis. They told me that under the house of an old woman in the town their existed many decorated tombs. They took me to a house of this elderly woman. Inside this house was a shaft. By way of a rope, I was lowered nine metres down and I found myself inside one of these decorated tombs...

Dig Days: Treasures under the modern houses, Al-Ahram, Egypt, Issue No. 761, 22 - 28 September 2005.