The television series Egypt, and its accompanying book by Liverpool academic Joyce Tyldesley, show the colourful characters who rediscovered the ancient world.

It is hard to believe the world of ancient Egypt lay mostly hidden and almost forgotten for 2,000 years after the last Pharaoh ruled.

"Nobody went south of Cairo as it was regarded as highly dangerous to do so," says Dr Joyce Tyldesley, of Liverpool University's School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.

"Then Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 opened western eyes and sparked a huge interest in the country's ancient civilisations...

Finding a lost civilisation, Liverpool Daily Post, UK, November 30, 2005.

... The Egyptian exhibit was far more modest in scale, being contained in one relatively small gallery. However, to me, it was probably more interesting because of the centrepiece of the exhibit, the Edwin Smith Papyrus. This papyrus was named after the American Egyptologist who purchased it in Luxor in 1862 and brought it back to the U.S. The papyrus dates to approximately 1600 B.C. and appears to be a copy of a document that dates back 200-300 years earlier still. What fascinated me is that this papyrus was a practical guide to the treatment of various ailments and embodied the medical thinking of Egyptian physicians of the time...

The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt: An Account by Orac, Medgadget.com, November 11, 2005.

A review of the Theban Mapping Project website from the blather.net blog.

Tomb by tomb, pharaoh by pharaoh the Theban mapping project is an online guide to the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens and a little known tomb called KV5...

Initially conceived and built by Egyptologist Kent Weeks, the Theban Mapping project website is a fast-growing portal of information on New Kingdom Egyptology — that's the period including the [Ramesside] kings and the ever popular Tutankhamun...

Wonderful Web: the Theban mapping project, blather.net, November 22, 2005.

One is a wrapped female — she has no name. The other is a man. A priest from the Temple of Mut at [Karnak]. His name is Ankhefenmut. They are two real life mummies — around 3000 years old.

Exhibit Curator Dr. Peter Lacovara says, "It's not just great sculpture and beautiful art, but really objects that touch every aspect of Egyptian civilization from its very beginning to the dawn of Christianity."

The exhibit is called Excavating Egypt and sponsored by General Electric. It's currently on a North American tour — on loan from the Petrie Museum in London. It's considered the primary teaching collection for Egyptology in the world.

"There are a lot of material in this show and in the Petrie Museum that are not represented in any other museum collections outside of Egypt so it's really a very important collection..."

Mummies Invade, WXXA-TV, New York, USA, November 09, 2005.

Throughout November, the Public Space at BBC Birmingham, in partnership with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Institute of Egyptology and Antiquity at the University of Birmingham, is trialling a new exhibition experience incorporating genuine artefacts and treasures dating back to ancient Egypt, 3500 years ago.

The exhibition is based on and includes actual sets from the epic new BBC ONE series, Egypt.

The exhibition transports visitors on a magical mystery tour of exploration, as they take on the role of a correspondent from the fictional 'Gazette' newspaper, and are tasked with reporting on the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, the mysterious curse, and the fate of those involved...

'Tomb' It May Concern... Egypt Interactive Exhibition At BBC Birmingham, Creative Match, UK, November 15, 2005.

Stephen Thompson likes a good challenge. That's one reason he enjoys studying ancient Egyptian languages.

It's a little like a puzzle, he said. "But you don't know what the puzzle is supposed to look like."

Now the Coral Springs resident has a new challenge. Instead of interpreting ancient hieroglyphics, he started as interim principal last month at Donna Klein Jewish Academy's high school in Boca Raton. After serving two years as dean of students, he takes the place of Steve Bogad, who was the school's principal for two years...

Academy head has passion for ancient Egyptian languages, Palm Beach Post, Florida, USA, November 23, 2005.