Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has approved the holding of an exhibition for sunken antiquities in Berlin on May 11 [2006].

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said the exhibition is expected to net 1.6 million euros (LE12 million) during its tour in Berlin and Paris.

The exhibition will also receive half a million US dollars on a yearly basis from the European Institute for Archaeology for a 15-year period.

Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that $42 million will be paid in insurance for the exhibited antiquities.

Meanwhile, Hawass said 85% of reparation works of the Royal Jewellery Museum project have been concluded. He added that the museum is due to open next June.

Sunken antiquities to be on display in Germany, France, State Information Service, Egypt, January 25, 2006.

cf. Ägyptens versunkene Schätze , Martin-Gropius-Bau.

cf. Exhibition of “Egypt's Sunken Treasures” premiers at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Franck Goddio Society.

The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale has deemed the “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition its most popular exhibit, ever.

The museum said it has sold or reserved a record-breaking 380,000 tickets since they went on sale Oct. 18 [2005].

The Tutankhamun exhibition opened its doors Dec. 15 [2005]. The museum said it has already outsold its two most recent blockbuster exhibits combined — "Diana, A Celebration" and "Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes."

"We knew Floridians were excited for the arrival of Tut, but the positive response has been truly overwhelming, and unlike any other exhibit, tickets already are selling for February, March and even April..."

Tutankhamun exhibit sets records, brings visitors, The South Florida Business Journal, Florida, USA, January 23, 2006.

cf. “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” Exhibition Sets Record Demand at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, Yahoo! Finance News, USA, January 25, 2006.

... At the top of the list of precious world cultural sites most at risk are the mountaintop city of Machu Picchu, Peru, one of the most magnificent relics of the lost Inca civilization, and the Valley of Kings near Luxor, Egypt, where a myriad of Egyptian pharaohs are buried in artistic splendour, the scientists said...

Landslides threaten Machu Picchu, Valley of Kings, DPA via Monsters & Critics, UK, January 17, 2006, via Nigel Hetherington at Archaeologist at Large which has more links. Nigel also says that the Valley of the Kings is not affected by landslides.

Landslides: Experts seek ways to mitigate losses, danger said growing due to climate change, EurekAlert!, January 17, 2006.

... Renowned Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass is scheduled to join Silversea's world cruise as an enrichment lecturer in 2007.

Over the past 30 years he has dedicated himself to the excavation and conservation of many of Egypt's most important monuments and antiquities. As Egypt's secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hawass was responsible for bringing the King Tut exhibition to the United States this year.

He will host a series of presentations aboard Silver Shadow as the ship journeys from Dubai to Alexandria, April 12 to 27, 2007...

Loren, Matlin, Egyptian expert to wow cruise passengers, Naples Sun Times, Florida, USA, January 25, 2006.

Despite all the political intrigues he was embroiled in, Rameses II still found time to commission a temple in his own honour, Abu Simbel in southern Egypt. Even more impressive is the fact that the inner sanctum of this temple was designed to be lit by the sun on only two days of each year - the anniversary of his ascension to the throne and his birthday.

A festival has now sprung up around these two dates — February 22 and October 22 — and visitors come at sunrise to see the phenomenon. As dawn breaks, the figures of Rameses, Ra, the sun god, and Amun, the greatest god of all, emerge from the darkness one by one for a brief sojourn in the sun. Outside, musicians and food stalls vie for business...

Egypt: Abu Simbel Festival, The Herald, UK, January 26, 2006.