"The Library of Alexandria has digitized the contemporary and modern Egyptian history from the 19th century till now" Library Director Ismail Serag Eddin said Tuesday.

He added that the digital form has been undertaken by a host of IT experts from Egypt and other countries.

"Now we have up to 35,000 rare reference books and manuscripts on CDs," Magdy Nagi, the head of the library's IT department, said.

Egyptian contemporary modern history digitized, State Information Service, Egypt, February 15, 2006.

Now they just need to put the lot online and get Google to index them!

Archaeology have a review of The Archaeology Channel website.

The Archaeology Channel (archaeologychannel.org) is a moderately sized but content-rich website offering a small but growing collection of some 65 free videos. The selection is quite diverse geographically and thematically, and is designed for viewing by a wide audience, from children to professionals...

Channelling Archaeology, Beebe Bahrami, Archaeology, New York, USA, Volume 59, Number 2, March/April 2006.

The Archaeology Channel website have a couple of 22 minute videos of interest to Egyptophiles: Egypt: Gift of the Nile and Magic in ancient Egypt: Sacred things and secret places.

Marion True, former antiquities curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and art dealer Robert Hecht are on trial in Italy and facing possible jail time, charged with conspiring to traffic in looted antiquities. Their partner Giacomo Medici, convicted in 2004 on similar charges, is currently appealing his 10-year sentence. Ellen Herscher, former director of international programs for the American Association of Museums and past chair of the AIA's cultural property legislation and policy committee, spoke to ARCHAEOLOGY about what ramifications the case may have on the future acquisition practices of America's most powerful museums...

Conversations: Museums on Trial, Archaeology Magazine, Volume 59, Number 2, March/April 2006.

cf. The Trial in Rome, Andrew L. Slayman, Archaeology Magazine, USA, February 06, 2006.

Lots of interesting stuff about the Euphronios Krater affair on the Scoop website by Suzan Mazur.

An editorial piece wondering how Memphis and the University of Memphis can capitalise on the discovery of KV63 by the U of M team.

... Now, how to capitalize on this monumental archaeological discovery just 15 feet from the spot where Howard Carter unearthed King Tut's tomb in 1922?

As quickly as possible, however, attention must turn to the question of how to exploit the find to the best advantage of the city and the university.

Would an exhibit in Memphis be possible? Not in the immediate future, according to Dr. Patricia Podzorski, the institute's curator of Egyptian art. It will take months to make sure the items are structurally sound enough to move and then to extract them...

Editorial 02/11: A big dig for Memphis, Commercial Appeal, Tennessee, February 11, 2006.

Hundreds of rare and unique items usually sequestered from public view in climate-controlled storage at University of California, Berkeley's, Bancroft Library went on display last weekend at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

The exhibit, which is scheduled to run through Dec. 10 [2006], includes treasures from the library's Western Americana collection, such as the original nugget that sparked the Gold Rush, unpublished notebooks of Mark Twain and Dorothea Lange photos of Japanese relocation during World War II.

Other items to be displayed include first editions of William Shakespeare, ancient Egyptian papyri and Aztec manuscripts that are among the library's oldest items.

The exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the library, which is one of the most important archival collections in the nation.

Cal library shows off treasures, Inside Bay Area, California, USA, February 15, 2006.

cf. Previous post: UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library to reveal hundreds of historical relics.