The monthly round-up of antiquity and travel news from TravelVideo.TV.

• Pharaonic dentists unearthed in Saqqara
• Tourists see perpendicular sunrays on Ramses II face
• Bahrain to host Golden Pharaoh exhibition

Antiquity News from Egypt November 2006, TravelVideo.TV, Ontario, Canada, November 08, 2006.

Travel News From Egypt November 2006

• Egypt's pavilion in London open
• Egyptian Tourist Authority launches new website
• Port Ghaleb Egypt announces huge marina expansion program

Antiquity News from Egypt November 2006, TravelVideo.TV, Ontario, Canada, November 08, 2006.

Just when you think everything in the news is too depressing, you see a headline like this: Archaeologists Smiling About Dentists’ Tombs.

Normally, finding funny stuff to write about is like pulling teeth. In this case, it is pulling teeth.

Tomb robbers recently broke into an Egyptian pyramid and found the remains of three Egyptian dentists. The robbers were arrested but their discovery has raised questions about the history of this medical sub-specialty. That might make dentistry almost four millenniums old. Anthropologists said it wasn’t hard to find a competent dentist in ancient Egypt. But a decent dermatologist? A good pulmonary man? Scarcer than hen’s teeth.

Experts weren’t sure they were dentists at first. In fact, there was some speculation they were lawyers because each was clad in expensive robes and jewels. What finally convinced the experts was the discovery of a huge 100-pound iron mallet nearby, which was apparently the Novocain of the day...

Wolfsie: Pyramid scheme, Dick Wolfsie, Rushville Republican, Indiana, USA, November 07, 2006.

Tickets for the final venue on the current U.S. tour of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" at The Franklin Institute will become available for public purchase beginning at 10 a.m. EST today, Wednesday, Nov. 8 [2006]. The exhibition marks the first time artefacts from King Tut's tomb will visit Philadelphia.

Organized by National Geographic, AEG Exhibitions, and Arts and Exhibitions International, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, the exhibition will visit The Franklin Institute Feb. 3 through Sept. 30, 2007. Mellon Financial Corporation is the presenting sponsor and PECO is the associate sponsor in Philadelphia.

Since opening in June 2005, the exhibition has drawn more than 2.5 million visitors, breaking records in each city it has visited, including Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and Chicago, where the exhibition is on display at The Field Museum until Jan. 1, 2007. Treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were last displayed in the United States during a seven-city tour from 1976 to 1979 that set touring exhibition attendance records with some 8 million visitors...

Tickets on Sale Today for 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,' Opening at The Franklin Institute in February 2007, PRNewswire via Yahoo! Finance, USA, November 08, 2006.

Huge Crowds Expected for King Tut Show at Franklin Institute

"We hope that there'll be a million people coming to this exhibit. We think of the schoolchildren who will get to know about ancient Egypt..."

Huge Crowds Expected for King Tut Show at Franklin Institute, Karin Phillips, KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November 08, 2006.

cf. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs official website.