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Founder & CEO Past Preservers & Fabula! Agent, Casting Director, Archaeologist. @UCLarchaeology @BirkbeckUoL alumnus. Once dusted Tut! Jobs @PPCasting
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For International Museum Day, let's see a picture of the last museum you visited!
I will start with mine at
@MuseudeMallorca
#IMD2024
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Dad has sadly taken his last train ride!
We had to say goodbye today to the most gentle & lovely chap there was & he loved his trains as many of you know! Wish him Bon Voyage!
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how it started how it's going
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It may only be the 1st of November but the Christmas Tree at St Pancras must be a contender for this year's best!
#christmastree
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The Tomb of Mehu in Saqqara Egypt has opened to the public for the first time since its discovery in 1940 by an Egyptian team lead by Zaki Saad! Mehu's titles include Scribe of the Royal Documents, Vizier & Head of Juries.
Now is the time to visit
#Egypt
!
#thisisegypt
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Amazing scenes today from within the labs of the Grand Egyptian Museum as the gilded coffin of
#Tutankhamun
goes under restoration for the first time since the Boy King's tomb was discovered in 1922.
#Egypt
#GEM
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New discovery In
#Luxor
announced! Tomb of Userhat a New Kingdom official found!
#Egypt
#Archaeology
#History
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Amazing scenes in
#Cairo
today as statue of Ramsses II discovered in Heliopolis!
#Egypt
#Archaeology
#Egyptology
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Sadly my old father is not feeling so good and is currently in hospital. He loves trains, as you can see, so please cheer him up with a picture or two!
Get well soon Dad! ๐๐๐
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Happy Birthday to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, 119 today! ๐๐ช๐ฌ
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Wonderful images just released from the MOA in
#Egypt
of a newly discovered cachette of intact and sealed coffins at Al-Asasif Necropolis on Luxorโs West Bank!
Press conference to be held on Saturday!
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Egypt is celebrating the beginning of the year 6262 today according to the ancient Egyptian Calendar!
Happy New Year
#Egypt
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These are some of the most incredibly haunting images from Egypt I have seen in a very long time! Newly discovered
#mummified
#skeletons
of a family in tomb TT33 in
#Assasif
#Luxor
#Egypt
Images courtesy of
@AntiquitiesOf
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Wonderful images just released of the investigation of the tattoos of a young Egyptian women's mummy by the French Institute in Cairo! She had over 30 including bulls, lotus flowers, a group of cattle & the Udjat eye!
#Egypt
#History
#archaeology
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News Flash from
@TourismandAntiq
#Egypt
In the next few days, at a press conference at the Saqqara Necropolis the Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities will announce the biggest archaeological discovery of 2020!
Images from earlier finds of the Egyptian team!
What can it be?
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Just to give you a sense of the scale of the amazing Grand Egyptian Museum!
#Egypt
.
Image courtesy of the
@TourismandAntiq
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Rosetta Stone, Nefertiti's bust or an obelisk or two were returned to Egypt for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum?
#Egypt
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@IanBeesleyphoto
Appalling, happened to one of my aunts who had a breakdown due to domestic abuse. She spent decades locked up!
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Show me a picture taken by you, that you love.
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Uncovered in
#Alexandria
#Egypt
due to building works, an unopened black granite sarcophagus from the
#Ptolemaic
era along with an alabaster head possibly of the tomb owner. Great initiative from the Ministry of Antiquities, more intervention such as this needed!
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Goodnight from The Grand Egyptian Museum!
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Wonderful images from the
@AntiquitiesOf
of the Tomb of Khuwy at
#Saqqara
from today's press conference at the site. Khuwy lived at the end of the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom under the King Djedkare. Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Megahed who discovered the tomb.
#Egypt
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Good Morning from Egypt, have a great weekend!
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Amazing work by an Egyptian team of conservators in Esna temple! Looks very different to what we expect to see in an Egyptian temple! ๐ช๐ฌ
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It seems that its not only England that has Kings under car parks, this statue of Amenhotep III was found in a car park in Sohag Egypt!
#Egypt
#archaeology
#history
#carpark
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A wonderful promotional film sent to us by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities celebrating the opening of the Sohag museum! Enjoy!
#Egypt
#History
#Archaeology
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Discoveries coming thick & fast in
#Egypt
New statute of Queen Tiye found at Amenhotep III temple in Luxor! Wonderful find!
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Ministry of Antiquities, announces discovery of a Hellenistic tomb in Alexandria containing 300 artifacts!
#Egypt
#archaeology
#history
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Egypt's largest train station is to open later this year in Giza. Check out the construction progress!
#Egypt
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Egypt announces major new find of 250 sarcophagi & 150 statues in
#Saqqara
by an Egyptian Archaeological Mission. Amazing images courtesy of
@TourismandAntiq
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The Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr. Kaled El-Enany has announced the discovery of a cemetery dating from the Ptolemaic Era, 6 Km north of the Tuna el Gebel archaeological site in Minya south of
#Cairo
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#archaeology
#Egypt
#history
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Our Expert of the Week is Nora Hesham, Egyptologist and Tour Guide. Check out to join us!
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Drop a picture from the last museum you visited.
I will start..
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New Discovery in
#Egypt
! Coptic era Monk's residence & tombs found n Menia Governorate by Egyptian Archaeologists.
#archaeology
#history
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News flash! Remains of 13th Dynasty Pyramid discovered in Dahshur
#Egypt
!
#Archaeology
#history
#egyptology
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Wonderful images just released by the
@AntiquitiesOf
from the discovery of the Mummification Workshop in Saqqara found by a Egyptian/German team.
#Egypt
always has more secrets to tell!
#Archaeology
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Amazing scenes from Giza this morning as part of Khufu's solar boat is removed for conservation!
#Egypt
#Archaeology
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To all our friends, colleagues & family in
#Egypt
, have a wonderful Sham el-Nessim! This festival dates back to ancient Egypt & celebrates the arrival of Spring, the name comes from 'Shamo' meaning renewal of life.
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#Egypt
states tomb of the 5th Dynasty official Rawer at Giza is safe & only reconstructed sections have collapsed.
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Good Morning from
#Cairo
& the successful rescue of the second part of a massive statue of Rameses II.
#Egypt
#Archaeology
#Egyptology
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What a day that was! Glad to be part of this momentous occasion. Discoveries confirmed are the (possibly) first known mummified scarab beetles & wonderful mummies of cats, cobras & crocodiles.
#Egypt
#Archaeology
#Saqqara
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Throwback to a great production by
@KBSWorldTV
, Food Odyssey looks at the origins of
#bread
in
#Egypt
! More here
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My view for the next two weeks!
Hello Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ
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Have a lovely Sunday whatever your doing! Best wishes from the land of the Pharaohs!
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Dad is on the mend, the trains have cheered us all up no end, Twitter as its best! Thanks ๐
Sadly my old father is not feeling so good and is currently in hospital. He loves trains, as you can see, so please cheer him up with a picture or two!
Get well soon Dad! ๐๐๐
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The amazing project to save Tutankhamun's tomb may lead to discovering Nefertiti's mummy
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Viking week at Past Preservers! Host for a Viking TV show & expert lecturers for Viking Cruises wanted! Please RT!
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Loving these images from the newly opened Tel Basta Museum in Zagazig
#Egypt
A must visit!
#history
#archaeology
#heritage
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Meet our Expert of the Week, Hunter Jones, Author & Historian! Sign up on our Expert database for TV Jobs,
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Congrats to
#Italian
authorities for seizing this group of
#Egyptian
antiquities in
#Napoli
,
#Italy
! Appears they were from illegal excavations, hopefully they will be now on their way home!
#Combatlooting
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New Discoveries by German/Egyptian archaeological team in Matariya
#Egypt
may be from a yet undiscovered temple of Ramses II.
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Late Period Statue recovered in Assiut,
#Egypt
from illegal excavation under a home in the city. More @
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Currently going viral in
#Egypt
this great competition
#egyptian_currency_design_challenge
Which do you prefer?
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Beautiful Images from
#Giza
#Egypt
tonight at the draw for the Africa's Cup!
Egypt you really can put on a show like no other!
#AFCON2019
Go
#ThePharaohs
#ุงููุฑุงุนูุฉ !
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If you could sit here for one hour with one other person (alive or dead) who would you choose?
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Morning from Luxor, Egypt!
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The simply stunning Abdeen Palace in Cairo has reopened to visitors, do not miss it!
#Egypt
#heritage
@CairoScene
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Past Preservers now has an official mascot!
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Premiering tonight on PBS with our expert presenter, Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Manassa Darnell. Dont miss it!
#AfricasCivilizationsPBS
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Expert of the Week: Dr Marcy Rockman, Archaeologist. If you would like to join the team, see
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Please join us in wishing our presenter Dr. Karen Wehner, Historical Archaeologist a very Happy Birthday!
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I feel there is something profoundly sad about Egyptian funerary objects being seen as commodities? To be SOLD in London in 2 days!
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#Egypt
makes an appearance again at the Oscars with Kerry Washington & Tracee Ellis Ross in Zuhair Murad creations! Tut would be proud!
#Oscars20
#academyawards2020
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Wonderful images from
@TourismandAntiq
of the excavations at the Mummification Workshop at Saqqara lead by Dr. Ramadan Hussein. One of the coffins of a woman called Didibastett was found buried with six canopic jars while four is the norm!
#Egypt
#Archaeology
#History
#Mummies
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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves" Lincoln
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Proud to assist in the production of this brilliantly shot short film by David Krippenorff with the...
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Our experts John & Maria can finally reveal the details of their latest discovery at Geb el Silsila, an intact multiple burial shaft tomb! Further details & press contacts here
Follow
@johnwardkt
&
@DrMariaNilsson
for the latest updates!
#Egypt
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Winner of the
#Unite4Heritage
photo contest awarded tonight in
#Cairo
. Wonderful picture by Mohamed Adel Gawad!
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Noticed that
#pyramid
is trending & was amazed to see the old slave myth still alive & strong. Perhaps its time this papyrus the Diary of Merer was better know!
#notslaves
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Check out Sacred Sites: Egypt, with our Expert Presenter Dr Colleen Manassa-Darnell via
@SmithsonianChan
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"It is not known when and where the
#Tutankhamun
head was found"
Head of Tutankamun to be sold at
@ChristiesInc
next month, only one place this belongs and its
#Egypt
! What can be done to save this unique artefact?
via
@FinancialTimes
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Lets get this to a Million tonight! Petition: Prevent Donald Trump from making a State Visit to the United Kingdom.
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A state of the nation report from
#Egypt
Minister of Antiquities, lots of promising updates!
#archaeology
#heritage
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Dad sadly unwell again, I think we will need more trains!
Sadly my old father is not feeling so good and is currently in hospital. He loves trains, as you can see, so please cheer him up with a picture or two!
Get well soon Dad! ๐๐๐
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Update from Egypt! latest images from the opening!
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Wishing you all a very happy Sham El Nessim from the Past Preservers team!
#Egypt
#shamelnessim
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Meet our latest Presenter, Archaeologist & Historian, Jessica McGinn
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Our Expert of the Week: Dana Shew, Oral Historian & Archaeologist. Want to join us?
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Meet our Expert of the Week: Chris Knutson, Archaeologist & Photographer. Check our team at
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