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Chronology of Attacks on Tourist Targets in Egypt

http://www.usdivetravel.com/T-EgyptTerrorism.html
Lists and describes recorded instances of terrorist activity against tourists of any nationality in Egypt since 1992.
Climate Threatens Egypt's Treasures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/1966886.stm
Examines the problem of higher humidity in the Nile River Valley, and its effects on ancient objects and buildings; by Malcolm Billings, BBC News.
Color Me Egypt:

http://www.touregypt.net/kids/
Egyptian history written for kids, a coloring book, and a coloring contest.
David Roberts Gallery of 19th Century Lithographs

http://www.museum-tours.com/museum/roberts/roberts0.htm
All 124 Egypt pictures -- architecture, monuments, people, and scenic views -- of Egypt in the 19th century by Scottish artist David Roberts R.A. (1796-1864).
Declaration Between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco, Together with the Secret Articles Signed at the Same Time

http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=11
Text of these documents, signed in London on 8 April 1904; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
Digital Egypt for Universities

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/
This "learning and teaching resource for higher education" contains information on all aspects of Egyptian history, society, and culture from 4000 BC to the present; from University College London.
Egy.com - Cairo's Recollections Online

http://www.egy.com/
Samir Raafat offers a variety of articles, photos, and references dealing with 19th and 20th century aspects of Cairo, Egypt's 1000-year-old capital - its architecture, landmarks, character, people and problems.
Egypt Investigates Resort Attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4713379.stm
Reports on the 23 July 2005 attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, including background, maps, news reports, reaction, and video; from BBC News.
Egypt Keeps Muslim Brotherhood Boxed In

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0607/p01s04-wome.html
Dan Murphy examines the Muslim Brotherhood's origins, history and violent past, current restructuring as an Islamic democratic model, and the Egyptian government's opposition to its recognition as a political party; from the Christian Science Monitor.
Egypt World

http://egyptworld.8k.com/
History of Egypt in summary form.
Egypt's Forgotten Treasures

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0301/feature4/
Zahi Hawass describes the search of the entire Egyptian Museum and storage sites across Egypt for artifacts to comprise an unprecedented exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Egyptian Museum on November 15, 1902; with photographs by Kenneth Garrett. From National Geographic.
Egypt: 1952-1956

http://www.coug.net/egyptphotos/
A collection of uncaptioned black-and-white photographs taken in Egypt by Don H. Church during the 1950s.
Egypt: A Travelogue

http://www.aegypten-fotos.de/egypt-photos.htm
A photo essay, with explanatory text, of contemporary life in rural and urban Egypt: Land and People, the Nile; Aswan, the Dam, Lake Nasser, and Abu Simbel; Giza, the Pyramids, and Sphinx; and the Egyptian Museum. German text also available.
Egyptian Gets $27 Million for Mohammed's Arrest Tip

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/12/shaikh.reward/index.html
In dispatch dated March 12, 2003, Kelli Arena, CNN Justice Correspondent, reports that an unnamed Egyptian radical will get $27 million as a reward for giving the United States information that led authorities to alleged September 11, 2001, mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed; from CNN.com.
Egyptology Forum

http://phpbb-host.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=thenile&sid=acfadb0e5b3f14b648d36720773cf259
Discuss Ancient Egypt and other Nile Valley cultures and civilizations; an amateur Egyptology forum with diverse subjects.
Francis Frith (1822-1898)

http://www.geh.org/fm/frith/htmlsrc/frith-intro.html
Brief biography of Frith, and checklist, index, and thumbnails of photographs taken during Frith's three photographic expeditions to Egypt, 1856-1860; from George Eastman House.
Griffith Institute

http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/
This renowned research institute, which has "the largest specialized Egyptological archive in the world," includes the records of Howard Carter's excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun, a major database of 19th-century studio photographs of Egypt, and other research tools and publications.
History of Egypt

http://www.touregypt.net/ehistory.htm
Published by the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt, and the Egyptian Tourist Authority; over 40 essays on all periods of Egyptian history, from Lower Paleolithic to British Occupation.
Huge Crater Found in Egypt

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060303_big_crater.html
Report on the discovery, by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim, of crater “Kebira,” more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known; by Robert Roy Britt at Space.com.
Huge Impact Crater Found in Egypt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4779482.stm
BBC News report that a giant meteorite crater (named "Kebira" -- which means "large" in Arabic -- and also relates to the crater's physical location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwest Egypt) formed from an impact millions of years ago has been discovered in Egypt's western desert.
Muhammad Ali - Firman of Appointment as Pasha of Egypt

http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=15
Translation of the firman issued by the Ottoman sultan in 1840, contributed by C. R. Pennell, National University of Singapore; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
Muhammad Ali's Tax Inspectors

http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=14
From the Chronicles of al-Jabarti, contributed by C. R. Pennell, National University of Singapore; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
Orders, Decorations and Medals of Egypt

http://www.medals.org.uk/egypt/egypt.htm
Full-color ribbon charts and individual images of orders, decorations, and medals, along with descriptions and award criteria, are separately provided for the Kingdom of Egypt and Earlier (1805-1953) and for the Arab Republic of Egypt (1953 - date).
Oxyrhynchus: A City and its Texts

http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/VExhibition/exhib_welcome.html
Online version of the exhibition of the same name, celebrating 100 years of publication of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri; contains information and images on the Site, Excavations and Finds, Daily Life, A Millennium of Documents, Scribes and Scholars, and other topics; from the Imaging Papyri Project at Oxford University.
Railways In the Nile Valley (Until 1935)

http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r050.html
This history of Egypt's railway system begins with an overview of the country's place in the region's travel and trade, recounts establishment of the Alexandria-Cairo line (the first railway on the African continent) in 1851-56, and then its expansion to the south and across the Delta; includes a map of the railway system and several images of locomotives, carriages, and stations.
Sheik Hassan Maamoun

http://hassanmaamoun.tripod.com/
Biography, photographs, and other information on Sheik Hassan Maamoun, who served Egypt as head of the Supreme Islamic Jurisprudence Court, El Mofti of the Republic, member of Parliament during the years of El Wehda (unification) with Syria, and as 44th Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.
Siwa Oasis

http://www.i-cias.com/e.o/siwa.htm
Briefly describes this oasis in western Egypt and provides a short chronological history, with links to key terms; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Survey of Decorative Stones in the Mosques and Other Islamic Buildings of the Pre-Ottoman Period in Cairo, Egypt

http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/faculty/harrell/Egypt/Mosques/Survey_Intro.htm
Report on a survey conducted from 1996 to 2000, with an Introduction, Description of Stone Varieties Found in Cairo, Inventory of Stones in Cairo Buildings, and Reuse of Roman Stones in Cairo Buildings; by Dr. James A. Harrell, Professor of Geology, Department of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, The University of Toledo.
The Sudanese Travels of Theodoro Krump, 1700-1702

http://www.kean.edu/~jspauldi/krump2home.html
A summary of this traveller's journey through Egypt and on to Sudan; by Jay Spaulding, at Kean University.
World Heritage Sites in Egypt

http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-egypt.html
Lists and links to detailed information on the individual UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Egypt.
WWW-VL History - Egypt

http://vlib.iue.it/history/africa/egypt.html
Multilingual collection of web resources relating to the history of the country.

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