Long Distance Courses in Egyptology

Originally published July 16, 2009 | Challenging the Past Blog | by Marsia Sfakianou Bealby

If you are willing to dish out $399 to participate in each of these classes, with a discount if you enroll in two or more classes, read on.

Classes offered are the following: Part 1 - History, Part 2 - Religious Beliefs and Funerary Practices, Part 3 - Literature and Related Texts, Part 4 - Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (coming soon). Each course has its own book that you receive when you enroll.

Download the virus free application form and fill it out if you are interested in any of these courses. The form also includes contact information and a more detailed description for each class.

Dr. Hawass to Give Lecture in Indianapolis on 7th August

Originally published July 18, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Blog

If I had the day off, I would be there. To meet Dr. Hawass one day before my birthday would be very exciting!

Dr. Hawass will be giving a lecture entitled, Mysteries of Tutankhamun Revealed, at the Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University on Friday 7th August, 2009.

The lecture will begin at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15, but you can get a $5 discount if you go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/zahi and enter the word ZAHI into the 'promotions and Special Offers' box. Here is the official poster of the event.

Lucky Offering Discounts on Tickets to King Tut Exhibit

Originally published July 10, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News | by Donna Kato

Lucky, the supermarket chain headquartered in Modesto, is partnering with the de Young Museum in San Francisco to offer customers a 30 percent discount for up to eight tickets for the King Tut exhibit, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" at the museum. The catch: You'll have to get the promotion code at a Lucky store for the Ticketmaster purchases. The offer is good through March 15, 2010.

Study Egypt From Beyond the Textbook

Originally published July 2, 2009 | SF Examiner| by Ken Garcia

If it’s good to be king, this year will also be a great time to be a sixth-grader.

As part of its really big show featuring the most popular exhibit in its history, de Young Museum officials are offering special group tickets to San Francisco public school students whose curriculum includes the study of ancient Egypt.

And seeing ancient Egypt up close and personal is a lot more exciting than opening a book, which is why museum officials expect close to 25,000 students to visit the exhibit this fall, when the discount tickets are offered.

The tickets are courtesy of program underwriter Wells Fargo Bank, which, in this era of corporate branding, is sponsoring “Tut School Mondays.” That’s one way to make sure the kids are not forced to stand in long lines, as their parents did when the Boy King made his first appearance in San Francisco 30 years ago.

Whether it turns out to be the beginning of a “lifelong love” of ancient history, as museum officials hope, remains to be seen. But school groups who score the tickets by going to www.tut-sanfrancisco.org will immediately learn one thing: Tut has sure aged better than the rest of us.