Group Spotlight

Eternal Gods, Eternal Lives is for anyone who loves their Egyptian Gods and roleplay. It may not be the biggest group in town, but the potential for learning and stimulating fun is definitely found in this group, check it out!

Hood Spotlight

Valley of the Kings is one of Egypt's two newest hoods. It is complete, beautiful, informative and welcoming new residents, so what are you waiting for, you will not be disappointed.

House of Akhenaten is a lovely place and was home to most of our Goldfest events. It is not yet complete but is ready for occupancy and hey, there are some really good articles there.

Article Spotlight

Valley of the Kings - A Remembrance
by Meritites Hatshepsut

Akhenaten, disease or divinity?
by Redjita Khaemwaset

Quest for Eternal Life
by Mirjam Nebet

Egyptian Funnies

World's Shortest Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, a girl asked a guy, "Will you marry me?" The guy said, "No" and the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, dancing, drank martinis, always had a clean house, never had to cook, stayed skinny and farted whenever she wanted.

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Happy Holidays my fellow Egyptians!

Some of our devoted readers have probably been asking themselves if we missed a month of the Acta and they would be correct. :-) The powers that be felt we all might be hung over from Goldfest and it was decided we would have a December edition instead, which is a good thing as far as Egypt is concerned as a lot has been happening and is going to happen. So without further ado....here we go!

The Egyptian Goldfest was a wonderful thing. Beginning with the planning and onward, I saw new life being breathed into Egypt, and relished in seeing Egypt being nurtured again and watching it come back to life! Our Goldfest was centered around the Amarna period and not only housed some fabulous articles, and a quiz I failed miserably at (but supposedly helped write), but also birthed two new hoods which are spotlighted in this Acta.

Sadly, Egypt bid goodbye to our fabulous Scribe Asenath. I will miss her more than I can say. She was fabulous in her position and I remember thinking I felt sorry for the Scribes who had to fill her big ol' beautiful shoes. Well, the powers that be here at AW made sure we have some awesome new Scribes who I believe are up to the task of big shoe filling.

Our new Scribes are some lovely and helpful women. I'm sure if you ever need their help you can just send out an SOS, and please feel free to welcome them.

Get out your party hats, Egypt! It is time to Establish the Celestial Cow. It is a time for thanks and for giving. The events are planned for December 29-31st and are still in the planning process; if you would like to join in please visit the planning board. It promises to be a lot of fun, where else can you decorate a Celestial Cow? There is also a writing contest, a gift quiz and among other things, an Avatar Ball and much more. Join us if you can :-)

• Zombies in Hierakonpolis?
  I always think of zombies as fictional creepy beings, but this interesting and unusual article shows zombies that because of a virus are not fictional at all, and it can happen, which freaked me out a bit. No, I haven't lost my mind, have a look for yourself. [Read more]
• King Tutankhamun Revealed
  For 85 years people have had a love affair with the boy Pharaoh also known as King Tut, and for the first time in all of those years, the world gets to see the mummified remains and face behind the golden mask. [Read more]
• Erichsen Library
  Stanford University has acquired possibly "the last great Egyptology library in private hands". [Read more]

Happy Birthday in advance to our members having birthdays in December and January! You can find them down below, so, please stop by their pers and wish them a wonderful day :-)

December 3 - Onions Hatshepsut
December 15 - Bentreshy Sithathor
December 31 - Archiveisis Ramesses
January 7 - Tut Sobkneferu
January 23 - Ricia Meritamen

Happy New Year Egypt!!