Aknehatate's Watering Hole has swept out the centuries of built up sand & dung beetle shells and redecorated. Not all of Egypt's population are Nile dwellers, if you have just travelled from your remote desert Oasis to see friends, this is the place to do it. Just beware a few of the vinegared wines!

The Egyptian Trivia Thread has long been AW's most active spot for trivia freaks and if anything it's even more so now. Not that we rely on Roman intervention (I assure you we don't!) but it's seen quite alot of cross-world interaction lately. Even if you don't have the answers it's a fun thread to watch. Some recent Trivia debates:
* Oil lamp additives?
* The supposedly easy Cleopatra question
* An Informant on the source of the nile?

We can barely contain our joy, but Ankhesen Amenhotep has set up home again, well home again here in Egypt! The talented Ankhesen has been in the site since the early AS days, and her humor (and more importantly to you clipart collectors) her fabulous artwork has decorated more Pers than you can imagine. Visit her per to say hello and while your there stop by her artwork pages, and don't miss her hilarious Avatar pages! It's guaranteed you'll find something to take home.

Egypt will be celebrating its GoldFest on October 22. Our theme this year: Mummy Madness! So far we're planning the following events:

• UnderWraps! - A mysterious mummy search with awards, narrated by the God Anpu.
  


• Tomb Tour - Explore a virtual tomb and learn about the mysteries of ancient Egypt.
  


• Studio LIV BCE and the Mummy Awards - Sile Song Show/competition, and The "Mummys" Awards Gala.
  


• Egyptian Quiz - By Onions Hatshepsut
  


• VII Sisters Salon - Authentic beauty treatments to our festival-weary travellers.
  


• Who's your Mummy? - Take the quiz and find out! Hosted by the group Egyptian Queen
  


• Drunken Hathor Oracle - Find the answers, ask the questions.

If you would like to participate in the planning stages or just watch for future developments, stop by our Goldfest Planning thread.

Cleopatra Where Are You?
Zahi Hawass is setting his sites big, he hopes to find Queen Cleopatra herself along with the Roman, Mark Antony, he knows it would be a bigger find than that of King Tut. Hawass believes you can find Cleo and company at Tabusiris Magna. In Hawass' words "I believe it is a very sacred place and this is where they would have hidden Cleopatra and Marc Antony from Octavian,"
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Ramses' Great Move
The 83 ton colossal statue of Ramses II has stood watch over Ramses Square in Cairo for over fifty years, but environmental hazards that occur in a busy and congested area were causing the ancient statue to deteriorate; so it was decided that he should be moved to a more tranquil and healthy environment about one mile from the Giza Pyramids, and near the future site of the Grand Museum of Egypt. And just as in life, Ramses commanded much pomp and circumstance as he made the ten hour journey to his new home, throngs of people crowded to see the Pharaoh who was moved standing upright atop two flatbed trucks and escorted across the Nile by 1,500 armed soldiers. Once Ramses gets settled and waits for his new home to be built, he will undergo a much needed restoration. Who wouldn't need one after 3,200 years?
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Write Like An Egyptian
Today is proof that we are living in a new era, back in the day archaeologists depended upon such antiquated tools as pens, pencils and paper to record what is written upon Temple and Tomb walls, but things they are a changing!
Now the experts are relying on digital camera's and computer programs to help uncover the mysteries of sites being eroded by modern times. Who knows what we will learn? What will come to light? And what we will take from it?
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