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If you're near Philadelphia, Hawass will be giving a lecture at Penn's Irvine auditorium on 6 September. It starts at 7pm and costs $15 (I have no idea if there's a student price or not). He will be discussing the recent rediscovery of jars and seals reading Nebkheperre (Tutankhamen's prenomen). There's an article about the rediscovery here.
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If you're going to be in London sometime soon, starting 15 November, the big Tutankhamen exhibit that's been touring for a couple years now will be at the O2. If you're an O2 customer, you can get priority tickets from now until 12 September. The show will be here until 30 August 2008, so you've got a long opportunity, but I'd say pre-booking is essential. (My parents saw the 1972 exhibition and have described the Queue to End All Queues. Sadly, although I am an O2 customer, I won't be in London in November. I'm happy to pass on info, though.) Official site. It's worth a visit just to see the trailer. XD
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One more London note: The Yacoubian Building is opening at the Institute for Contemporary Art on 14 September. The most expensive film ever made in Egypt, it's based upon the novel of the same name by Alaa Al Aswany. The book dominated the Arabic bestseller charts for years. Right now the film's scheduled to play until 30 September. (I do get to see this, and I'm thrilled. I read the book a while ago and had started to despair of ever getting to see the film.) My feelings about the book are... complicated, but it presents a faithful and multifaceted view of modern Cairo, with sympathy for devils and angels alike.
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If you're going to be in London sometime soon, starting 15 November, the big Tutankhamen exhibit that's been touring for a couple years now will be at the O2. If you're an O2 customer, you can get priority tickets from now until 12 September. The show will be here until 30 August 2008, so you've got a long opportunity, but I'd say pre-booking is essential. (My parents saw the 1972 exhibition and have described the Queue to End All Queues. Sadly, although I am an O2 customer, I won't be in London in November. I'm happy to pass on info, though.) Official site. It's worth a visit just to see the trailer. XD
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One more London note: The Yacoubian Building is opening at the Institute for Contemporary Art on 14 September. The most expensive film ever made in Egypt, it's based upon the novel of the same name by Alaa Al Aswany. The book dominated the Arabic bestseller charts for years. Right now the film's scheduled to play until 30 September. (I do get to see this, and I'm thrilled. I read the book a while ago and had started to despair of ever getting to see the film.) My feelings about the book are... complicated, but it presents a faithful and multifaceted view of modern Cairo, with sympathy for devils and angels alike.
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