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(notes on the persistent influence of ancient Egypt on popular culture, fine arts, and other current events)

(please note that external links are not kept updated and that newly-posted stories may appear with earlier dates)

2008 July-December

27 August
"Wilton Lewis Tawwater was born in Quanah [Texas] in 1923 [....] His father called him 'King Tut' when he was a baby, and 'Tut' stuck with him his entire life."
Plainview Daily Herald

27 August

A bicycling event will be held on 27 September to benefit the "maintenance and preservation" of the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb, Illinois.
WIFR

27 August
Next month, the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio will show The Pharaoh's Daughter, a film of "a legendary 1862 ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa (who later created the first "Nutcracker") set to music by Cesare Pugni. The recent, lavish Bolshoi Ballet production was reconstructed from Petipa's original by Pierre Lacotte."
The Plain Dealer

27 August
Ankh: The Curse of the Scarab King has been released for the Nintendo D gaming system.
ProductReviews

27 August

One of the plays featured at the Page-to-Stage New Play Festival at the Kennedy Center in New York City is the musical The Last Days of Cleopatra, adapted by Joe Calarco from the book of that title by Charlie Barnett. The play "is about the scandal on the set of "Cleopatra" in the early 1960s when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fell in love despite their respective spouses."
Washington Post

27 August
A review of the New York Grand Opera production of Aida.
Brooklyn Eagle

26 August

In an upcoming episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's series Eureka, entitled "Show Me the Mummy," "a famed archeologist [is] on the hunt for a mummy after he opens the tomb of an Egyptian queen at Global Dynamics."
BuddyTV

26 August

The Egyptian goddess Isis is the namesake of a British charity that supports "women and their children experiencing mental distress." The charity, the Isis Project, has "a new logo depicting a blue eye. 'Isis' is a goddess in Egyptian culture, representing feminine strength, rebirth and renewal, while the eye symbolises protection and recovery."
Telegraph and Argus

26 August
Scottish singer Chelsea Dagger recalls: "'My favourite ever [burlesque performance] was the very first one I did. I was Cleopatra and I did this really cheesy Egyptian dance and a strip tease. It was hilarious, but I loved it. I've never done it again, but I absolutely loved it.' | It was seeing her perform as the Egyptian queen that inspired John [Lawler, now her husband] to pen the song Chelsea Dagger."
The Scotsman

26 August
Noted in an article about Josephine Baker: "She appeared in a show, 'La Revue Negre', in which she danced the Charleston on top of a drum dressed in ostrich feathers, and became a huge star. The French press went wild and said she was 'Nefertiti and the Queen of Sheba and Cleopatra ... her eyelids twinkling with sequins, her fingers, wrists, throat and ears aglow with diamonds ... She is the most radiant of all temptresses ever to grace the Paris stage ... A sinuous idol who enslaves and incites all mankind.'"
The Guardian

25 August
For 2007/2008, foreign tourism to Egypt has increased by more than 25% over 2006/2007.
Reuters

25 August

Although dubbed "Ziggurat," the futuristic carbon-neutral pyramid city planned for Dubai is clearly of Egyptian inspiration.
Inhabitat

25 August
The Isle of Man is issuing a commemorative coin in which "Sand from Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, the only original Ancient Wonder still standing, is encapsulated."
Numismaster

25 August

High-school drama teacher and playwright Linda Piccolo's play Curse of the Pharaoh Queen, "centers on famous detective writer Agatha Christie solving a murder mystery during a trip to Aswan, Egypt, with her archaeologist husband. | It’s full of action, murder, intrigue, Egyptian history and, of course, a mummy’s curse."
Helena Independent Record

24 August

The Khufu boat inspired singer-songwriter Ben Sollee's "Bury Me in My Car."
Courier-Journal

23 August
An opinion piece compares the Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to the Egyptian god Osiris: "The 'O' [in the official campaign logo] then symbolizes Obama as well as the mythological figure of Osiris, the sun-god personified in the Egyptian cult of life, death and fertility.  The Obamas are the Osiris-Isis pair, the power couple of Egyptian mythology..."
OpEdNews

22 August

For the famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, held on 20 September 1973, King "entered the stadium Cleopatra-style, on a chair carried by burly bare-chested young men. Riggs followed in a rickshaw pulled by near-naked models he called his 'bosom buddies.'"
Times Colonist

21 August

Clair Ossian's Texas garden was inspired by ancient Egypt.
Dallas Morning News

21 August

Supermodel Naomi Campbell had a meeting with Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Hawass states "She claims she feels a great spiritual connection to it [the Great Sphinx at Giza]. I took her to visit and she started talking to it."
The Independent

20 August

Asked whose wardrobe, "past or present, fictional or real," she would most like to steal, actress Naomie Harris replied, "Cleopatra's, please. I love all her gold jewellery and floaty dresses. I'd be happy wearing that kind of attire every day."
TimesOnline

20 August
The newest police horse in Saratoga Springs, New York, is named King Tut.
TimesUnion

19 August

Review of a production of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival (Ontario).
National Post

18 August
Vena Cava's new line of shoes "will consist of four styles matching their Spring collection theme of 'Egyptomania.' Expect to see exotic strappy sandals embellished in monkfish and salmon skin dyed in muted, sun-bleached colors."
FabSugar

17 August

Article about the 1932 film The Mummy.
Times Colonist

17 August
At last year's welcome back celebration at Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, "principal Judy Mobley made a grand entrance as the Egyptian ruler Cleopatra, carried in on a couch as admirers threw flower petals."
HeraldOnline

17 August

"Jan de Bray's Banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is an odd work, but then it was meant to be. The canvas is a portrait historié, a portrait whose subjects are shown as historical characters – in this case, a licentious Roman general and an Egyptian queen whose husbands included two of her brothers. Hardly a flattering depiction, especially given the identity of the sitters: Salomon and Anna de Bray, Jan's father and mother."
The Independent

16 August

An Internet gambling game called Pharaoh's Treasure recently paid out a £100,000 jackpot.
Evening Telegraph

15 August
Two churches in Chester joined together to hold an Egyptian-themed "holiday club for children"
Chester Chronicle

14 August
A 1,200-pound cast cement statue of Horus has mysteriously turned up facing due west on the lower slopes of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. Its origins are unknown.
WRMEA

14 August

A 1978 short film entitled invisible Adversaries is based "on the Egyptian myth of the Hyksos – an ancient tribe who would stage invasions via sudden appearance and disappearances." (Egyptomania.org is otherwise unaware of this "myth" and would appreciate learning of any source, modern or otherwise, referencing it.)
DVD Times

14 August
The Masonic Temple in Greensboro, North Carolina, which has an "Egyptian-styled Scottish Rite room," may become a performing arts center.
News-Record

14 August

Recently closed in Grand Chute, Wisconsin: the Tan Lines tanning salon on Integrity Way. "The salon opened in 2005 and had 54 tanning rooms in a massive 10,000 square foot space with an Egyptian theme."
PostCrescent

14 August

At the Magdalen Community Fayre in Gorleston could be found "Isis Egyptian dancing."
Great Yarmouth Mercury

14 August

"The teams dressed up in Cleopatra, Ghost Busters, Egyptian and Sheila’s Wheels outfits" for the annual trolley dash" to raise money for the Wath Brow Hornets rugby team charity.
Whitehaven News

13 August

Having failed to raise the required funds, the Texas Ballet Theater has canceled its performance of Cleopatra in Beijing. (See 9 August.)
Star-Telegram
Dallas Morning News

13 August

An Egyptian-themed game, Pyramid Solitaire, is available for the iPhone.
iLounge

13 August
The new female character in the new Star War series (see 11 August) is described as "a facial amalgam of Nefertiti and Pete Doherty."
Financial Times

12 August
Another story on the Egyptian-themed fair at Harborough. (See also 6 August.)
Harborough Mail

12 August

Designer Lisa Maycock reports that her spring 2009 line will be "Egyptian sportswear, we’re calling it celestial sportswear [...]But it’s loosely inspired by Egyptomania." [...] "It's a fascination with Egypt. Like Francophile, but we're doing it in a subtle way so that it's wearable."
New York Observer

12 August

"Egyptian deities probably aren't a realm to which PC enthusiasts give much thought when picking out components, but for whatever reason, the Hiper Group has decided that's the appropriate theme for its new line of cases."
The Tech Report

11 August

(Egyptomania.org hesitates to mention this, but only hesitates.) The low-budget film Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers features those who "worship the god of Egyptian chainsaws."
MLive.com

11 August

A South African "teambuilding conference" company is holding an event it calls the Pharaoh's Curse.
BizCommunity

11 August
The new segment in the Star Wars series, The Clone Wars, features "Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein), a feisty 14-year-old girl with a neo-ancient Egyptian look who is assigned to serve as apprentice to the reluctant Anakin. The character seems like an obvious play for the teen audience."
Screen Daily

11 August

Now available: a King Tut sleeping bag, reported to be "a huge hit in Japan."
Inventorspot

11 August

"Cleopatra's Nile barge" was one of the entries in first Cardboard Boat Regatta at the University of New Hampshire Outdoor Pool in Durham.
Seacoast Online

10 August
"At a media conference here, [George Lucas is] asked about the challenge of living up to his own legacy, especially on a smaller budget. 'It's challenging,' he says. 'All art is a technological medium, so a lot of it has to do with engineering how to create what you imagine. It's also something that's dictated to you by the amount of resources you have available to you. If you're a Pharaoh, you build pyramids.'"
London Free Press

10 August

"Chodovar brewery manager Mojmir Prokes explained that the treatment [at Prave Pivni Lazni, a Czech beer spa] was inspired in part by ancient Egyptian beer traditions."
Chicago Tribune

9 August
The Texas Ballet Theater may cancel its upcoming trip to the China Shanghai International Arts Festival if it fails to raise a minimum of $70,000 by Wednesday, necessary to ship sets, costumes, and other equipment (including "some expenses associated with the special recorded music") required to stage Cleopatra
Star-Telegram
Dallas News

9 August

A fundraiser will be held on 6 September to benefit the restoration of the 1913 Egyptian Revival organ in the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. The church architecture is likewise Egyptian Revival.
Tennessean

9 August
The third building phase of Fort Trumbull (New London, Connecticut), constructed in 1839, "is the only American fort that features Egyptian Revival architecture."
TheDay.com

9 August

To coax visitors to Columbus, Ohio: "Print ads, online ads and even T-shirts will display images of the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the Egyptian pyramids and other objects of interest not found in Columbus."
Columbus Local News

8 August
Early twentieth century Egyptian Revival architecture in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Note, however, that not all of the architecture shown in the accompanying photo gallery is properly speaking Egyptian Revival.)
Indy.com

8 August

A new Mardi Gras krewe, named the Krewe of Tut, after the boy-king, has formed this year and been approved by the Terrebonne Parish Council (Louisiana). Open to "people of all backgrounds," it already has about 200 members.
HoumaToday

8 August

On Pharaoh's Island in the Thames River, "many of the 23 houses on the island have names with an Egyptian theme to maintain the link [to Admiral Lord Nelson, who defeated Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798] The biggest of them, the Sphinx at the eastern end of the island, was recently on the market with a price tag in excess of £1m."
Staines News

8 August
Video (plug-in, perhaps Windows-specific, required) of the Egyptian-themed day at Harborough mentioned 6 August.
Harborough Mail

8 August

Review of the Seattle Opera's production of Aida.
HeraldNet

7 August
The play Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell has its world premiere production at Maieutic Theatre Works. "Imagine an island in hell where Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, and Queen Victoria...wait for their men. What happens when women's lib icon Anaïs Nin arrives to turn their afterlife upside down?"
Broadway World

7 August

Article about the production of Aida staged in Beijing by the Cairo Opera House.
Daily News Egypt

7 August
Review of the TriArts Sharon Playhouse's production of Elton John's Aida.
RepublicanAmerican

7 August

The Egyptian replica pieces formerly on display at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas have been donated to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. (See also 26 June 2008; for the "de-Egyptianization" of the hotel, see, most recently, 23 August 2007.)
ReviewJournal

6 August

"Two huge sandpits, palm trees, a sphinx and deckchairs have been placed on The Square [in Harborough] this morning (Wed, Aug 6) as part of an Egyptian-themed event."
Harborough Mail

6 August

Noted: the current production of Swan Lake, being staged in the Opera House in London by the Guandong troupe of acrobats includes, bafflingly, "a camel and a sphinx."
This Is London

4 August

A spacecraft called Rosetta is headed for an asteroid, which it will examine by means of its Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) imaging system.
European Space Agency News

4 August

A description of what theater in which The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opened in Mumbai: "the setup leading to the screens had an Egyptian decor, complete with mummies, pyramids and the sphinx!"
Times of India

4 August
A look at The Mummy (1932), starring Boris Karloff.
Nashua Telegraph

3 August

A reviewer compares painter Yau Bee Ling's "abstract portrait" Pride to Nefertiti: "The tilt of the head in the portrait is in the classic Nefertiti style. The angular chin, the eyes almost looking down at the viewer portray a certain hauteur about the person. |  [...] She was so important to him that Akhenaten had her image carved into the four corners of his granite sarcophagus, providing his mummified body with protection in the after life – and in so doing elevated her to the realm of the deities. | Perhaps that explains the hauteur often seen in representations of Nefertiti."
The Star Online

2 August
A look back at the mummy movies of Universal Studios, past and present.
Geeks of Doom

2 August

This article about jeweler Gaston Marticornea features a photograph of him holding "a tiny18-karat gold Egyptian pharaoh King Tut with exquisitely detailed helmet and clothing. He made the piece because of a client who brought in a picture of the pharaoh, he said."
The Suncoast news

1 August
An article on mummymania, especially in the cinema.
Vancouver Sun

1 August

"One of the most distinctive shopping centers in the world, Dubai's Wafi Mall is known for its opulent décor as well as its range of shops and restaurants. Shaped like an Egyptian pyramid, it has hieroglyphics that decorate the walls, while statues of pharaohs sit next to the gold-foiled white pillars lining the walkways."
Forbes

1 August

A detail from biographer Philip Hoare's meeting with noted recluse Stephen Tennant in 1987: "He was lying in bed wearing two shirts, with an ancient Egyptian scarab ring and on his legs he had a rug which I later found out was made of the skins of 20 very rare Columbian monkeys."
This Is Nottingham

1 August

A review describes the restaurant in the Majestic Barrière in Cannes as "neo-Egyptian."
Telegraph

1 August

A Rothschild's giraffe just born at the Marwell Zoo has been given the name Tiye, after Queen Tiye, mother of Akhenaten.
This Is Hampshire

1 August

Schedule for the wherry yacht Hathor, the interior of which is decorated in a period Egyptian theme.
EDP24

31 July
One chapter of a recent doctoral thesis by Sahar Abdel Ramen "explained how the ancient Egyptians influenced invaders and got influenced by them to finally offer the world a wide range of hairstyles."
Daily News Egypt

31
July
Why we find mummies to fascinating.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

30
July
Italian writer Roberto Zacco's novel about Nefertiti, The Arms of the Sun, has been optioned By Lucas Foster for a film.
ComingSoon.net
MovieWeb

undated
July
Recently released for the Nintendo game system: Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy.
DS-x2.com

29
July
The Egyptian Revival wherry Hathor will be open for tours.
Lowestoft Journal

27 July
Miami Dolphins running back Lorenzo Booker "has a tattoo on his left shoulder in African hieroglyphic characters that means "life." Around it is a pyramid shape with his mother's initials in the top corner and his brother's and sister's initials in the bottom left and right corners, respectively."
Phanatic Magazine

27
July
Donations are sought to complete the restoration of the Arabian Theatre in Laurel, Mississippi, first mentioned here 21 July.
Hattiesburg American

27
July
"Some images" in the works of Cuban artist Glexis Novoa "refer back to antiquity, such as the Egyptian deity of the afterlife Anubis."
Tennessean

21
July
An Egyptian-themed hoodie was among the hoodies used by a gang of robbers just convicted in Mobile, Alabama.
Press-Register

21 July
One of the themed rooms in the Zanzibar International Hotel located in St. Leonards (U.K.) is devoted to Egypt, complete with "an Anubis-like statue guarding the door."
Telegraph

(undated)
July
Among the waxwork displays at the Tourist Information Bureau of the Municipality of Nicosia (Cyprus): "There’s Cleopatra, (not Liz Tailor), Nefertiti, Horus, Annubis [sic], god of the dead, and a mummy with its shriveled head exposed."
Cyprus Mail

21
July
Workers have uncovered Egyptian Revival wall decoration in the Arabian Theatre in Laurel, Mississippi. Donations are sought to complete the restoration.
Laurel Leader-Call

21
July
The Hi-Notes Ensemble, a troupe of hearing-impaired children, has been honored with a New Group Composition award, presented at at the National Festival of Music for Youth, for their Tutankhamen’s Curse.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner

20 July

Mentioned in passing: "the shocking never-solved 'Sphinx Murder' of a dentist on the steps of the downtown [Pasadena, CA] Masonic Hall in 1933. 'They'd say the sphinx knew, but wouldn't talk,' [Richard] Schave said."
Pasadena Star News

19 July
"Beginning in the early 1920s, the mature style of [Demeter] Chiparus took shape. His sculptures are remarkable for their bright and outstanding decorative effect. His work was influenced by an interest in Egypt after King Tutankhamen's tomb was excavated in 1922. There are several sculptures representing Egyptian queen Cleopatra, as well as Egyptian dancers."
Orillia Packet & Times

18 July

Featured in an episode of Look What I Did!, a show on HGTV (Home and Garden Television) is an Egyptian-inspired bathroom.
Contra Costa Times

18 July
Two more stories (with photographs) about the mummified bodies reported here on 17 July.
Charleston Daily Mail
West Virginia Public Broadcasting

17 July

"In 1888, the bodies of the two women [still on display 'in the bathroom of the Barbour County Historical Museum in Philippi, W. Va.'] were sold by the state hospital to Graham Hamrick for a macabre experiment: he wanted to recreate the mummification techniques employed by ancient Egyptians." There is now a movement to have the bodies removed from display.
MarketWatch

16 July
A fundraiser will be held in August for the Egyptian Revival wherry Hathor.
Evening News 24

16 July

The two male cheetahs in the Auckland Zoo (New Zealand) are named Anubis and Osiris.
Stuff.co.nz

16 July
From a review of the Thomas Hope exhibit at Bard College: "One spectacular part of the exhibition is a set of furniture from Hope's Egyptian room. A mix of Egyptian revival and French Empire styles, the Egyptian room is one of the classic examples of the Regency style, which mixed antiquity with what was then contemporary design. A pair of Hope-designed bronze and gilded beech armchairs, dating to 1802, are a must-see highlight of the show: The intricate carvings and the contrast of black-on-gold give the pair an alluring dazzle."
New York Sun

16 July

The pyramids are number 2 in a poll that asked people in Britain where they would most like to visit before they die.
Opodo

15 July
The 12-metre yacht Nefertiti participated in the charity fundraiser Wall Street Corporate Challenge, hosted by the Newport Shipyard.
Sail-World.com

15 July

A sports writer has dubbed tennis great Serena Williams "Nefertiti 2000."
Insight News

15 July

Review of the production of Aida presented by the Utah Festival Opera.
Salt Lake Tribune

15 July

Tutankhamun's mask provided the inspiration for a maze created across eight acres of maize and sunflower fields in Wistow, Leicestershire (U.K.).
Harborough Mail

15 July

When asked what character she would like to play in a film, actress Koel Purie replied, "Cleopatra, a femme fatale."
Screen India

14 July
"Khonshu," the "Egyptian God of Vengeance" makes an appearance in the superhero comic Moon Knight. (For the non-Egyptologist readers, Egyptomania.org notes that Khonsu is the name of an Egyptian lunar god.)
Comic Book Resources

14 July

A yoga instructor uses the ancient Egyptian story of the shipwrecked sailor in her class for children.
Daily Camera

13 July
A new line of denim fashions designed by Rachel Rose and Rebecca Dawson, called The Beautiful and Dammed, uses as its logo "the Scarab which is embroidered onto every pair. It’s a beautiful and intriguing creature but also has a sinister dark side."
Vogue

13 July

A list of celebrities' belief in reincarnation reveals that a medium told Tina Turner that she was Hatshepsut. Also, Shirley MacLaine "claims to have spent a previous life with her dog Terry in ancient Egypt. He was an animal god and she was a princess."
Sunday Mail

13 July

A review of a Lebanese restaurant in Sydney called "Pharaohs Mediterranean": "The restaurant is spread over two beautifully-decorated levels including Cleopatra's Lounge and the cosy Red Harem Room."
St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader

12 July

Rescued from a Dumpster in Summerside, Prince Edward Island: "a thick blue photo album with an Egyptian design on the front and back," containing hundreds of photographs from World War II.
The Expositor

12 July
An Egyptianizing metaphor from the publishing industry: "One figure who will have been excited by this week's news of unseen Franz Kafka papers becoming available is the agent Andrew Wylie, famously a collector of big names. His nickname, the Jackal, derived from rival agents seeing authors switching to him with irksome regularity. But his recent coup of acquiring Roberto Bolaño and Vladimir Nabokov's estates suggests it remains appropriate but in a different sense: he has become a literary Anubis..."
The Guardian

12 July

Mentioned in an article about Paris: "Of course, one of the best-known aspects of the Moulin Rouge experience is nudity. This goes right back to the late-19th century when one of the most popular draws was the Cleopatra procession, featuring a nude Egyptian queen carried by four men and surrounded by barely clad girls."
The Scotsman

11 July
An "Egyptian Era" is one of the options for the Nintendo game Ninja Commando.
Nintendic

11 July

A new surveillance application for the iPhone is called iRa.
Phones Review

11 July

A look at the Egyptian Revival, as inspired by an exhibit of the works of 19th century designer Thomas Hope.
New York Times

11 July
In 1923, the people of Geneva, Illinois dubbed the unidentified corpse of a murder victim "King Tut," on account of his fire-blackened head.
Kane County Chronicle

9 July
When asked if he had any favorite designs for this year, jewelry designer Gurhan Orhan replied in part: "I believe in reincarnation. What I try to do now, is for example, I collect some pieces from Roman period - bronze pieces and I put them out as jewelry today. I collect some jewelry parts and piece from Victorian period I put them out today again - the recent collection now I made is the Scarabs from Egyptian period. Those are giving me the greatest joy and I can say I mostly proud of those reincarnated jewelry."
ViaLuxe

8 July

The decor of the Moomia Lounge in New York City features both Moroccan and ancient Egyptian styles.
BlackBook

8 July

Among the items formerly in the collection of the History San Jose Museum (San Jose, California) to be auctioned off is an Egyptian Revival fireplace cover.
Mercury News

8 July

The Cairo Opera House will stage its production of Verdi's opera Aida in Beijing later this month.
China View

7 July
Language software developer Rosetta Stone is suing competitors for "piggybacking" on its Egyptologically-inspired trademarked name for Internet advertising.
Wall Street Journal

7 July

Students at the De Aston School in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire (U.K.) are enlivening the school halls with recreations of ancient art, including Egyptian.
Market Rasen Mail

6 July
An 8x8-foot tile mural depicting the pyramids of Giza and camels has been uncovered at a Long Beach, California apartment complex. It likely dates to the late 1920s.
Whittier Daily News

6 July

One recent trivia question was "What is the current occupant of the location that once housed the grand Egyptian Theatre?" (The answer, and a photograph of the interior of the theater as it appeared in 1929, with Egyptian Revival furniture, can be seen at the link.)
Boston Globe

6 July

A preview of Marcus Hummon and Abdel R. Salaam's work in progress, a dance oratio titled Tut: Seek Wonderful Things, which tells the stories of both Tutankhamun and Howard Carter.
Tennessean.com

5 July
Universal has released the 1932 classic The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, as a Special Edition  two-disk DVD set. Also available are the first two movies in the recent "Mummy" series.
Cleveland.com

5 July

From an article about the current "Lure of the East" exhibit of orientalist paintings at the Tate Britain in London: "Another subversive and revelatory painting [by John Frederick Lewis] is And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick (1872), where a beautiful woman (resembling Lewis's wife, Marianne) reclines in her sickbed. A panel on the wall above her head bears a relief of the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, manifested as Sekhmet; the centre of the wall is inscribed with a quotation from the Qur'an: 'We have embraced the faith, so forgive us.' At the front of the picture, Lewis, turned discreetly away from the women, reads from the Holy Book."
Guardian

3 July

The Egyptian Revival interior of the former Ogden Theater and Dance Hall (1928), now known as the Lincoln Theater, in Columbus, Ohio is being restored.
Columbus Alive

3 July

A new water attraction at Camelbeach in the Poconos (New York) is called the Pharaoh's Phortress.
The Morning Call
Pocono Record
Pocono Record

2 July
Noted in passing: famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's "early attempts to play God had included a failed attempt to bring a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy back to life..."
Daily Mail

1 July
A review of Pharaoh Sanders's 1967 jazz album Tauhid, which includes "Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt."
All About Jazz

1 July

Kollywood actress Nayantara "will soon be seen in an item number in the upcoming movie Kuselan dressed as Cleopatra, the thought of which is grabbing the attention of many young men worldwide."
Bollyspice

1 July
Former American Idol contestant Paris Bennet is pregnant and will name her daughter "Egypt."
NJ.com

1 July

Regarding the first Chronicles of Narnia film, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and specifically the lion, Aslan: "Aslan's eyes played a key role in Framestore's approach. 'In trying to think how we could improve upon the first film's sterling effort,' says Kevin Spruce, animation supervisor, 'One of the things that struck us was that his eyes had previously been given a distinctly "Egyptian", almost Cleopatra-like look and shape to them. We felt that this could be improved on, and it's one of the more noticeable changes in his appearance [in the second film, Prince Caspian]."
Digital Arts

1 July

On fire-ravaged California's list of "safe" fireworks: Pharaoh’s Treasure ($19.99), a trapezoid-shaped array of white smoke and titanium rain, showers droplets of purple, green and blue joined by crackling chrysanthemums."
El Dorado Hills Telegraph

1 July

The $65,000 gold-and-gemstone Cleopatra Bracelet by EV Jewelry "was inspired by scrolls dating back to the era of queen Cleopatra's reign."
Luxist

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2008 January-June