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1970-1999
(notes
on the persistent influence of ancient Egypt on popular culture, fine
arts, and other current events)
(please
note that external links
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Egyptomania.org encounters them)
(updated 5
April 2008)
1999
17 December
The Egyptian Revival Isis Theater in Aspen, Colorado is set to reopen.
Aspen
Times
26 September
An article on Long Island (New York) clock towers includes the one in
Roslyn: "The tower is shaped like an obelisk and has four faces. A
mixture of
Gothic, Romanesque and Egyptian Revival styles, it has a round turret
on one corner, lancet windows and heavy buttresses flanking the front
door. Inside, a circular staircase leads to the clockworks. The tower,
which is made of brownstone and granite, was designed by Hugo Lamb and
Charles Alonzo Rich, the New York architects who planned Sagamore Hill
for Theodore Roosevelt."
New
York Times
23 September
An Egyptian looks at the popularity of ancient Egyptian culture in the
United States.
Al-Ahram
Weekly
13 May
The preservation of the facade of the Egyptian Revival building in
Minneapolis, Minnesota (reported here 9 April 1996) was honored by the
Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission.
Star
Tribune
1998
4 September
An article about the enduring appeal of the Egyptian Revival.
New
York Times
1996
9
April
The facade of the "Egyptian building" on Marquette Avenue in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be preserved, despite new construction
plans for the site.
Star
Tribune
14 January
"Montu," an Egyptian-themed roller coaster named after an ancient
war-god, is being constructed at Busch Gardens Tampa.
Bergan
County Record
1990
25 February
An article about the the Egyptian Revival, related to the exhibit of
American Egyptian Revival decorative arts at the Hudson Museum.
New
York Times
1989
31 December
The Egyptian Revival is "flourishing."
New
York Times
1988
10 March
Los Angeles community leaders are debating what to do with the Egyptian
Revival Alex Theatre.
Los
Angeles Times
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