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EGYPTOMANIA IN THE NEWS
1970-1999
(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 stories from these years will be added as 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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