Bored out of your mind yet due to lockdown? Here are some tips! 1. If you can’t go out and adventure, play an adventure game! Games can be found at GOG.com and Steam. Mystery and fantasy/sci-fi are great genres for escapism. Try these for example: The Longest Journey series (including Dreamfall and Dreamfall: Chapters) Syberia…
Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
In the past few years, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has had an active policy of reporting new discoveries in Egypt on a frequent basis, to keep Egypt positively in the news as well as interest tourists in visiting the country. Indeed tourism has largely picked up again since the 2011 revolution, and in the…
Thomas Cook and the way to see the Nile
When Thomas Cook went bankrupt in September 2019, hundreds of thousands of holiday makers were stranded. Tens of thousands of employees were out of a job, including many local service providers. Thomas Cook and Son was a household name in the travel industry, two men who single-handedly invented organised travel, and paved the way for…
From the bust of Nefertiti to the head of Tutankhamun
When Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley visited Bolton Museum as a child, she was unaware that the bust of Nefertiti she admired there was in fact a replica. She soon found copies of the work popping up in museums around England. The original bust was first displayed when the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun was causing…