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WELCOME TO OUR EGYPTOLOGY
WEBPAGE AND JOIN US IN A
TRIP OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS...
My name is Juan José Castillos, I am the Director of the Uruguayan Institute of Egyptology and I will refer you to some very interesting webpages where you will discover how a group of people in a small country are trying to contribute to a better knowledge of one of the most ancient and wonderful civilizations in the history of mankind.
In the last few decades new approaches to the archaeological work itself and to the interpretation of the results obtained by the archaeologists, have led to a better understanding of ancient people, their way of life, their social structure, their beliefs, their economy, their development from the uncertainties of prehistoric nomadic life to the relative comfort and security of a sedentary existence.
What seemed to be the privilege of a few rich countries which could afford to carry out archaeological projects in order to bring to light fresh evidence on the subject, is spreading to other areas of the world where people, with infinitely less resources but with great determination and a desire to contribute to the common goal, are doing research analyzing the new evidence.
Because most people are too busy earning their living and have little time to find out about these endeavours, why the work is being done and what it means for the average man and woman in terms of providing us with a global identity as citizens of the planet Earth rather than as people from one or other country, it is necessary to go to the general public and convey to them the reasons for all this work. Otherwise, every time we go to the government or elsewhere to ask for funds few people will find it worthwhile.
If you would like to know what we are doing, what we have accomplished so far, what are our goals and hopes for the future, please visit our following webpages:
NOTE - If at any time you click to visit any of our pages and it gives you a message that it is temporarily unavailable, this is due to a limit Geocities puts on daily traffic on its free webpages, so if you try again later or the next day, you should have no trouble to see it.
Likewise, if you try to visit one of our pages and Geocities reports it is "inactive", it's because they do that now if it has no visits for a few days, in that case send me an email to the address given below and I will reactivate it at once.
A decision by Yahoo Geocities to cease hosting these free webpages has been published as follows:
"GeoCities is closing on October 26, 2009. On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files."
This will cause the disappearance from the web of our more than 100 pages including articles, essays, various kinds of information about ancient Egypt, that over 10 years now have satisfied the curiosity or the needs of hundreds of thousands of people from more than 100 countries.
We regret this unfortunate decision that reduces the cultural content of internet as people unable to pay for their hosting must see the results of their efforts vanish from the web. We thank you anyway for your continued interest in our pages and suggest that if you disagree with this decision, write to Yahoo Geocities to make them aware of your opinion, perhaps the only way such a decision could be reversed.
CD-ROM with the Publications of the Uruguayan Society of Egyptology - Press here to see the contents and other details:
CD-ROM con las Publicaciones de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Egiptología - Presione aquí para ver el contenido y otros detalles:
Instituto Uruguayo de Egiptología
http://www.oocities.org/castillosd/index2.html
LA GRAN ESFINGE DE GUIZA: MITO Y REALIDAD
http://www.oocities.org/variouspapers/esfinge.html
Wonders of Ancient Egypt
http://www.oocities.org/julsas/index2.html
Egyptology in Uruguay
http://www.oocities.org/juancast/
HUMOR INVOLUNTARIO EN EGIPTOLOGÍA
http://www.oocities.org/gabrivaldez/index.html
A touch of humour: THE PERILS OF RA
http://www.oocities.org/cushingpeter/
LA SEUDO-EGIPTOLOGÍA
http://www.oocities.org/jjcastillos/seudo.html
PUBLICACIONES DE LA SOCIEDAD URUGUAYA DE EGIPTOLOGÍA
http://www.oocities.org/duarts/index2.html
REPORT ON THE ORIGINS 3 COLLOQUIUM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (28 JULY - 1 AUGUST 2008) - INFORME SOBRE EL SIMPOSIO ACADÉMICO ORÍGENES 3 EN EL MUSEO BRITÁNICO (28 JULIO - 1o. DE AGOSTO DE 2008)
http://www.oocities.org/jjcastillos/bm.html
REPORT ON THE XIII SYMPOSIUM ON ANCIENT AFRICA - PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - INFORME SOBRE LAS XIII JORNADAS DE ÁFRICA ANTIGUA
24 to 26 May 2007 - 24 al 26 de Mayo de 2007
http://www.oocities.org/juancast/jornadas.html
REPORT ON THE CURITIBA, BRAZIL EGYPTOLOGY SYMPOSIUM - INFORME SOBRE EL ENCUENTRO DE EGIPTOLOGÍA DE CURITIBA, BRASIL
30 AUGUST TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 30 DE AGOSTO AL 1o. SETIEMBRE 2007
http://www.oocities.org/duarta/curitiba.html
Uruguayan Society of Egyptology
http://www.oocities.org/josecastd/
Uruguayan Institute of Egyptology
http://www.oocities.org/castillosd/
International Egyptology Forum
Foro Internacional de Egiptología
http://www.oocities.org/duarta/
Papers on Egyptology - Artículos sobre Egiptología
http://www.oocities.org/jeque8/
Translation of the text in the Rosetta Stone
http://www.oocities.org/duarta/rosetta.html
Octavo Congreso Internacional de Egiptólogos
El Cairo, Egipto - 28 de Marzo al 3 de Abril 2000
(Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists)
http://www.oocities.org/jumaduarte/
Simposio de Poznán 2000 - 2000 Poznan Symposium
Prehistoria del Noreste de África - Prehistory of Northeastern Africa
29 de Agosto al 2 de Setiembre 2000 - 29 August to 2 September 2000
http://www.oocities.org/henslater/
Simposio de Poznán 2003 - 2003 Poznan Symposium
Prehistoria del Noreste de África - Prehistory of Northeastern Africa
14 al 18 de Julio 2003 - 14th to 18th July 2003
http://www.oocities.org/juanjosecastillos/poznan03.html
Coloquio Académico de Toronto 2003 - 2003 Toronto Scholars' Colloquium
7 de Noviembre de 2003 - 7 November 2003
http://www.oocities.org/colloq03/index.html
Coloquio Académico de Toronto 2006 - 2006 Toronto Scholars' Colloquium
3 y 5 de Noviembre de 2006 - 3 and 5 November 2006
http://www.oocities.org/jjcastillos/colloq06.html
Coloquio Académico de Toronto 2007 - 2007 Toronto Scholars' Colloquium
2 y 4 de Noviembre de 2007 - 2 and 4 November 2007
http://www.oocities.org/duarta/2007_tor.html
Tenth Congress of Uruguayan Archaeology
Décimo Congreso de Arqueología Uruguaya
26 to 29 November 2001 - Montevideo, Uruguay - 26 a 29 de Noviembre de 2001
http://www.oocities.org/martsego/
Ensayos y otros aportes sobre Egipto
http://www.oocities.org/robfuen/
Egipto, Cultura Milenaria
http://www.oocities.org/julsas/
TUTMANIA
The Philistine Approach to Egyptology
http://www.oocities.org/luisvignolo/tutmania.html
THE PHARAONIC VILLAGE IN CAIRO
LA ALDEA FARAÓNICA EN EL CAIRO
http://www.oocities.org/zoser8/index2.html
Egyptian Museum of the Uruguayan Society of Egyptology
(Museo Egipcio - Montevideo, Uruguay)
http://www.oocities.org/juansua8/
A MOMENT IN TIME
The Egyptian rooms at the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada) in 1975
http://www.oocities.org/museum1975/
THE NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUM
AND ANCIENT EGYPT
http://www.oocities.org/fallsmuseum/
Other Egyptian Collections in Uruguay
http://www.oocities.org/ramonti8/
Otras Colecciones Egipcias en Uruguay
http://www.oocities.org/rasent8/
Egyptology Contests in Uruguay
(Concursos de Egiptología en Uruguay)
http://www.oocities.org/manuelsua/
Egypt, India and Uruguay
http://www.oocities.org/jjcastillos/india_en.html
Special Projects - (Proyectos Especiales)
http://www.oocities.org/curadors/
Why Egyptology ?
http://www.oocities.org/tramoyas/
¿Por qué la Egiptología?
Maravillas del Egipto Milenario
http://www.oocities.org/luis-suarez_99/
Pioneros de la Arqueología Egipcia
http://www.oocities.org/ramtis/
The detective who could have been a great archaeologist
http://www.oocities.org/duarta/detective.html
LAS PIRÁMIDES DE EGIPTO
http://www.oocities.org/serbino/piramide.html
Charlatans and Egyptology
http://www.oocities.org/serbino/
Los Charlatanes y la Egiptología
http://www.oocities.org/archer448/
THE MORMONS AND EGYPTOLOGY
http://www.oocities.org/martsego/mormons.html
Página para niños: NOGUM, LA PRINCESA DE LA LUNA
http://www.oocities.org/zoser8/
PUBLICATIONS BY J. J. CASTILLOS
PUBLICACIONES DE J. J. CASTILLOS
http://www.oocities.org/jjsuarez8/index.html
Actitudes gubernamentales respecto a nuestra institución
Government attitudes concerning our institution
http://www.oocities.org/luisvignolo/
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J. J. Castillos' Personal Page (ENGLISH)
http://www.oocities.org/trueclaim/ Página Personal de J. J. Castillos (ESPAÑOL)
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We will be very happy to show you what we are doing and offer you the opportunity to exchange views, information and suggestions so as to keep in touch and share in this task of clarifying the often confused and distorted view some people give of ancient civilizations. Email:
Tels: (598 2) 622 5352 (598 2) 628 0743
Regular mail: 4 de Julio 3068 Montevideo
CP 11600 URUGUAY
The writer with a friendly Egyptian guard at the entrance to tomb No. 25 at Tell el Amarna (double click here to see a few more pictures)
Val Isaacs near the colossus of Ramesses II at the Ramesseum, the probable source for the famous poem by Shelley, "Ozymandias".
A few images of...
Egyptology in Uruguay
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