Directorate of Antiquities & Archaeology A story has been going round the internet for several years that when the mummy of Ramses II was sent to Paris in 1976 for conservation, a passport was required, and the government of Egypt issued one. Can you confirm or deny that a passport was issued?

When looking at a world map, I check to ensure the tiny Island of Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) is shown. Crucial to the laying of the first Pacific undersea cable as explained by Atlantic Cable on his extensive website, follow this link to find out more atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1902Pac…

A few exhibits to illustrate my talk this morning, “How Manchester Cotton wired the world”. #JohnPender ⁦@TMPorthcurno⁩ ⁦Atlantic Cable⁩

Remembering Sir Charles Kao, who died in Hong Kong a year ago #OTD 2018. In 2009 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on fiber-optic communications spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/tech… #telecoms #innovation

Listen to the inaugural phone call over TAT-1 between the USA, Canada and London: atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1956TAT…

Last week I visited the French Cable Station Museum (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) to do some maintenance on their historic equipment and identify a few mystery items. Here's the story from the local paper: orleans.wickedlocal.com/news/20191004/… My page on the museum: atlantic-cable.com//Article/Frenc…

A very good account of the first Atlantic cable. Much more here: atlantic-cable.com

More on CANTAT 1: atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1961CAN…

Cyrus West Field, who devoted twelve years of his life and much of his fortune to laying the first Atlantic Cable, finally achieving permanent success in 1866, was born on this day in 1819: atlantic-cable.com/Field/index.htm atlantic-cable.com/Article/Atlant… #OTD

There are lots of cables around Valentia, both across the Atlantic, and onward to various parts of Britain and Europe. This is not a long-distance cable, which have only one conductor. Some landing points were moved over the years, and this looks like a diversion connection.

The first lightweight cable across the Atlantic, paving the way for fibre optics just 27 years later. atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1961CAN…

I'm pleased to have helped with the research on this.

"The internet isn’t in the cloud, it’s under the ocean " - Vodaphone.uk newscentre.vodafone.co.uk/features/the-i…

History of Cable & Wireless: atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/CandW…

More here: atlantic-cable.com/Article/Atlant…

Article in the Irish Examiner today about the World Heritage project for the Valentia Cable Station: irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/i…

Will be featured on RTE at 8pm rte.ie/player/onnow

The new submarine cable map from @TeleGeography depicts 447 cable systems and 1,194 landing stations that are currently active or under construction. …rine-cable-map-2020.telegeography.com

One of my favourite cable maps!

Another 150th anniversary coming up: "Australia's undersea telegraph cables listed under the NT Heritage Act, 150 years on" abc.net.au/news/2020-06-2…