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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071225/wl_mideast_afp/egyptantiquitieslaw;_ylt=AoSRh1M2.c1kkGO.ShSFfCb9xg8F Egypt to copyright pyramids World gone mad? Or world gone corporate? Either way, this made me laugh. In a potential blow to themed resorts from Vegas to Tokyo, Egypt is to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its ancient monuments, from the pyramids to the sphinx, are reproduced. I was in Cairo […]

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