it's certainly a good start getting used to the filters and materials.
don't really have much to comment, as while I could nit-pick it to death; on the whole it's very well put together.
I would say the next step will be to get used to adding depth to the mesh, some detail; working with how to give more realism with Bumpmaps. Perhaps see some particles in the air to give that 'dusty' look.
On thing I'll say is you might want to change the word Egyptean to Egyptian before some retard sees it; they'll have a field day with bad spelling and just mess up the topic.