Egypt
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- Face To Face With Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass has long been keen that efforts be made to preserve Tutankhamun's mummy, which is in poor condition. It suffered extensive damage at the hands...
- Mummy In Need Of Preservation
The Hindu ( T.Lalith Singh) More than 4,500 years after she died, a mummified daughter of the VIth Pharaoh of Egypt cries for attention at the A.P. State Museum at Public Gardens here. With no experts available in the country to help preserve and waiting...
- Mummy In Need Of Preservation
The Hindu ( T.Lalith Singh) More than 4,500 years after she died, a mummified daughter of the VIth Pharaoh of Egypt cries for attention at the A.P. State Museum at Public Gardens here. With no experts available in the country to help preserve and waiting...
- Mummy Of Hatshepsut Found
http://tinyurl.com/kzv6p (Egypt State Information Service) "The true mummy of ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was discovered in the third floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Secretary General of Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawwas revealed...
- Hyderabad's Mummy To Be Restored
Efforts are being made to restore a mummy in the Hyderabad museum. The article says the mummy is Old Kingdom in date but it also says that it belonged to the period of Egypt,s sixth Pharaoh which to my knowledge there is no proof of mummification in the...
Egypt
Thainidan News
Expert assistance from Egypt is finally on its way to conserve an Egyptian mummy dating back to 2500 BC at a museum here.
The mummy, believed to be of Nasihu, daughter of the sixth Pharaoh of Egypt, is on display at the Andhra Pradesh State Archaeological Museum here since 1930 but is now decaying.
A two member team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt will visit Hyderabad for conservation of the mummy, believed to be over 4,500 years old.
The department of archaeology and the Museum of Andhra Pradesh have long been seeking foreign assistance to restore the mummy, one of the six in Indian museums and the only mummy in south India.
Tarek El Awdy, head of the research department at the Supreme Council Antiquities (SCA) and Sama Mohamed El Marghani, Director General of Treatment of Biological Damage at SCA will first make an assessment of the work needed to be done for preservation of Nasihu’s body.
See the above page for the full story.
- Face To Face With Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass has long been keen that efforts be made to preserve Tutankhamun's mummy, which is in poor condition. It suffered extensive damage at the hands...
- Mummy In Need Of Preservation
The Hindu ( T.Lalith Singh) More than 4,500 years after she died, a mummified daughter of the VIth Pharaoh of Egypt cries for attention at the A.P. State Museum at Public Gardens here. With no experts available in the country to help preserve and waiting...
- Mummy In Need Of Preservation
The Hindu ( T.Lalith Singh) More than 4,500 years after she died, a mummified daughter of the VIth Pharaoh of Egypt cries for attention at the A.P. State Museum at Public Gardens here. With no experts available in the country to help preserve and waiting...
- Mummy Of Hatshepsut Found
http://tinyurl.com/kzv6p (Egypt State Information Service) "The true mummy of ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was discovered in the third floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Secretary General of Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawwas revealed...
- Hyderabad's Mummy To Be Restored
Efforts are being made to restore a mummy in the Hyderabad museum. The article says the mummy is Old Kingdom in date but it also says that it belonged to the period of Egypt,s sixth Pharaoh which to my knowledge there is no proof of mummification in the...