Egypt
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050226-074712-4473r
A very short piece stating that an Australian mission has discovered 26th Dynasty coffins at Saqqara.
Update: A far more detailed article, complete with photograph and description of the bead "chain-mail" overlay which was found:
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/health/11009422.htm
- In The Field: Saqqara Tombs Press Release From Sca
drhawass.com Two large 26th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced today. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA and the...
- In The Field: More Re Saqqara Discoveries
BBC News (Yolande Knell) With photo Archaeologists in Egypt have said they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo. The tomb dates back 2,500 years to the 26th Dynasty and contains important artefacts,...
- Middle Kingdom Coffins Found At Saqqara
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070210-114012-2071r"A Japanese archaeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4,000 years. The sarcophagi...
- More Re The Impact Of Tutankhamun On Design
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/12968957.htm "Egyptian has become the motif du jour, inspired by Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, a four-city traveling exhibit. The boy king may seem an unlikely design muse, but he has...
- 26th Dynasty Tomb
A large 26th dynasty tomb has been discovered at Saqqara containing coffins and mummified animals. This article contains pictures of the tomb....
Egypt
2500-year-old coffins unearthed (updated)
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050226-074712-4473r
A very short piece stating that an Australian mission has discovered 26th Dynasty coffins at Saqqara.
Update: A far more detailed article, complete with photograph and description of the bead "chain-mail" overlay which was found:
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/health/11009422.htm
- In The Field: Saqqara Tombs Press Release From Sca
drhawass.com Two large 26th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced today. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA and the...
- In The Field: More Re Saqqara Discoveries
BBC News (Yolande Knell) With photo Archaeologists in Egypt have said they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo. The tomb dates back 2,500 years to the 26th Dynasty and contains important artefacts,...
- Middle Kingdom Coffins Found At Saqqara
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070210-114012-2071r"A Japanese archaeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4,000 years. The sarcophagi...
- More Re The Impact Of Tutankhamun On Design
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/12968957.htm "Egyptian has become the motif du jour, inspired by Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, a four-city traveling exhibit. The boy king may seem an unlikely design muse, but he has...
- 26th Dynasty Tomb
A large 26th dynasty tomb has been discovered at Saqqara containing coffins and mummified animals. This article contains pictures of the tomb....