Egypt
- Red Granite Cachette At Amenhotep Iii's Mortuary Temple
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) On the northwestern side of Pharaoh Amenhotep III's mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, a dozen excavators and workers have been digging deep into the sand in an effort to lift two large statuary...
- In The Field: Sphinx-lined Alley Hints At Wealth Of Egypt's Lost Empires
Egypt State Information Service In an important step to implement the plan for developing Luxor over the coming 30 years and turn it into an international archaeological open museum. Mr. Farouk Hosni Minister of Culture stressed that the development project...
- More Re Ongoing Discoveries At Cairo Museum
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said a new trove has been found at the western area of the Egyptian Museum. The new find was discovered while workers were carrying out renovation works. Three days prior, the workers discovered...
- Egyptian Team Works To Uncover Statue Of Pharaoh
VOA News (Edward Yeranian) Also available as MP3 clips from the above page An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt's well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh...
- Light On Ramesses At Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service It's that time of year again: Some 7,000 tourists and Egyptians witnessed Friday 22/2/2008 the phenomenon of the sun falling perpendicular on the face of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple, south Egypt. Happening...
Egypt
3200 year old kitchen discovered
http://tinyurl.com/ffhdm (Prensa Latina)
"A discovery by a group of French and Egyptian archeologists Tuesday revealed that Egyptians enjoyed a public cooking service 3,200 years ago. The traces of that ancient civilization were found in the city of Luxor, where Egyptians prepared meals for workers of the Pharaoh tombs, and where remains of a school for workers' children, a butcher and vegetable stores. Expert Sabri Abdelaziz confirmed they served the workers bread, meat and vegetables. According to Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, the kitchens were built in western Luxor, near the 'Rameseum', funerary temple erected in honor of Pharaoh Ramses II (1304-1237 BCE). During his reign, Ramses II enlarged the empire's power and reached his most overwhelming success with the war against the Hittites, a people settled in Anatolia, current Turkey. The funerary temple in honor to this pharaoh contains hieroglyphics referring to his wife Nefereti, battles and successes."
"A discovery by a group of French and Egyptian archeologists Tuesday revealed that Egyptians enjoyed a public cooking service 3,200 years ago. The traces of that ancient civilization were found in the city of Luxor, where Egyptians prepared meals for workers of the Pharaoh tombs, and where remains of a school for workers' children, a butcher and vegetable stores. Expert Sabri Abdelaziz confirmed they served the workers bread, meat and vegetables. According to Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, the kitchens were built in western Luxor, near the 'Rameseum', funerary temple erected in honor of Pharaoh Ramses II (1304-1237 BCE). During his reign, Ramses II enlarged the empire's power and reached his most overwhelming success with the war against the Hittites, a people settled in Anatolia, current Turkey. The funerary temple in honor to this pharaoh contains hieroglyphics referring to his wife Nefereti, battles and successes."
- Red Granite Cachette At Amenhotep Iii's Mortuary Temple
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) On the northwestern side of Pharaoh Amenhotep III's mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, a dozen excavators and workers have been digging deep into the sand in an effort to lift two large statuary...
- In The Field: Sphinx-lined Alley Hints At Wealth Of Egypt's Lost Empires
Egypt State Information Service In an important step to implement the plan for developing Luxor over the coming 30 years and turn it into an international archaeological open museum. Mr. Farouk Hosni Minister of Culture stressed that the development project...
- More Re Ongoing Discoveries At Cairo Museum
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said a new trove has been found at the western area of the Egyptian Museum. The new find was discovered while workers were carrying out renovation works. Three days prior, the workers discovered...
- Egyptian Team Works To Uncover Statue Of Pharaoh
VOA News (Edward Yeranian) Also available as MP3 clips from the above page An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt's well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh...
- Light On Ramesses At Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service It's that time of year again: Some 7,000 tourists and Egyptians witnessed Friday 22/2/2008 the phenomenon of the sun falling perpendicular on the face of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple, south Egypt. Happening...