Egypt
The recent find of mummies were found in an old kingdom tomb but some of the mummies are from Egypt's late periods 26th dynasty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pyramid14-2009feb14%2C0%2C5290059.story
- Egyptian Mastaba Had Its Own Afterlife
LA Times (Thomas H Maugh II) In Egypt, apparently even pyramids can be recycled. Archaeologists from the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities said this week that they had discovered a cache of 30 mummies dating from the country's 26th Dynasty...
- More On The Bahariya Mummies
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=592527 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_sc/egypt_mummies_3 As well as other mummies dating to the late periods in Egypt, the tomb of a Governor of the oasis Bahariya...
- Who's Buried In Kv40?
The recent excavation of Valley of kings tomb KV40 by archaeologists from Basel University and the subsequent reporting of the excavation have left me perplexed by exaggerated reports. In some cases it is being reported that as many as five dozen royal...
- Mummy Find
I must say I am suspicious that this is an old story making its rounds again but I have been wrong before. Archaeologists working in the Fayum have found a cemetery dating to the second dynasty as well as many tombs which contained intact mummies and...
- Buried At The Temple
This is a roundup of the recent excavations going on at the temple of Taposiris Magna by an Egyptian Dominican team including the discovery of a headless statue of a King with the cartouche of Ptolemy IV. The article also speculates about the burial of...
Egypt
A Burial for Everyone
The recent find of mummies were found in an old kingdom tomb but some of the mummies are from Egypt's late periods 26th dynasty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pyramid14-2009feb14%2C0%2C5290059.story
- Egyptian Mastaba Had Its Own Afterlife
LA Times (Thomas H Maugh II) In Egypt, apparently even pyramids can be recycled. Archaeologists from the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities said this week that they had discovered a cache of 30 mummies dating from the country's 26th Dynasty...
- More On The Bahariya Mummies
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=592527 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_sc/egypt_mummies_3 As well as other mummies dating to the late periods in Egypt, the tomb of a Governor of the oasis Bahariya...
- Who's Buried In Kv40?
The recent excavation of Valley of kings tomb KV40 by archaeologists from Basel University and the subsequent reporting of the excavation have left me perplexed by exaggerated reports. In some cases it is being reported that as many as five dozen royal...
- Mummy Find
I must say I am suspicious that this is an old story making its rounds again but I have been wrong before. Archaeologists working in the Fayum have found a cemetery dating to the second dynasty as well as many tombs which contained intact mummies and...
- Buried At The Temple
This is a roundup of the recent excavations going on at the temple of Taposiris Magna by an Egyptian Dominican team including the discovery of a headless statue of a King with the cartouche of Ptolemy IV. The article also speculates about the burial of...