Egypt
- False Doors Found In Beni Suef
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on 22/2/2008 that the Spanish archaeologists have unearthed three stone gates dating back to the first transition era (2191-2040 BC) in Ihnasia, Beni Sweif Governorate. Zahi...
- Doors To History
Egypt Daily Star News A handout picture released on February 21, 2008 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities shows the site where three stone doors were discovered by a group of Spanish archaeologists. The doors date back to the First Intermediate...
- Discoveries At Karnak
Egyptian Gazette (story on this URL will expire shortly) Zahi Hawass, Egypt's archaeology supremo, yesterday announced the discovery of the remains of a 4,000-year-old dam near the Karnak Temple in Luxor. Located a few metres from the ancient temple,...
- Pharaonic Limestone Tablet Found In Luxor
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "An Egyptian-American archaeological team has unearthed a limestone tablet with coloured images near the wall of the Temple of Mot in Luxor, Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said yesterday. The 100 x 45 centimetre...
- Ramses Ii Artefacts Unearthed In Cairo Suburb
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/7.asp"Statues and artefacts dating back to the time of Ramsis II have been unearthed in Cairo. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr Zahi Hawass told The Gazette yesterday that the items...
Egypt
Ancient cemetery unearthed in Beni Sueif
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"A Spanish archaeological team in Ihnasia, Beni Sueif Governorate, yesterday unearthed a cemetery dating back to the 1st Intermediate Period (2200-2040 BC). It is here that Miro-Hor-Aib, who is said to have held the post of royal secretary, is buried. The walls of the cemetery are decorated with funeral scenes in red.On the lower part of the western wall is a painting of a harpist. People with funereal offerings, such as oxen and birds, are featured on the rest of the wall. The remains of 94 adults of both sexes and 96 children have been found in graves on the site."
This is the complete item on the Egyptian Gazette website.
"A Spanish archaeological team in Ihnasia, Beni Sueif Governorate, yesterday unearthed a cemetery dating back to the 1st Intermediate Period (2200-2040 BC). It is here that Miro-Hor-Aib, who is said to have held the post of royal secretary, is buried. The walls of the cemetery are decorated with funeral scenes in red.On the lower part of the western wall is a painting of a harpist. People with funereal offerings, such as oxen and birds, are featured on the rest of the wall. The remains of 94 adults of both sexes and 96 children have been found in graves on the site."
This is the complete item on the Egyptian Gazette website.
- False Doors Found In Beni Suef
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on 22/2/2008 that the Spanish archaeologists have unearthed three stone gates dating back to the first transition era (2191-2040 BC) in Ihnasia, Beni Sweif Governorate. Zahi...
- Doors To History
Egypt Daily Star News A handout picture released on February 21, 2008 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities shows the site where three stone doors were discovered by a group of Spanish archaeologists. The doors date back to the First Intermediate...
- Discoveries At Karnak
Egyptian Gazette (story on this URL will expire shortly) Zahi Hawass, Egypt's archaeology supremo, yesterday announced the discovery of the remains of a 4,000-year-old dam near the Karnak Temple in Luxor. Located a few metres from the ancient temple,...
- Pharaonic Limestone Tablet Found In Luxor
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "An Egyptian-American archaeological team has unearthed a limestone tablet with coloured images near the wall of the Temple of Mot in Luxor, Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said yesterday. The 100 x 45 centimetre...
- Ramses Ii Artefacts Unearthed In Cairo Suburb
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/7.asp"Statues and artefacts dating back to the time of Ramsis II have been unearthed in Cairo. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr Zahi Hawass told The Gazette yesterday that the items...