Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- More Re San Al-hagar
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) French archaeologists have made a major discovery at the San Al-Hagar archaeological site, 70 kilometres north of the town of Zagazig. San Al-Hagar, site of the ancient city known to the ancient Egyptians as Djanet and...
- More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes Discoveries
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) TWELVE sphinx statues from the reign of the 30th- Dynasty Pharaoh Nectanebo I were unearthed last week in Luxor, reports Nevine El-Aref. Archaeologists have unearthed a set of 12 limestone sphinx statues near the road...
- More Re Ramesses Iii Inscription In Saudi
LA Times Saudi archaeologists recently discovered the first royal pharaonic inscription on a mountain face near the ancient oasis city of Tayma, evidence, experts say, of the major trade networks that criss-crossed the region thousands of years ago. The...
- Painted History In Sinai
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) REMAINS of the largest ancient Egyptian temple yet to be found in Sinai have been uncovered in Qantara, reports Nevine El-Aref. At Tel-Hebua, known in Pharaonic times as Tharo, the area from which the ancient Egyptian...
- New Settlement At Bahariya
Al Ahram Weekly On the same page as the northern Sinai article (page down to find it) Nevine El-Aref takes a brief look at the discovery of a new settlement at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert.Last week the area of Garet Al-Abiyad in Bahariya Oasis...
Egypt
Ancient Egyptians in Arabia
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
The discovery of a hieroglyphic engraving in Saudi Arabia suggests that the ancient Egyptian empire extended further than previously recognised, reports Nevine El-Aref
Archaeologists from the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) have discovered what is believed to be the first ever ancient Egyptian royal artefact to be unearthed in Saudi Arabia.
The object, a rock engraving endorsed with a dual cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses III, was found at the northern town of Tabuk in Taima Oasis, 400km north of Medina. A Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty, Ramses III ruled from 1185 to 1153 BC.
The discovery was made during routine excavations carried out within the framework of an SCTA archaeological survey being conducted on several sites in the kingdom to establish relationships with other civilisations in different historical periods.
Taima is the largest archaeological site in the kingdom and the Arabian peninsula. The remains of ancient walls reveal that habitation of the oasis can be dated to as far back as the Bronze Age. Taima is mentioned in ancient texts dating from the eighth century BC, and excavators recently found the royal complex of the last king of Babylon, Nabonidus (556-539), who spent 10 years in Taima. Last year they also discovered a fragment of a cuneiform text mentioning Nabonidus.
- More Re San Al-hagar
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) French archaeologists have made a major discovery at the San Al-Hagar archaeological site, 70 kilometres north of the town of Zagazig. San Al-Hagar, site of the ancient city known to the ancient Egyptians as Djanet and...
- More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes Discoveries
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) TWELVE sphinx statues from the reign of the 30th- Dynasty Pharaoh Nectanebo I were unearthed last week in Luxor, reports Nevine El-Aref. Archaeologists have unearthed a set of 12 limestone sphinx statues near the road...
- More Re Ramesses Iii Inscription In Saudi
LA Times Saudi archaeologists recently discovered the first royal pharaonic inscription on a mountain face near the ancient oasis city of Tayma, evidence, experts say, of the major trade networks that criss-crossed the region thousands of years ago. The...
- Painted History In Sinai
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) REMAINS of the largest ancient Egyptian temple yet to be found in Sinai have been uncovered in Qantara, reports Nevine El-Aref. At Tel-Hebua, known in Pharaonic times as Tharo, the area from which the ancient Egyptian...
- New Settlement At Bahariya
Al Ahram Weekly On the same page as the northern Sinai article (page down to find it) Nevine El-Aref takes a brief look at the discovery of a new settlement at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert.Last week the area of Garet Al-Abiyad in Bahariya Oasis...