Egypt
- Hawass Dig Days - Obelisks
Al Ahram Weekly Obelisks were signs of victory, and the inscriptions carved on them record the titles and achievements of the Pharaohs. The tip of an obelisk, called the capstone or pyramidion, was cased with gold, its brilliant shine connecting it with...
- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- Egypt Today Short News Review
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6690A series of very short summaries of past news items are featured on the Egypt Today website this month: About Antiquities Some 330 monuments rescued from the Mediterranean waters off Alexandria, including...
- New Kingdom Discovery Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/qafr6 The discovery of a 34 metre "hall" located in a rock cut tomb near Luxor has been announced by the SCA: "The Egyptian-Spanish team discovered the hall at Zira Abu al-Naga on the west bank of the Nile, as it was excavating the...
- Forthcoming Hatshepsut Exhibition
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210925d.htmThe State Information Service has announced the upcoming Hatshepsut exhibition: "Queen Hatshepsut fair travels to US. A fair item titled Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh is due to travel to San Francisco...
Egypt
Ancient gold cartouches unearthed in Egypt
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=16288
"The discovery of gold cartouches dating back to 1400 BC sheds new light on the relationship between two ancient Egyptian rulers, Egypt's antiquities department said Friday. A team of French and Egyptian archeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name of Thotmusis III (who ruled from 1479-1425 BC) near the pharaoh's stepmother Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Luxor, 700 kilometres south of Cairo. 'These cartouches... which have the names of Hatshepsut and Thotmusis III have been found near Hatshepsut's obelisk which proves that the obelisk was erected by both rulers,' said Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities."
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- Hawass Dig Days - Obelisks
Al Ahram Weekly Obelisks were signs of victory, and the inscriptions carved on them record the titles and achievements of the Pharaohs. The tip of an obelisk, called the capstone or pyramidion, was cased with gold, its brilliant shine connecting it with...
- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- Egypt Today Short News Review
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6690A series of very short summaries of past news items are featured on the Egypt Today website this month: About Antiquities Some 330 monuments rescued from the Mediterranean waters off Alexandria, including...
- New Kingdom Discovery Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/qafr6 The discovery of a 34 metre "hall" located in a rock cut tomb near Luxor has been announced by the SCA: "The Egyptian-Spanish team discovered the hall at Zira Abu al-Naga on the west bank of the Nile, as it was excavating the...
- Forthcoming Hatshepsut Exhibition
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210925d.htmThe State Information Service has announced the upcoming Hatshepsut exhibition: "Queen Hatshepsut fair travels to US. A fair item titled Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh is due to travel to San Francisco...