Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)
- New Book: Tutankhamun's Footwear
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. When Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's treasure-packed tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, he found a large collection of footwear of different sizes and shapes. "It is the only evidence...
- More Re Jama Paper On Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A useful summary of some of the findings. Journalists from across the globe flocked yesterday morning to the foyer of the Egyptian Museum, desperate to catch a glimpse of the mummies of King Tutankhamun's parents and...
- More Re Restrictions At Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouq Hosni decided to limit the number of visitors to King Tutankhamun's tomb in Luxor to 400 visitors daily as of next December in the context of the ministry's plan to protect the royal tombs...
- Zahi Hawass On Kv63
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/hr3.htmZahi Hawass's Dig Days column pulls no punches again this week: "Before the discovery of KV 63, the Valley of the Kings had been silent for 83 years, three months and six days since the magical day when Howard...
- The Truth In The Search For Nefertiti
In a very flawed article from the Archaeology News Network, the former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass disputes Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves theory that the tomb of Nefertiti will be found behind the painted walls...
Egypt
And now - Tutankhamun's tomb to remain open
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)
King Tutankhamun’s tomb will not be closed in the near future, Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Discovery News.
Many reports in the past two weeks announced the closure of this tourist magnet by the end of this year.
Although suffering from the wear and tear caused by hordes of sweaty visitors drawn in by the elaborate murals and the boy king’s mummy, which is kept in a climate-controlled glass case, the burial won’t close its doors so soon.
“Tutankhamun’s tomb will not be closed in the near future. It is a long-term plan that has not been decided upon yet,” Hawass told Discovery News.
- New Book: Tutankhamun's Footwear
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. When Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's treasure-packed tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, he found a large collection of footwear of different sizes and shapes. "It is the only evidence...
- More Re Jama Paper On Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A useful summary of some of the findings. Journalists from across the globe flocked yesterday morning to the foyer of the Egyptian Museum, desperate to catch a glimpse of the mummies of King Tutankhamun's parents and...
- More Re Restrictions At Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouq Hosni decided to limit the number of visitors to King Tutankhamun's tomb in Luxor to 400 visitors daily as of next December in the context of the ministry's plan to protect the royal tombs...
- Zahi Hawass On Kv63
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/hr3.htmZahi Hawass's Dig Days column pulls no punches again this week: "Before the discovery of KV 63, the Valley of the Kings had been silent for 83 years, three months and six days since the magical day when Howard...
- The Truth In The Search For Nefertiti
In a very flawed article from the Archaeology News Network, the former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass disputes Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves theory that the tomb of Nefertiti will be found behind the painted walls...