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Another Top 10

National Geographic

The National Geographic arrange their Top 10 in the order of the stories most viewed by their online readers. Whilst other Top 10 listings have no Egyptology items this one has four.

Lost cities, baffling pyramids, and ancient graveyards are just some of the mysteries covered in National Geographic News's most viewed archaeology stories of 2008.

See the above page for the list, with details.

- More On Work At Seti I Tomb
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) Two-page summary of the latest discoveries, with photograph: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of the powerful pharaoh Seti I—the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings—is bigger than originally...

- The Black Pharaohs Photo Gallery
National Geographic Many thanks to lovely David Petersen for this link to a National Geographic photo gallery to accompany its recent article re the Nubian pharaohs who ruled Egypt for a time. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...

- Exhibition Video: Moving Tutankhamun's Treasure
The Times Online National Geographic's new documentary looks at the intricacies involved in moving the the many treasures of Tutankhamun around the world. Tut's Treasure Tour joins the exhibition in the final stages of the American leg for an...

- Tv: Nefertiti And The Lost Dynasty
EarthTimes.org For those of you with access to the National Geographic Channel . . , It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten -- the radical king, and likely father of King Tut? In a dark and...

- More On The Sekhmet Statues
http://tinyurl.com/r6fcs (National Geographic) A fairly short National Geographic summary of the discovery of hte Sekhmet statues at the Temple of Amenhotep III.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...

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