Egypt
- Search For Tomb Of Cleopatra And Mark Antony
adnkronos international Thanks very much to Pier for sending me this English version of yesterday's Spanish post on the same subject. Archaeologists have revealed plans to uncover the 2000 year-old tomb of ancient Egypt's most famous lovers, Cleopatra...
- Cairo Denies Mummy Was Destroyed
The Egyptian Gazette Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) yesterday denied that a team of Japanese archaeologists had destroyed a 3700-year-old mummy.SCA Secretary General Zahi Hawass said the report of the destruction of the mummy that was...
- Kv63 News - Three More Mummies Found
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/"As has been widely reported in the local dailies, five mummies were discovered a few days ago in a catacomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the Nile. But now the number has risen to eight,...
- Valley Of The Kings Discovery
http://tinyurl.com/ar5ef (Monsters and Critics) "An American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Wednesday. An excavation team from...
- News Items In Brief
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/ The last item on this page of the Egyptian Gazette lists a couple of short Egyptological news items.The US Research Centre is cleaning and registering remains of Tow Sert temple in Luxor.The French team of archaeologists...
Egypt
Archaeologists uncover ancient seaport in Dahab
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/
"Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 2,200-year old port in the Red Sea city of Dahab, the Culture Ministry announced yesterday.
The findings, located 140 kilometres from Taba, include a space of about 38 metres long and 40 metres wide, the Ministry said.At another section of the port, archaeologists found what looks to have been 24 storage rooms, it added. Further digging will occur to better identify the monument, the ministry said."
"Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 2,200-year old port in the Red Sea city of Dahab, the Culture Ministry announced yesterday.
The findings, located 140 kilometres from Taba, include a space of about 38 metres long and 40 metres wide, the Ministry said.At another section of the port, archaeologists found what looks to have been 24 storage rooms, it added. Further digging will occur to better identify the monument, the ministry said."
I'm afraid that this is the entire bulletin on the Egyptian Gazette website. Hopefully something else will emerge shortly.
- Search For Tomb Of Cleopatra And Mark Antony
adnkronos international Thanks very much to Pier for sending me this English version of yesterday's Spanish post on the same subject. Archaeologists have revealed plans to uncover the 2000 year-old tomb of ancient Egypt's most famous lovers, Cleopatra...
- Cairo Denies Mummy Was Destroyed
The Egyptian Gazette Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) yesterday denied that a team of Japanese archaeologists had destroyed a 3700-year-old mummy.SCA Secretary General Zahi Hawass said the report of the destruction of the mummy that was...
- Kv63 News - Three More Mummies Found
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/"As has been widely reported in the local dailies, five mummies were discovered a few days ago in a catacomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the Nile. But now the number has risen to eight,...
- Valley Of The Kings Discovery
http://tinyurl.com/ar5ef (Monsters and Critics) "An American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Wednesday. An excavation team from...
- News Items In Brief
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/ The last item on this page of the Egyptian Gazette lists a couple of short Egyptological news items.The US Research Centre is cleaning and registering remains of Tow Sert temple in Luxor.The French team of archaeologists...