Egypt
Archaeologists have found more than one hundred painted limestone blocks which originally came from a temple constructed for the 22nd dynasty king Osorkon II. The blocks were reused as fill in a enclosed wall surrounding the lake of the goddess Mut during the late period or Ptolemaic dynasty.
- Two New Monuments Discovered At Karnak
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With 2 photos This week, during their routine excavation work, the French-Egyptian archaeological team working at the Karnak Temple in Luxor uncovered two major monuments. The first is the wall that once enclosed the New...
- 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 Discoveries On Avenues Of Sphinxes
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The remins of a fifth-century church and a Nilometer have been uncovered this week by an Egyptian mission carrying out routine excavations at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, Nevine El-Aref reports. The excavations came...
- Discoveries At Tanis, And A Need For Sponsorship
Tanis/ San el-Hagar website From Charlotte Lejeune [email protected] I have some news from the new lake of Mut, in Tanis (San el-hagar, Egypt). I belong to the Tanis French mission (MFFT). After many years looking for the lake at the Mut temple,...
- Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
The mortuary temple of the 18Th Dynasty King Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This king's reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an earthquake partially destroyed it and a 19Th...
Egypt
Blocks of Osorkon II
Archaeologists have found more than one hundred painted limestone blocks which originally came from a temple constructed for the 22nd dynasty king Osorkon II. The blocks were reused as fill in a enclosed wall surrounding the lake of the goddess Mut during the late period or Ptolemaic dynasty.
- Two New Monuments Discovered At Karnak
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With 2 photos This week, during their routine excavation work, the French-Egyptian archaeological team working at the Karnak Temple in Luxor uncovered two major monuments. The first is the wall that once enclosed the New...
- 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 Discoveries On Avenues Of Sphinxes
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The remins of a fifth-century church and a Nilometer have been uncovered this week by an Egyptian mission carrying out routine excavations at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, Nevine El-Aref reports. The excavations came...
- Discoveries At Tanis, And A Need For Sponsorship
Tanis/ San el-Hagar website From Charlotte Lejeune [email protected] I have some news from the new lake of Mut, in Tanis (San el-hagar, Egypt). I belong to the Tanis French mission (MFFT). After many years looking for the lake at the Mut temple,...
- Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
The mortuary temple of the 18Th Dynasty King Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This king's reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an earthquake partially destroyed it and a 19Th...