Egypt
Back in 1977 a great tumulus was excavated and found to contain an intact two chambered tomb. In the smaller chamber was found a stone sarcophagus containing a gold box which when opened revealed the cremated remains of a women wrapped in a purple shroud decorated in fine gold.
In the second chamber of the tomb was found along with a shield and a magnificent laurel crown of gold a second stone sarcophagus also containing a gold box though larger and decorated with a Macedonian star design indicating that the remains of the man buried inside was probably a Macedonian king.
No inscriptions tell who these people are but the suggestion has always been Alexander the greats father, Phillip II, or Alexanders half brother Phillip Arrhidaios who ruled briefly over Egypt after the death of Alexander and was responsible for creation of a red granite bark shrine at Karnak though Phillip Arridaios never visited Egypt.
Now scholars who have been studying the remains have found a wound on the remaining fragment of the male skull which may prove that indeed Phillip II did lose his right eye at the siege of Methone in 355-354 bc and that the remains found in the gold box back in 1977 may well belong to Alexander's father and not his half brother the pharaoh.
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Egypt
Burial of a Pharaoh at Vergina?
Back in 1977 a great tumulus was excavated and found to contain an intact two chambered tomb. In the smaller chamber was found a stone sarcophagus containing a gold box which when opened revealed the cremated remains of a women wrapped in a purple shroud decorated in fine gold.
In the second chamber of the tomb was found along with a shield and a magnificent laurel crown of gold a second stone sarcophagus also containing a gold box though larger and decorated with a Macedonian star design indicating that the remains of the man buried inside was probably a Macedonian king.
No inscriptions tell who these people are but the suggestion has always been Alexander the greats father, Phillip II, or Alexanders half brother Phillip Arrhidaios who ruled briefly over Egypt after the death of Alexander and was responsible for creation of a red granite bark shrine at Karnak though Phillip Arridaios never visited Egypt.
Now scholars who have been studying the remains have found a wound on the remaining fragment of the male skull which may prove that indeed Phillip II did lose his right eye at the siege of Methone in 355-354 bc and that the remains found in the gold box back in 1977 may well belong to Alexander's father and not his half brother the pharaoh.
- Sister Of Cleopatra May Have Been Found
Times Online ARCHEOLOGISTS and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Cleopatra’s younger sister, murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen. The remains of Princess Arsinöe, put to death in 41BC on...
- Old Kingdom Mummy Thought To Be Queen Seshestet Found
When I fired up Outlook this morning my eyes nearly popped out of my head - dozens of emails alerting me to the fact that the remains of a mummy thought to be that of Queen Seshestet the mother of the Pharaoh Teti, have been found in the remains of a...
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http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ In his regular slot on the Egyptian Gazette website, Zahi Hawass describes more of his work in Bahariya:"In 2004 the Discovery Channel and Channel 5 in England televised live from Bahariya. The shows were broadcast...
- The Confession
...King's wife Nubkhas, his royal wife in the place of his, it being protected with blocks covered in mortar. We penetrated them all and found her resting likewise. We opened their coffins and their coverings in which they were. We found the august...
- The Confession
...King's wife Nubkhas, his royal wife in the place of his, it being protected with blocks covered in mortar. We penetrated them all and found her resting likewise. We opened their coffins and their coverings in which they were. We found the august...