Egypt
- False Portal Discovered In Luxor
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo. Unfortunately not big enough to see the hieroglyphs. An Egyptian excavation team has unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in...
- Travel: Luxor - An Open-air Museum
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) Little over 700 kilometres south of Cairo, on the banks of the Nile, is a paradise of monuments of humanity. Also known as Thebes in ancient times, Luxor, in Egypt, is currently an interesting combination between the past and present....
- 4th Stage Of Project On Discovering Route Of Luxor's Rams Road Kicks Off
http://tinyurl.com/32yh32 (sis.gov.eg) Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said on 16/5/2007 that the fourth stage of a project on discovering the route of the Road of Rams at Luxor kicked off. The Rams Road is...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...
- Backlog Updates
Sincere and multiple thanks to Chris Townsend for providing me with a number of additional URLs which either provide stories which I missed when back-dating the blog, or give more information about key stories which have appeared. Here they are, and click...
Egypt
Carving sheds light on Karnak Temple
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061217/sc_afp/egyptarcheology_061217221139
"Egypt announced the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world. The large quartzite stone, carved with 17 lines of hieroglyphics, highlights the achievements of high priest Bak En Khonso and his contributions to the grand hall at Karnak. The 170 cm by 80 cm carving (5.5 by 2.5 feet), unearthed by a team of archeologists in the southern Nile city of Luxor, also depicts the high priest's family tree."
See the above for more, including comments by Zahi Hawass.
- False Portal Discovered In Luxor
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo. Unfortunately not big enough to see the hieroglyphs. An Egyptian excavation team has unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in...
- Travel: Luxor - An Open-air Museum
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) Little over 700 kilometres south of Cairo, on the banks of the Nile, is a paradise of monuments of humanity. Also known as Thebes in ancient times, Luxor, in Egypt, is currently an interesting combination between the past and present....
- 4th Stage Of Project On Discovering Route Of Luxor's Rams Road Kicks Off
http://tinyurl.com/32yh32 (sis.gov.eg) Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said on 16/5/2007 that the fourth stage of a project on discovering the route of the Road of Rams at Luxor kicked off. The Rams Road is...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...
- Backlog Updates
Sincere and multiple thanks to Chris Townsend for providing me with a number of additional URLs which either provide stories which I missed when back-dating the blog, or give more information about key stories which have appeared. Here they are, and click...