Egypt
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos and diagrams.
- Hieroglyphs From The Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) One loaf of bread and one jug of beer: that's what Egypt's Queen Behenu was offered during her funeral, according to a translation of hieroglyphics engraved on white stone found in her 4,000-year-old burial chamber...
- Momentous New Finds
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good round up of the two most recent discoveries. A colossal head of Tutankhamun's grandfather in Luxor and the burial chamber of Queen Behenu of the Sixth Dynasty in Saqqara are the latest antiquities discovered...
- More Re Discovery Of Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Reuters The well-known necropolis of Saqqara, 30 km (20 miles) south of Cairo, served the nearby city of Memphis and was scoured in ancient times by thieves. The 5th Dynasty is generally understood to have lasted from 2465 to 2323 BC, while the 6th Dynasty...
- In The Field: Opening The Tomb Of Sa-iset
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to Dashur to investigate the tomb of the vizier Sa-Iset and lift the huge sarcophagus lid to discover what it contained. This tomb was found by Jacques de Morgan in 1890, and the tomb was actually lost for many...
- Round Up Of Finds
Here we have Al Ahram's coverage of the recent find of the burial of the kings wife Behenu wife of probably one of the Pepi's of dynasty six. The article also talks about the recent find of that wonderful red Granite head of Amenhotep III in the...
Egypt
Deciphering the Pyramid Texts of Behenu
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos and diagrams.
Following on from Thursday’s post I’d like to focus a bit more on the Pyramid Texts found in Queen Behenu’s recently discovered burial chamber.
Offering texts on the north wall of the Unas sarcophagus chamber. Photo by Helmut Satzinger.
I’ve been investigating the particular way in which the Pyramid Texts are arranged in Behenu’s pyramid. Confining the analysis to just the one section of the north wall of Behenu’s sarcophagus chamber I began translating the middle section as it is the easiest to see.
As I mentioned in the previous post, the name ‘Behenu’ is the first word that is recognised. She has the title “Osiris Behenu”. Observe that Behenu’s name is not enclosed in a cartouche. This is because Behenu is a Queen. But she still takes the title of Osiris in death as all Kings do.
- Hieroglyphs From The Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) One loaf of bread and one jug of beer: that's what Egypt's Queen Behenu was offered during her funeral, according to a translation of hieroglyphics engraved on white stone found in her 4,000-year-old burial chamber...
- Momentous New Finds
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good round up of the two most recent discoveries. A colossal head of Tutankhamun's grandfather in Luxor and the burial chamber of Queen Behenu of the Sixth Dynasty in Saqqara are the latest antiquities discovered...
- More Re Discovery Of Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Reuters The well-known necropolis of Saqqara, 30 km (20 miles) south of Cairo, served the nearby city of Memphis and was scoured in ancient times by thieves. The 5th Dynasty is generally understood to have lasted from 2465 to 2323 BC, while the 6th Dynasty...
- In The Field: Opening The Tomb Of Sa-iset
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to Dashur to investigate the tomb of the vizier Sa-Iset and lift the huge sarcophagus lid to discover what it contained. This tomb was found by Jacques de Morgan in 1890, and the tomb was actually lost for many...
- Round Up Of Finds
Here we have Al Ahram's coverage of the recent find of the burial of the kings wife Behenu wife of probably one of the Pepi's of dynasty six. The article also talks about the recent find of that wonderful red Granite head of Amenhotep III in the...