Egypt
- Guardians.net Updated
The Guardians.net website, which hosts pages for Zahi Hawass, has been updated with three new posts which, though very brief, are accompanied by some excellent photographs: First Intermediate Period Discovery at Ehnasya El-MedinaNew discovery in SaqqaraNew...
- Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Larger Than Thought
Daily Star Regional A pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, said Egypt's top archaeologist. The rock-cut tombs were built for high...
- Egypt: 4,300-year-old Pyramid Discovered
CNN Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that remains largely unexplored and has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years, Egypt's antiquities chief announced Tuesday. The 4,300-year-old...
- Cambyses Ghost Army
This article is of particular interest on the reports that Herodotus wrote down that the Persian king Cambyses sent an army to the Siwa oasis to punish the priests who refused to legitimize his rule. Recently with the help of Discovery twin brothers...
- Pointing Fingers
Here is another Dig Days article from Dr. Zahi Hawass about amateur Egyptologists and though much of what the fine doctor says is true he also points to his discovery of the mummy of Hatshepsut and points out that discovery channel made mistakes in its...
Egypt
Discovery at Saqqara?
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6468
Added to the very end of the above Egypt Today article on the KV63 discovery, there's a remark from Zahi Hawass re a discovery in Saqqara, yet to be announced: "And while Egypt continues its high-level program to diversify its tourism intake to include attractions beyond the Pharaohs, Hawass has another surprise in the works that he is certain will help attract a record number of visitors this year. 'Some people put on perfume in the morning,' he says. 'My perfume is the sand. If I don’t smell the sand every day, I will die. Egypt is still so rich. I made a discovery recently in Saqqara. I haven’t announced it yet, but it will show that you can still discover cachets and' He pauses, and it’s the long, dramatic pause for which he is famous on international television. 'and even whole pyramids in Egypt.' ”
Interesting! I look forward to that announcement.
- Guardians.net Updated
The Guardians.net website, which hosts pages for Zahi Hawass, has been updated with three new posts which, though very brief, are accompanied by some excellent photographs: First Intermediate Period Discovery at Ehnasya El-MedinaNew discovery in SaqqaraNew...
- Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Larger Than Thought
Daily Star Regional A pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, said Egypt's top archaeologist. The rock-cut tombs were built for high...
- Egypt: 4,300-year-old Pyramid Discovered
CNN Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that remains largely unexplored and has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years, Egypt's antiquities chief announced Tuesday. The 4,300-year-old...
- Cambyses Ghost Army
This article is of particular interest on the reports that Herodotus wrote down that the Persian king Cambyses sent an army to the Siwa oasis to punish the priests who refused to legitimize his rule. Recently with the help of Discovery twin brothers...
- Pointing Fingers
Here is another Dig Days article from Dr. Zahi Hawass about amateur Egyptologists and though much of what the fine doctor says is true he also points to his discovery of the mummy of Hatshepsut and points out that discovery channel made mistakes in its...