Egypt
- Interview With Hawass
Laverdad.es An interview in Spanish with Zahi Hawass. The only piece of information which was new to me was that Hawass is in talks with the National Geographic regarding the possibility of searching for the sarcophagus of Menkaure in Spanish waters...
- More Re Faiyum Discoveries
Egypt State Information Service Thanks to everyone who has sent me links to websites covering this story. There's a lot of interest about the "discovery" of burial remains of the pharaoh Senosret II, but few additional details from the original MENA...
- Spain, Egypt To Investigate 19th Century Shipwreck
Ria Novosti Spain and Egypt will start a project later this year to investigate the 19th century sinking of a ship that some believe contained the mummy of a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, news agency MENA said. MENA cited Egyptian Ambassador to Spain Yasser...
- Dna Tests May Id Mummy As Pharaoh Tuthmosis
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) decided to conduct laboratory tests on one of the unknown mummies in the tomb of King "Citi I" with the purpose of determining whether it belongs to the King Thutmose I or not. This came...
- More On Sarcophagi Found Near Giza Pyramids
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=306540&sid=FTP"Egyptian archaeologists have found two ancient sarcophagi close to the pyramids, the head of Egypt`s Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Sunday. The sarcophagi, found about a kilometer...
Egypt
Egypt, Spain to use underwater robot to search for ancient Egyptian sarcophagus
An underwater robot will be used to search for the sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure of more than 4,500 years ago off the Spanish coasts, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported on Saturday.Egyptian and Spanish archeologists will launch the search in the historical city of Cartagena at the depths of the sea with the help of the hi-tech equipped robot, Egyptian Secretary General of Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, Zahi Hawwas, was quoted by MENA as saying.
The merchant ship Beatrice carrying the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian king along with other antiquities sank off Cartagena in the early 19th century en route from Egypt to Britain, where some scientific studies were supposed to be conducted on them, Hawwas said.
Egypt and Spain will cooperate in a joint venture to locate the sarcophagus of Menkaure, the 5th king of the 4th Dynasty of Egypt who ruled from 2,551 BC to 2,523 BC.
- Interview With Hawass
Laverdad.es An interview in Spanish with Zahi Hawass. The only piece of information which was new to me was that Hawass is in talks with the National Geographic regarding the possibility of searching for the sarcophagus of Menkaure in Spanish waters...
- More Re Faiyum Discoveries
Egypt State Information Service Thanks to everyone who has sent me links to websites covering this story. There's a lot of interest about the "discovery" of burial remains of the pharaoh Senosret II, but few additional details from the original MENA...
- Spain, Egypt To Investigate 19th Century Shipwreck
Ria Novosti Spain and Egypt will start a project later this year to investigate the 19th century sinking of a ship that some believe contained the mummy of a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, news agency MENA said. MENA cited Egyptian Ambassador to Spain Yasser...
- Dna Tests May Id Mummy As Pharaoh Tuthmosis
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) decided to conduct laboratory tests on one of the unknown mummies in the tomb of King "Citi I" with the purpose of determining whether it belongs to the King Thutmose I or not. This came...
- More On Sarcophagi Found Near Giza Pyramids
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=306540&sid=FTP"Egyptian archaeologists have found two ancient sarcophagi close to the pyramids, the head of Egypt`s Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Sunday. The sarcophagi, found about a kilometer...