Egypt
- King Tut Had Twins, But Why?
Live Science (Meredith F. Small) A rather different take on the Tutankhamun foetus story: Two mummified fetuses found in Tutankhamen's tomb back in 1922 are probably twins, despite the fact that one is much larger than the other, a team of scientists...
- More Re Foetuses From The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The University of Manchester Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains of the young King...
- Bodies Found In The Tomb Of Tutankhamun's Tomb Are Twin Daughters
Times Online (Aditi Khanna) Two foetuses found buried with Tutankhamun may have been his twin daughters, an expert has claimed. Professor Robert Connolly, an anatomist who is working with Egyptian authorities to analyse the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh,...
- Conditions In The Cairo Museum Basement
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/africa/01museum.html A New York Times article about the conditions in the Cairo Museum basement: "Step through a small, Hobbit-sized door, down a steep flight of stairs and through a locked gate. The basement...
- The Ancient Art Of Africa, At Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/arts/design/08rock.htmI've included this article because although it doesn't mention Egypt, it deals with a subject that is of concern to many archaeologists looking at the rock art of Egypt, including that of...
Egypt
Egyptian puzzle of a silent embrace
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/21/healthscience/snembrace.php
An article about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men sharing a single tomb: "Though not of the nobility, they were highly esteemed in the palace as the chief manicurists of the king, sometime from 2380 to 2320 B.C., in the time known as the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom. . . . . . Archaeologists were taken aback. It was extremely rare in ancient Egypt for an elite tomb to be shared by two men of apparently equal standing. . . . . And it was most unusual for a couple of the same sex to be depicted locked in an embrace. . . . . Over the years, the tomb's wall art has inspired considerable speculation. One interpretation is that the two men were brothers, probably identical twins, and this may be the earliest known depiction of twins. Another is that the men had a homosexual relationship, a more recent view that has gained support among gay advocates. Now, an Egyptologist at New York University has stepped into the debate with a third interpretation. He has marshaled circumstantial evidence that the two men might have been conjoined twins, popularly known as Siamese twins".
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More on the same from the New York Times (username - egyptnews; password - egyptnews).
More on the same from the New York Times (username - egyptnews; password - egyptnews).
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/science/20egyp.html?oref=login
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- King Tut Had Twins, But Why?
Live Science (Meredith F. Small) A rather different take on the Tutankhamun foetus story: Two mummified fetuses found in Tutankhamen's tomb back in 1922 are probably twins, despite the fact that one is much larger than the other, a team of scientists...
- More Re Foetuses From The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The University of Manchester Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains of the young King...
- Bodies Found In The Tomb Of Tutankhamun's Tomb Are Twin Daughters
Times Online (Aditi Khanna) Two foetuses found buried with Tutankhamun may have been his twin daughters, an expert has claimed. Professor Robert Connolly, an anatomist who is working with Egyptian authorities to analyse the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh,...
- Conditions In The Cairo Museum Basement
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/africa/01museum.html A New York Times article about the conditions in the Cairo Museum basement: "Step through a small, Hobbit-sized door, down a steep flight of stairs and through a locked gate. The basement...
- The Ancient Art Of Africa, At Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/arts/design/08rock.htmI've included this article because although it doesn't mention Egypt, it deals with a subject that is of concern to many archaeologists looking at the rock art of Egypt, including that of...