Egypt
International Herald Tribune
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drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos of Hawass. DNA and CT scan analysis of the mummy of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1333-1323 BC) and of mummies either known or believed to be members of his immediate family have revealed startling new...
- Egypt To Dna-test 2 Fetuses From King Tut's Tomb
You would have to have fallen off the face of the web to have missed this story. Kat has sent me ten links (for which huge thanks), EEF covered it in a "breaking news" post yesterday, and lots of other people have emailed me with the story. It is one...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
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- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...
Egypt
Egypt's royal mummies to get identity checks
International Herald Tribune
All of Egypt's royal mummies will get identity checks after scientists found one was wrongly identified as a Pharaoh, the chief Egyptian archaeologist said. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, said he would use computed tomography, or CT scanning, and DNA to test more than 40 royal mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
In June, the mummy long thought to have been King Tuthmosis I was found to be a young man who died from an arrow wound, Hawass said. History showed Tuthmosis I died in his 60s.
"I am now questioning all the mummies," he said. "We have to check them all again. The new technology now will reconfirm or identify anything for us."
The Egyptian Museum has had CT scanning equipment for just two years and its first DNA laboratory was installed in April.
- Hawass On Tutankhamun
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photos of Hawass. DNA and CT scan analysis of the mummy of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1333-1323 BC) and of mummies either known or believed to be members of his immediate family have revealed startling new...
- Egypt To Dna-test 2 Fetuses From King Tut's Tomb
You would have to have fallen off the face of the web to have missed this story. Kat has sent me ten links (for which huge thanks), EEF covered it in a "breaking news" post yesterday, and lots of other people have emailed me with the story. It is one...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
Egypt State Information Service More re the announcement by Zahi Hawass that an anonymous mummy is going to undergo DNA testing with a view to determining if it is Tuthmosis I. A mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor might belong to Tohotmos...
- Hatshepsut On The Radio And Tv
NPRZahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, is interviewed by telephone in this radio recording (preceded by an advert). It is not always easy to hear what Hawass is saying, due to a rather fuzzy line. The...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...