Egypt
The Guardian, UK (Paul Sussman)
- Exhibition: The Funeral Of Tutankhamun
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) With 20-photograph slideshow. Creating a burial as spectacular as that of the pharaoh Tutankhamun required a vast amount of preparation. The exhibition Tutankhamun’s Funeral at New York’s Metropolitan Museum...
- Video - Unearthing Ancient Tombs
ABC7 Local Thanks very much to Kat for sending me this link and pointing me to the other videos provided on the site. It is one of ten videos available on the ABC7News Tutankhamun page at the moment. When Dr. Zahi Hawass became Secretary General of Egyptian...
- Excavation Adventures In The Valley Of The Kings
CNN (Paul Sussman) Thanks to Dr Nick Reeves of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project for sending me the link to this article, which is a good summary of the ARTP's work in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor. Paul Sussman was a team member of the ARTP when...
- News From The Valley Of Kings
Over at Kate Phizackerley's Valley of Kings site there is an interesting conversation going on over her post Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of Kings. I myself have little hope that there is anything but broken pottery left in the valley...
- Looking For Kv 64
Dr. Zahi Hawass is finally taking the Amarna Royal tombs project seriously and has started an investigation into an anomaly found years ago in the Valley of Kings. The anomaly was actually discovered in 2000 but due to false allegations that the projects...
Egypt
Feature: I discovered pharaoh's gold
The Guardian, UK (Paul Sussman)
In 1972, when I was six, my aunt took me to see the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum. I've been hooked on Egypt and archaeology ever since – I spent most of my childhood looking for tombs in our garden in Watford.
Although I make my living as a writer and hold no formal archaeological qualification, I have worked on digs whenever I can and learned on the job. The one I'll always remember took place more than 10 years ago, working as a field archaeologist and diarist with a team digging in the Valley of the Kings.
I was part of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project and we spent four years excavating in the valley, around the tombs of Tutankhamun and Ramesses VI. As well as digging new ground, we were given permission to re-excavate a small existing tomb, KV56. I was in charge of this re-excavation.
Discovered in 1908 by English archaeologist Edward Ayrton, KV56 had yielded one of the most spectacular arrays of jewellery found in the valley, hence its nickname: the Gold Tomb.
- Exhibition: The Funeral Of Tutankhamun
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) With 20-photograph slideshow. Creating a burial as spectacular as that of the pharaoh Tutankhamun required a vast amount of preparation. The exhibition Tutankhamun’s Funeral at New York’s Metropolitan Museum...
- Video - Unearthing Ancient Tombs
ABC7 Local Thanks very much to Kat for sending me this link and pointing me to the other videos provided on the site. It is one of ten videos available on the ABC7News Tutankhamun page at the moment. When Dr. Zahi Hawass became Secretary General of Egyptian...
- Excavation Adventures In The Valley Of The Kings
CNN (Paul Sussman) Thanks to Dr Nick Reeves of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project for sending me the link to this article, which is a good summary of the ARTP's work in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor. Paul Sussman was a team member of the ARTP when...
- News From The Valley Of Kings
Over at Kate Phizackerley's Valley of Kings site there is an interesting conversation going on over her post Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of Kings. I myself have little hope that there is anything but broken pottery left in the valley...
- Looking For Kv 64
Dr. Zahi Hawass is finally taking the Amarna Royal tombs project seriously and has started an investigation into an anomaly found years ago in the Valley of Kings. The anomaly was actually discovered in 2000 but due to false allegations that the projects...