Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
With video
- Lecture By Otto Schaden On Kv63
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Jane has kindly shared her notes from the latest Mummification Museum lecture again. Otto opened the lecture by reminding us that whatever KV63 finally turns out to be it will always be the first tomb discovered since the...
- Dangerous Eaters Of Wood
Thoeretical Structural Archaeology A fascinating insight into the damage that insects inflict on wood in archaeology. Examples are taken from various parts of the planet and there is a good description of the damage inflicted on the wood in KV63 in the...
- Neferetiti's Eyes
Archaeology Magazine - Nefertiti's Eyes (Earl R. Ertmman) Archaeology has a feature in the March/April 2008 issue entitled Nefertiti's Eyes, which you can see online at the above address. Did the queen's distinctive feature become a symbol...
- Mystery Of The Pharaonic Coffins
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=8893Zahi Hawass talking about the opening of KV63: I was first to enter the KV-63, carrying a torch that shed light upon a unique, beautiful scene of seven sealed coffins and large jars that had been...
- Update: Kv63
http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htmOtto Schaden's Dig Diary has been updated (dated 13th April 2006). Here's an extract, but see the full entry on the above page: "With the temporary slowdown of the conservation work during Nadia's absence,...
Egypt
Feature: The Riddle of KV63
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
With video
After King Tut’s tomb was discovered, everyone thought there were no more tombs to be found in the Valley of the Kings. But in 2006, we made an amazing discovery, the shaft of an unknown tomb. When I first saw the shaft, I thought that the tomb underneath would be robbed, that there was no way there could be anything inside.
But when we began to excavate, we found many coffins and pottery jars and other materials. Now I believe it is a storage area for mummification materials for the Valley of the Kings.
Clearing the tomb presented many difficulties. The coffins were very badly deteriorated and were too fragile to move. I brought in an Egyptian conservation team, led by Nadia Lukma, to preserve the wood and save the coffins. They did very good work, and once the wood was strong enough to be moved, we began to take them out. Moving the coffins was very difficult, because of the small space of the tomb and how they were stacked on top of each other. The top coffin was very heavy, and one wrong step while moving it would bring it crashing down on those below.
After we were finally able to remove all of the coffins from the tomb, we opened them and found that there were no mummies inside. Instead, we found something even more valuable, because it is a unique find. The coffins were full of embalming materials, used in mummification.
- Lecture By Otto Schaden On Kv63
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Jane has kindly shared her notes from the latest Mummification Museum lecture again. Otto opened the lecture by reminding us that whatever KV63 finally turns out to be it will always be the first tomb discovered since the...
- Dangerous Eaters Of Wood
Thoeretical Structural Archaeology A fascinating insight into the damage that insects inflict on wood in archaeology. Examples are taken from various parts of the planet and there is a good description of the damage inflicted on the wood in KV63 in the...
- Neferetiti's Eyes
Archaeology Magazine - Nefertiti's Eyes (Earl R. Ertmman) Archaeology has a feature in the March/April 2008 issue entitled Nefertiti's Eyes, which you can see online at the above address. Did the queen's distinctive feature become a symbol...
- Mystery Of The Pharaonic Coffins
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=8893Zahi Hawass talking about the opening of KV63: I was first to enter the KV-63, carrying a torch that shed light upon a unique, beautiful scene of seven sealed coffins and large jars that had been...
- Update: Kv63
http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htmOtto Schaden's Dig Diary has been updated (dated 13th April 2006). Here's an extract, but see the full entry on the above page: "With the temporary slowdown of the conservation work during Nadia's absence,...