Egypt
Discoveries at the Tomb of Seti I
Al Ahram Weekly
Nevine El-Aref
- Part 3 Of Hawass On The Tomb Of Seti I
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) After 130 metres the tunnel began to reveal its purpose when we uncovered 54 steps. The pounding inside my chest was amazing as I descended the ramp for seven metres. This second ramp was cut in the rock and had the same...
- Seti, Please Tell Us Your Secret Ii
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) For the first time we can now say that we have revealed the secrets of the tunnel in the tomb of Seti I. The tunnel was first excavated by Sheikh Ali Abdel-Rassoul and his workmen to a depth of about 130 metres. They did...
- Video: Join Hawass In The Tomb Of Seti I
drhawass.com Join Zahi Hawass Inside the Mysterious Tunnel in the Tomb of Seti I For the last two years, Zahi Hawass has led an all-Egyptian team that is excavating and restoring the mysterious tunnel leading from the burial chamber of King Seti I deep...
- Zahi Hawass Dig Days: Vok Part Iv
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/800/hr1.htmZahi Hawass talking about investigating the tunnel in the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings: "I shall never forget the adventure I had in the tunnel of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in the Valley of the...
- Seti's Tunnel
Dr. Hawass' team are searching the tunnel extending from the depths of the tomb of King Seti I in the valley of Kings. http://drhawass.com/blog/mysterious-tunnel-tomb-seti-i...
Egypt
Field Work
Discoveries at the Tomb of Seti I
Al Ahram Weekly
Nevine El-Aref
An overview of the work, past and present, carried out at the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. Here's a short extract.
The most mysterious feature in the tomb, and one that has perplexed Egyptologists until today, is the long passageway found underneath Seti I's marble sarcophagus.
Why did the ancient Egyptians dig such a tunnel beneath the Pharaoh's sarcophagus? Was it to his treasure, or for religious purposes, or as a security precaution? What was the real purpose of the tunnel? And what did it lead to?
Belzoni and his team tried hard to answer these questions, but they concluded that the tunnel ran down to a depth of 100 metres into the bedrock. It was also theorised that the tunnel was an attempt to link the Pharaoh's burial chamber with the groundwater. This conjecture stemmed from the existence of a natural spring at the Osirion in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, which provided a pool of water within the structure to symbolise the primaeval waters of creation.
In 1961 a local man, Sheikh Ali Abdel-Rasoul, began to excavate inside the tunnel.
- Part 3 Of Hawass On The Tomb Of Seti I
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) After 130 metres the tunnel began to reveal its purpose when we uncovered 54 steps. The pounding inside my chest was amazing as I descended the ramp for seven metres. This second ramp was cut in the rock and had the same...
- Seti, Please Tell Us Your Secret Ii
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) For the first time we can now say that we have revealed the secrets of the tunnel in the tomb of Seti I. The tunnel was first excavated by Sheikh Ali Abdel-Rassoul and his workmen to a depth of about 130 metres. They did...
- Video: Join Hawass In The Tomb Of Seti I
drhawass.com Join Zahi Hawass Inside the Mysterious Tunnel in the Tomb of Seti I For the last two years, Zahi Hawass has led an all-Egyptian team that is excavating and restoring the mysterious tunnel leading from the burial chamber of King Seti I deep...
- Zahi Hawass Dig Days: Vok Part Iv
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/800/hr1.htmZahi Hawass talking about investigating the tunnel in the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings: "I shall never forget the adventure I had in the tunnel of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in the Valley of the...
- Seti's Tunnel
Dr. Hawass' team are searching the tunnel extending from the depths of the tomb of King Seti I in the valley of Kings. http://drhawass.com/blog/mysterious-tunnel-tomb-seti-i...