Egypt
This article is on the four New Kingdom tombs recently discovered by locals on Elephantine island and the owners of those tombs. The engraved and painted walls in the tombs are likely to fill in more on the history of the island and its governance.
Photo: Nevine El-Aref
- New Book: Tomb Of Hetepi, Abusir
Czech Institute of Egyptology Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens, Hana Vymazalová et al. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tombs AS 33-35 and AS 50-53 Charles University in Prague, Prague 2010 The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated...
- Remnants Of Pharaonic Temple And Roman Church Drowned In The Nile In Aswan
Egypt State Information Service Part of Khnum Temple in Elephantine Island to the second side of "Cataract" Hotel in Aswan city was discovered 40 meters deep under the Nile water, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Zahi Hawwas said...
- The Eternity Of The Desert
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Following 16 years of closure to the public, the Al-Muzawaka necropolis in Dakhla Oasis will soon be back on the tourists track, reports Nevine El-Aref Restorers and archaeologists have been working on the Roman necropolis...
- Judaic Community On Elephantine
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/713/he2.htm "The liturgical protocol detailed on some of the documents discovered on the island by archaeologists during the first decade of the 20th century dates back to a time before the destruction of the First Temple...
- Father And Son
Recent excavations at Saqqara have turned up the tombs of a father and son administrators of the old kingdom king Pepi II. The tombs which are in fact a tomb within a tomb, are those of Shendwa and his son Khonsu. The tombs are described as intact though...
Egypt
Four New Kingdom Tombs on Elephantine
This article is on the four New Kingdom tombs recently discovered by locals on Elephantine island and the owners of those tombs. The engraved and painted walls in the tombs are likely to fill in more on the history of the island and its governance.
Photo: Nevine El-Aref
- New Book: Tomb Of Hetepi, Abusir
Czech Institute of Egyptology Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens, Hana Vymazalová et al. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tombs AS 33-35 and AS 50-53 Charles University in Prague, Prague 2010 The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated...
- Remnants Of Pharaonic Temple And Roman Church Drowned In The Nile In Aswan
Egypt State Information Service Part of Khnum Temple in Elephantine Island to the second side of "Cataract" Hotel in Aswan city was discovered 40 meters deep under the Nile water, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Zahi Hawwas said...
- The Eternity Of The Desert
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Following 16 years of closure to the public, the Al-Muzawaka necropolis in Dakhla Oasis will soon be back on the tourists track, reports Nevine El-Aref Restorers and archaeologists have been working on the Roman necropolis...
- Judaic Community On Elephantine
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/713/he2.htm "The liturgical protocol detailed on some of the documents discovered on the island by archaeologists during the first decade of the 20th century dates back to a time before the destruction of the First Temple...
- Father And Son
Recent excavations at Saqqara have turned up the tombs of a father and son administrators of the old kingdom king Pepi II. The tombs which are in fact a tomb within a tomb, are those of Shendwa and his son Khonsu. The tombs are described as intact though...