Egypt
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
- Deciphering The Pyramid Texts Of Behenu
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) With photos and diagrams. Following on from Thursday’s post I’d like to focus a bit more on the Pyramid Texts found in Queen Behenu’s recently discovered burial chamber. Offering texts on the north wall of the Unas...
- Queen Behenu's Burial Chamber Discovered At Saqqara
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts) With photos. A French archaeological team digging at Saqqara has discovered the burial chamber of 6th Dynasty Queen Behenu, wife of either Pepi I or Pepi II. The burial chamber was revealed while the team was cleaning the sand...
- In The Field: Opening The Tomb Of Sa-iset
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to Dashur to investigate the tomb of the vizier Sa-Iset and lift the huge sarcophagus lid to discover what it contained. This tomb was found by Jacques de Morgan in 1890, and the tomb was actually lost for many...
- More Re Sesheshet Mummy
National Geographic Seshseshet's pyramid was discovered last November in Saqqara, the vast burial ground near modern-day Cairo that was part of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. Two other previously known pyramids were for his principal wives,...
- The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...
Egypt
Granite Sarcophagus of Senusret II Found (?)
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
On the above blog Vincent says that he's not sure what to make of this news release because Petrie examined the sarcophagus of Senusret II in detail in 1889. The news source was MENA. I've checked up on other sources that have posted this story and no-one seems to have any idea what it is all about. Hopefully more information will be forthcoming.
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the burial chamber and coffin of King Senusret II who was believed to have ruled Egypt from 1897 BC to 1878 BC, official MENA news agency reported today.
The burial chamber was found in Al Lahun, the town built by Senusret which became Egypt’s political capital during the 12th and 13th dynasties, and where the king built his pyramid.
“The coffin is made of pink granite and the burial chamber is lined with red granite,” said Ahmed Abdel Aal, head of antiquities in Fayum, south of Cairo.
The team also discovered “corridors and passageways inside the pyramid built to mislead thieves”, Abdel Aal said.
- Deciphering The Pyramid Texts Of Behenu
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) With photos and diagrams. Following on from Thursday’s post I’d like to focus a bit more on the Pyramid Texts found in Queen Behenu’s recently discovered burial chamber. Offering texts on the north wall of the Unas...
- Queen Behenu's Burial Chamber Discovered At Saqqara
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts) With photos. A French archaeological team digging at Saqqara has discovered the burial chamber of 6th Dynasty Queen Behenu, wife of either Pepi I or Pepi II. The burial chamber was revealed while the team was cleaning the sand...
- In The Field: Opening The Tomb Of Sa-iset
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to Dashur to investigate the tomb of the vizier Sa-Iset and lift the huge sarcophagus lid to discover what it contained. This tomb was found by Jacques de Morgan in 1890, and the tomb was actually lost for many...
- More Re Sesheshet Mummy
National Geographic Seshseshet's pyramid was discovered last November in Saqqara, the vast burial ground near modern-day Cairo that was part of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. Two other previously known pyramids were for his principal wives,...
- The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...