Egypt
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/
The Egyptian Gazette interview with Zahi Hawass, covering everything from the next stage in the Cheops "air vent" exploration, the initial results from the Tutankhamun scans, new museums planned, and the SCA policy on submerged archaeology.
- In The Lab: More Promises Re Tutankhamun Dna
Washington Post Egypt will soon reveal the results of DNA tests made on the world's most famous ancient king, the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his lineage, the antiquities department said Sunday. Speaking at a conference,...
- Cheops Passages To Be Examined By Robot In February
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yflneu (theage.au)"A robot archaeologist is to be sent deep inside Egypt's largest pyramid in a bid to solve secrets revealed by a first foray more than four years ago, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said. . . . Teams from...
- New Probe Of Mystery Pyramid Shafts
http://tinyurl.com/877ua "Egypt will send a robot up narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday. Zahi Hawass told Reuters he would this...
- Ramses Ii Artefacts Unearthed In Cairo Suburb
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/7.asp"Statues and artefacts dating back to the time of Ramsis II have been unearthed in Cairo. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr Zahi Hawass told The Gazette yesterday that the items...
- Row Over Mummy Scan (updated)
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ "Few contest the fact that the dead must be dealt with respectfully. Yet it seems as though Dr Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has a different point of view." This kicks off...
Egypt
Hawass: Cheops Pyramid still withholds secrets
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/
The Egyptian Gazette interview with Zahi Hawass, covering everything from the next stage in the Cheops "air vent" exploration, the initial results from the Tutankhamun scans, new museums planned, and the SCA policy on submerged archaeology.
- In The Lab: More Promises Re Tutankhamun Dna
Washington Post Egypt will soon reveal the results of DNA tests made on the world's most famous ancient king, the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his lineage, the antiquities department said Sunday. Speaking at a conference,...
- Cheops Passages To Be Examined By Robot In February
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yflneu (theage.au)"A robot archaeologist is to be sent deep inside Egypt's largest pyramid in a bid to solve secrets revealed by a first foray more than four years ago, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said. . . . Teams from...
- New Probe Of Mystery Pyramid Shafts
http://tinyurl.com/877ua "Egypt will send a robot up narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday. Zahi Hawass told Reuters he would this...
- Ramses Ii Artefacts Unearthed In Cairo Suburb
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/7.asp"Statues and artefacts dating back to the time of Ramsis II have been unearthed in Cairo. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr Zahi Hawass told The Gazette yesterday that the items...
- Row Over Mummy Scan (updated)
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ "Few contest the fact that the dead must be dealt with respectfully. Yet it seems as though Dr Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has a different point of view." This kicks off...