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Egypt State Information Service
- Rare Statue Of Marble Discovered In Alexandria
Egypt State Information Service The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas said 9/5/2009 that a Greek archeological mission under Calliope Papacosta discovered a rare statue made of white marble in Alexandria. The 80...
- Archaeological Discoveries In Matariya, Damietta And Kom Abou-billou
Egypt State Information Service "Important cemeteries dating back to the Roman age along with nine statues were unearthed this year among other key discoveries," Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said Monday 21/7/2008. The burial ground found in Giza's...
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- New Finds At Saqqara Dating To Ramess Ii And Djoser
State Information Service This is a not untypically vague statement on the SIS website, but here it is for what it's worth. Hopefully something else will appear to clarify the issue.An Egyptian archeological mission discovered stones and sarcophaguses...
- Pharaonic Cemetery Discovered In Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/wr78u (sis.gov.eg) Frustratingly brief announcement, in its entirety, from the State Information Service: "The Egyptian-French archeological mission has discovered a Pharaonic cemetery inside the ancient Ramsis Temple in Luxor. The...
Egypt
Hawass reveals new discovery
Egypt State Information Service
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas has revealed more Pharaonic discoveries at a seminar at AL-Ahly Club, Al Ahram reported.
"A new cemetery dating back to the 16th dynasty has been unearthed," Hawwas told an attentive audience.
"A Japanese researcher has also found a sarcophagus dating back to the same dynasty, and another Czech one found a masterpiece produced 4200 years ago."
Hawwas also said that the first Egyptian archeological mission will head for the Valley of Kings in Luxor to start exploration.
- Rare Statue Of Marble Discovered In Alexandria
Egypt State Information Service The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas said 9/5/2009 that a Greek archeological mission under Calliope Papacosta discovered a rare statue made of white marble in Alexandria. The 80...
- Archaeological Discoveries In Matariya, Damietta And Kom Abou-billou
Egypt State Information Service "Important cemeteries dating back to the Roman age along with nine statues were unearthed this year among other key discoveries," Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said Monday 21/7/2008. The burial ground found in Giza's...
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- New Finds At Saqqara Dating To Ramess Ii And Djoser
State Information Service This is a not untypically vague statement on the SIS website, but here it is for what it's worth. Hopefully something else will appear to clarify the issue.An Egyptian archeological mission discovered stones and sarcophaguses...
- Pharaonic Cemetery Discovered In Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/wr78u (sis.gov.eg) Frustratingly brief announcement, in its entirety, from the State Information Service: "The Egyptian-French archeological mission has discovered a Pharaonic cemetery inside the ancient Ramsis Temple in Luxor. The...