Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)
- Pyramid-exploring Robot Reveals Hidden Hieroglyphs
New Scientist (Rowan Hooper) With diagram. THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of religious significance. A robot has sent back the first images of markings on the wall of a tiny chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt...
- More Re Discovery Of Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Reuters The well-known necropolis of Saqqara, 30 km (20 miles) south of Cairo, served the nearby city of Memphis and was scoured in ancient times by thieves. The 5th Dynasty is generally understood to have lasted from 2465 to 2323 BC, while the 6th Dynasty...
- 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...
- Egyptology Department Looks To Hire New Prof
The Brown Daily Herald The Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies is looking to hire a tenure-track professor to teach Mesopotamian language and cultures. The new professor is expected to teach Akkadian and Mesopotamian history and...
Egypt
Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Queen Behenu
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)
One loaf of bread and one jug of beer: that's what Egypt's Queen Behenu was offered during her funeral, according to a translation of hieroglyphics engraved on white stone found in her 4,000-year-old burial chamber this week.
Known as the "Pyramid Texts," these hieroglyphics represent the oldest body of Egyptian religious writings and were widely in use in royal tombs during the 5th and 6th Dynasties of the Old Kingdom.
Discovery News asked one of the top scholars of the Pyramid Texts, James P. Allen, a Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Chair of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies at Brown University, to translate part of the newly discovered hieroglyphs.
- Pyramid-exploring Robot Reveals Hidden Hieroglyphs
New Scientist (Rowan Hooper) With diagram. THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of religious significance. A robot has sent back the first images of markings on the wall of a tiny chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt...
- More Re Discovery Of Tomb Of Queen Behenu
Reuters The well-known necropolis of Saqqara, 30 km (20 miles) south of Cairo, served the nearby city of Memphis and was scoured in ancient times by thieves. The 5th Dynasty is generally understood to have lasted from 2465 to 2323 BC, while the 6th Dynasty...
- 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...
- Egyptology Department Looks To Hire New Prof
The Brown Daily Herald The Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies is looking to hire a tenure-track professor to teach Mesopotamian language and cultures. The new professor is expected to teach Akkadian and Mesopotamian history and...