Egypt
BiblePlaces Blog (Todd Bolen)
Unfortunately you cannot link on individual stories on this blog so you will need to page down to the post on 31st May 2009 for this story on the above page.
See the above page for the full English translation.
Original German version at:
http://public.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6576&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9759
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Egypt
Hyksos Palace Excavated at Tell el-Dab'a
BiblePlaces Blog (Todd Bolen)
Unfortunately you cannot link on individual stories on this blog so you will need to page down to the post on 31st May 2009 for this story on the above page.
Discoveries from excavations at Tell el-Dab'a, the Hyksos capital in Egypt, were announced recently in a press release from the University of Vienna, but the article was only available in German. Joe Lauer has received and passed along a statement from the press office in English, which is given below. Photos of the cuneiform tablet, horse burial, and archaeologist are linked at the bottom of this page.
See the above page for the full English translation.
Original German version at:
http://public.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6576&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9759
- A Shameless Plug For The A Bloomsbury Study Day On The Hyksos (london, Uk)
Bloomsbury are reinstating their annual study days. This year's will take place in London on Saturday May 14th: The Hyksos Legacy: Technology, Arts and Culture in the Age of the Chariot with Dr Stephen Harvey as the principal lecturer. This study...
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Rollston Epigraphy (Christopher Rollston) With comments included. Rollston’s Reflections on the Fragmentary Cuneiform Tablet from the Ophel: A Critique of the Proposed Historical Context Introduction In IEJ 60 (2010): 4-21 a cuneiform tablet (written...
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Earth Times Excavations in Egypt could reveal numerous valuable treasures, a German expert said on Wednesday, ahead of an Egyptology conference taking place in the German city of Muenster at the weekend. "In Egypt there is a lot more in the ground than...
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OsirisNet Thanks to Thierry Benderitter and Jon Hirst for making full details of the tomb of Kheruef, TT192, available on OsirisNet, with 170 photos and drawings. The tomb of the steward of the Great Royal Wife Tiy had initially been designed to be immense....
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