Egypt
- 26th Dynasty Tomb Discovered
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) According to Atef Abul Dahab, head of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities, the tomb was found during routine digging work in Mansheyet Al-Tahrir Street in Ain Shams to lay the foundations of a residential house. Workers stumbled...
- Kv63 Embalming Bed In Its New Home
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) With lots of photos. It was only fitting that something so unique coming out of KV63 should remain in Luxor. KV63 is the most recent tomb discovered in the Valley of Kings and the team have been busy last season 2008/2009...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/hr4.htmZahi Hawass is using his Al Ahram column this week to talk about KV63 in the context of other Valley of the Kings tombs and caches. This is the first part of an ongoing story, which will be updated in future...
- Valley Of The Kings Discovery
http://tinyurl.com/ar5ef (Monsters and Critics) "An American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Wednesday. An excavation team from...
- Four Distinct Groups Of Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ Zahi Hawass, on the Egyptian Gazette website: "Over our five excavation seasons, we have discovered more than 253 mummies which can be categorised into four distinct groups. The first are mummies cased with cartonnage...
Egypt
KV63 NEWS - Three more mummies found
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/
"As has been widely reported in the local dailies, five mummies were discovered a few days ago in a catacomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the Nile. But now the number has risen to eight, as three more have since been found in the same cache. The discovery of the catacomb, very near to Tutankhamun's tomb, was announced almost a fortnight ago. At first, it was found to contain five mummies with coloured funerary masks enclosed in sarcophagi. A number of large sealed storage jars were also discovered. The head of the Upper Egyptian Antiquities Department, Atef Abul Dahab told this newspaper that his staff have started work on investigating the first intact cache to have been located since 1922. 'There are various indications that the catacomb dates back to the 18th Dynasty [1570-1320 BC], but still we are trying to find something that helps us establish the exact date,' said Abul Dahab, adding that they will eventually remove the 21 jars found in the cache and then the mummies, some of which are in poor condition."
This is the full story on the Egyptian Gazette website.
- 26th Dynasty Tomb Discovered
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) According to Atef Abul Dahab, head of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities, the tomb was found during routine digging work in Mansheyet Al-Tahrir Street in Ain Shams to lay the foundations of a residential house. Workers stumbled...
- Kv63 Embalming Bed In Its New Home
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) With lots of photos. It was only fitting that something so unique coming out of KV63 should remain in Luxor. KV63 is the most recent tomb discovered in the Valley of Kings and the team have been busy last season 2008/2009...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/hr4.htmZahi Hawass is using his Al Ahram column this week to talk about KV63 in the context of other Valley of the Kings tombs and caches. This is the first part of an ongoing story, which will be updated in future...
- Valley Of The Kings Discovery
http://tinyurl.com/ar5ef (Monsters and Critics) "An American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Wednesday. An excavation team from...
- Four Distinct Groups Of Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ Zahi Hawass, on the Egyptian Gazette website: "Over our five excavation seasons, we have discovered more than 253 mummies which can be categorised into four distinct groups. The first are mummies cased with cartonnage...