Egypt
- Mark Rose On Discovery's Latest Kv63 Offering
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/kv63/kv63.html Mark Rose continues to do a great job on the Archaeology magazine website with a new piece on the Discovery Channel's programme about the opening of the last coffin at KV63, accompanied by some...
- Kv63 Website Updated
http://www.kv-63.com/index.htmlSome more details of excavation work at KV63 have been posted on the official website: "Coffin ‘E’ (against the back wall of the chamber) has already received some conservation work. Resin-covered bands of texts are...
- More On The Kv63 Gold Coffin
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-05-31-discovery-egypt_x.htm Another report about the tiny golden coffin found at KV63: "The archaeologists discovered seven coffins; there are no mummies in the first five they have opened, but there is one big...
- Kv63 Website Updated
http://www.kv-63.com/index.htmlI don't know how I came to miss this, because I check the site every morning, but there is a posting dated 23rd May on the KV63 website which I haven't previously picked up on. Details include more information about...
- Kv63 - The Infant Coffin
http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htmDr Schaden has updated the KV63 website at the above address with information about the small coffin known as Coffin D: "As I believe the time is right, I would like to make mention of the small infant coffin, labeled...
Egypt
KV63 update
Infant coffin photos
http://www.kv-63.com/index.html
The KV63 website has been updated with a "Breaking News" piece showing photos of a 42cm long infant coffin made of pink gold-leaf and found in the youth coffin. This is the best source of photos for the find, but there are a couple more details covering it in the following press release:
http://tinyurl.com/lkl4c (prnewswire.com)
The Archeology magazine website has also been updated (30th May) with some of the new photos of the infant sized coffin:
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/wilson/index.html
What about those pillows?
http://www.kv-63.com/index.html
The KV63 website has been updated with a "Breaking News" piece showing photos of a 42cm long infant coffin made of pink gold-leaf and found in the youth coffin. This is the best source of photos for the find, but there are a couple more details covering it in the following press release:
http://tinyurl.com/lkl4c (prnewswire.com)
The Archeology magazine website has also been updated (30th May) with some of the new photos of the infant sized coffin:
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/wilson/index.html
What about those pillows?
http://tinyurl.com/qap6b (New York Times)
An article summarizing the current state of affairs at KV63, highlighting some of the questions yet to be answered: "After three months of painstaking work since the February discovery, with five of the coffins opened, no mummies have been found. So there is a chance that this is not a tomb at all, but rather a cache for used embalming materials.
But there is one big coffin left to open — the most tantalizing one, sealed, wedged into the back of the space and supported by pillows at its head and feet, with the kind of care that could suggest that someone important is inside.
The American Egyptologists who are working here plan to open it, hoping not only to see a mummy but to solve the many mysteries of the new find. They may also shatter a long-held belief that there is nothing important left to find in the Valley of the Kings."
But there is one big coffin left to open — the most tantalizing one, sealed, wedged into the back of the space and supported by pillows at its head and feet, with the kind of care that could suggest that someone important is inside.
The American Egyptologists who are working here plan to open it, hoping not only to see a mummy but to solve the many mysteries of the new find. They may also shatter a long-held belief that there is nothing important left to find in the Valley of the Kings."
See the above page for the full story, with photos, maps and a high quality slideshow. If you need a username and password use egyptnews in both fields.
Discovery Channel interactive map updated
Discovery Channel interactive map updated
http://tinyurl.com/qale7 (Discovery Channel)
The interactive map at the above address has been updated with information about one of the jar seals, and about the golden coffin.
Thanks very much to Carolin Johanson for pointing me to some of these pages (keep up the good work Carolin!)
The interactive map at the above address has been updated with information about one of the jar seals, and about the golden coffin.
Thanks very much to Carolin Johanson for pointing me to some of these pages (keep up the good work Carolin!)
- Mark Rose On Discovery's Latest Kv63 Offering
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/kv63/kv63.html Mark Rose continues to do a great job on the Archaeology magazine website with a new piece on the Discovery Channel's programme about the opening of the last coffin at KV63, accompanied by some...
- Kv63 Website Updated
http://www.kv-63.com/index.htmlSome more details of excavation work at KV63 have been posted on the official website: "Coffin ‘E’ (against the back wall of the chamber) has already received some conservation work. Resin-covered bands of texts are...
- More On The Kv63 Gold Coffin
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-05-31-discovery-egypt_x.htm Another report about the tiny golden coffin found at KV63: "The archaeologists discovered seven coffins; there are no mummies in the first five they have opened, but there is one big...
- Kv63 Website Updated
http://www.kv-63.com/index.htmlI don't know how I came to miss this, because I check the site every morning, but there is a posting dated 23rd May on the KV63 website which I haven't previously picked up on. Details include more information about...
- Kv63 - The Infant Coffin
http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htmDr Schaden has updated the KV63 website at the above address with information about the small coffin known as Coffin D: "As I believe the time is right, I would like to make mention of the small infant coffin, labeled...