Egypt
- Exhibition: King Tut Artifacts Come To Dallas Museum
Huliq News Four new artifacts from King Tut’s tomb will be on display when Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs opens at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) on October 3. Marking the first stop on the exhibition's three-city U.S. encore tour...
- Weekly Websites - Egyptian Glass
Yet again, David Petersen has been sending me some great news items and resources on the Web. This week he has focused on Egyptian glass. Here are some of his links: Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Egyptian Glass Factory (John Noble Wilford) New...
- Egyptian Glass Formed By Meteorite Strike
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061221-egypt-glass.html"Strange specimens of natural glass found in the Egyptian desert are products of a meteorite slamming into Earth between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago, scientists have concluded. The...
- Tutankhamun Jewel Formed By Meteor Fireball
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stm"In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's necklaces. The jewel was tested and found...
- Tut's Necklace Shaped By Fireball
http://tinyurl.com/zsdwm (theaustralian.news.com.au)"Scientists believe they have solved the mystery surrounding a piece of rare natural glass at the centre of an elaborate necklace found among the treasures of Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh. They think...
Egypt
Libyan glass
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/839/tr401.htm
"Scientifically speaking, in order to form Silica glass, it needs to be heated at 1600¡ C for 47 days or 2000¡ C for only two minutes. Theories attempting to unravel the formation mystery of Silica glass may attempt to suggest volcanic activity or a non- terrestrial origin. The most acceptable hypothesis is that its formation was due to a meteorite impact.
To add a touch of charm to the enigma, Vincenzo de Michele of the Centro Studi Luigi Negro examined Tutankhamen's pectoral jewellery in October 1998 and was literally floored by what he found. The well-polished giant lime green scarab adorning the young Pharaoh was not a Chalcedon, a form of crystalline quartz, as had been previously thought. It was actually Silica glass. Did the Pharaohs discover the precious gem long before envoys of Haj Hussein of the Kufra Oasis reported it to the world? Or had they already resolved its origin mystery and buried the secret in their sealed tombs? Questions lurk as we try to crack the ancient code encrypting Silica glass."
To add a touch of charm to the enigma, Vincenzo de Michele of the Centro Studi Luigi Negro examined Tutankhamen's pectoral jewellery in October 1998 and was literally floored by what he found. The well-polished giant lime green scarab adorning the young Pharaoh was not a Chalcedon, a form of crystalline quartz, as had been previously thought. It was actually Silica glass. Did the Pharaohs discover the precious gem long before envoys of Haj Hussein of the Kufra Oasis reported it to the world? Or had they already resolved its origin mystery and buried the secret in their sealed tombs? Questions lurk as we try to crack the ancient code encrypting Silica glass."
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- Exhibition: King Tut Artifacts Come To Dallas Museum
Huliq News Four new artifacts from King Tut’s tomb will be on display when Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs opens at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) on October 3. Marking the first stop on the exhibition's three-city U.S. encore tour...
- Weekly Websites - Egyptian Glass
Yet again, David Petersen has been sending me some great news items and resources on the Web. This week he has focused on Egyptian glass. Here are some of his links: Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Egyptian Glass Factory (John Noble Wilford) New...
- Egyptian Glass Formed By Meteorite Strike
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061221-egypt-glass.html"Strange specimens of natural glass found in the Egyptian desert are products of a meteorite slamming into Earth between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago, scientists have concluded. The...
- Tutankhamun Jewel Formed By Meteor Fireball
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stm"In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's necklaces. The jewel was tested and found...
- Tut's Necklace Shaped By Fireball
http://tinyurl.com/zsdwm (theaustralian.news.com.au)"Scientists believe they have solved the mystery surrounding a piece of rare natural glass at the centre of an elaborate necklace found among the treasures of Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh. They think...