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- More Re Rediscovery Of Ptahmes At Saqqara
drhawass.com The official press release from the SCA, with some photographs that I haven't seen elsewhere. The Archaeology faculty at Cairo University has discovered a new tomb at Saqqara. The mission uncovered the tomb of Ptah Mes, arm leader and...
- In The Field: Saqqara Tombs Press Release From Sca
drhawass.com Two large 26th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced today. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA and the...
- Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 3,500-year-old Tomb
Al Ahram Weekly (With photo) During excavation work at the Tombs of the Nobles on Luxor's West Bank an Egyptian archaeological mission has stumbled upon what it believes is the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters during the reign of the monotheistic...
- Belgian Mission Rediscover Tomb At Luxor
Reuters UK Belgian archaeologists have rediscovered an ancient Egyptian tomb that had been lost for decades under sand, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Sunday. In 1880 Swedish Egyptologist Karl Piehl uncovered the tomb of Amenhotep, the...
- New Kingdom Discovery Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/qafr6 The discovery of a 34 metre "hall" located in a rock cut tomb near Luxor has been announced by the SCA: "The Egyptian-Spanish team discovered the hall at Zira Abu al-Naga on the west bank of the Nile, as it was excavating the...
Egypt
Lost tomb rediscovered
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The archaeological mission of the University of Brussels has identified the lost tomb C.3 as that of Amenhotep, deputy and son-in-law to Senneferi, the overseer of seal-bearers during the reign of Tuthmosis III (1504-1452 bc). The tomb was found on the southern part of the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill on the west bank of Luxor.
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that this tomb had previously been discovered in 1880 by archaeologist Karl Piehl, but was buried over time by the sand. Archaeologists searched for it several times, but with no hope of rediscovering it until the Belgian mission stumbled upon it last month.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that Amenhotep’s tomb contains a classical T-shaped chapel with a transverse hall oriented north – south, divided by a row of six pillars. The southern half of the transverse hall collapsed in antiquity and the space is entirely filled with debris.
- More Re Rediscovery Of Ptahmes At Saqqara
drhawass.com The official press release from the SCA, with some photographs that I haven't seen elsewhere. The Archaeology faculty at Cairo University has discovered a new tomb at Saqqara. The mission uncovered the tomb of Ptah Mes, arm leader and...
- In The Field: Saqqara Tombs Press Release From Sca
drhawass.com Two large 26th Dynasty tombs have been found in Saqqara by an Egyptian excavation mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced today. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA and the...
- Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 3,500-year-old Tomb
Al Ahram Weekly (With photo) During excavation work at the Tombs of the Nobles on Luxor's West Bank an Egyptian archaeological mission has stumbled upon what it believes is the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters during the reign of the monotheistic...
- Belgian Mission Rediscover Tomb At Luxor
Reuters UK Belgian archaeologists have rediscovered an ancient Egyptian tomb that had been lost for decades under sand, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Sunday. In 1880 Swedish Egyptologist Karl Piehl uncovered the tomb of Amenhotep, the...
- New Kingdom Discovery Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/qafr6 The discovery of a 34 metre "hall" located in a rock cut tomb near Luxor has been announced by the SCA: "The Egyptian-Spanish team discovered the hall at Zira Abu al-Naga on the west bank of the Nile, as it was excavating the...