Egypt
- More Re New Vok Discovery
Yahoo News I was somewhat dubious that the location had been correctly identified in earlier rumours, because the Valley of the Kings was reserved for royalty and their immediate family and dependents - but in this article Mansour Boraiq confirms that...
- Exhibition: A Collector’s Menagerie
Art Daily The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting animal sculpture from the last 200 years, and has now invited Rupert Wace Ancient Art to introduce collectors to a veritable menagerie from the ancient...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...
- Picture Of The Singer Of Amun From Kv 64
Here is a short article with a picture of the coffin as found in the tomb in the Valley of Kings. The singer in the coffins name is Nehmes Bastet. Her name is associated with the cat god Bastet. Note the small stela next to the feet of the coffin....
- The Worship Of Bastet
Here is an article by Dr. Zahi Hawass about the cat Goddess Bastet. http://www.guardians.net/hawass/articles/bastet.htm...
Egypt
More details re Nehmes-Bastet and KV64
Swiss.info
Not a lot new here, except that the dimension of the mummy and the coffin are now provided (with a substantial discrepancy between the two heights), and there's a nice account of the discovery of the site.
Not a lot new here, except that the dimension of the mummy and the coffin are now provided (with a substantial discrepancy between the two heights), and there's a nice account of the discovery of the site.
Having examined the inscriptions, which have yet to be completely decrypted, the scientists say they are dealing with a woman called Nehemes-Bastet, which means “May the goddess Bastet protect her”.
“What is astonishing is that the sarcophagus is two metres long, but the mummy, which is perfectly preserved, is only 1.55m,” Bickel said.
“We think the deceased was a singer for Amun-Ru [one of the most widely recorded Egyptian gods]. Her title shows she was part of the elite. She probably acted as a priestess from time to time during major processions.”
Bickel said it was the first time a tomb had been found in the Valley of the Kings of a woman who was not linked to the royal families.
- More Re New Vok Discovery
Yahoo News I was somewhat dubious that the location had been correctly identified in earlier rumours, because the Valley of the Kings was reserved for royalty and their immediate family and dependents - but in this article Mansour Boraiq confirms that...
- Exhibition: A Collector’s Menagerie
Art Daily The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting animal sculpture from the last 200 years, and has now invited Rupert Wace Ancient Art to introduce collectors to a veritable menagerie from the ancient...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...
- Picture Of The Singer Of Amun From Kv 64
Here is a short article with a picture of the coffin as found in the tomb in the Valley of Kings. The singer in the coffins name is Nehmes Bastet. Her name is associated with the cat god Bastet. Note the small stela next to the feet of the coffin....
- The Worship Of Bastet
Here is an article by Dr. Zahi Hawass about the cat Goddess Bastet. http://www.guardians.net/hawass/articles/bastet.htm...