Egypt
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1082999521852B221&set_id=1
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4837894/
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994926
Egyptians had used the network of shafts and corridors over several centuries, starting from the 26th dynasty (664-525 B.C.) and continuing into the Ptolemaic period, which ended with the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC (from the MSN website).
- More On Return Of Artefact Lost Since 1958
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1121788262265B221 A little more information about the circumstances under which a stolen alabaster artefact was returned to Egypt from the U.S. by an indivudual who obtained it from a friend.Egyptology...
- 30th Dynasty Sarcophagus
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1114769521597B221 A sarcophagus has been found at Saqqara beneath a layer of sand, dating to the 30th Dynasty. Numerous ceramic amulets were found at the site, but they have not given any...
- Sarabit El-khadim Temple Open In May?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1110807540373B221 Zahi Hawass has announced that the 12-million Egyptian pounds project to renovate the Sarabit el-Khadim 12th Dynasty temple in southern Sinai is expected to be complete...
- 3500 Year Old Mummy Found At Dashur
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1106381163205B221 This article says that the mummy of an admininstative official was found still sealed in its coffin, and in perfect condition. It was found by Japanese excavators in...
- Rameses The Great Lives
Remnants of an ancient temple dedicated to the God King Ramese II has been found within Cairo. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080916053850908C449745...
Egypt
More on the Saqqara Mummies - over 50 of them
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1082999521852B221&set_id=1
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4837894/
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994926
Egyptians had used the network of shafts and corridors over several centuries, starting from the 26th dynasty (664-525 B.C.) and continuing into the Ptolemaic period, which ended with the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC (from the MSN website).
- More On Return Of Artefact Lost Since 1958
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1121788262265B221 A little more information about the circumstances under which a stolen alabaster artefact was returned to Egypt from the U.S. by an indivudual who obtained it from a friend.Egyptology...
- 30th Dynasty Sarcophagus
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1114769521597B221 A sarcophagus has been found at Saqqara beneath a layer of sand, dating to the 30th Dynasty. Numerous ceramic amulets were found at the site, but they have not given any...
- Sarabit El-khadim Temple Open In May?
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1110807540373B221 Zahi Hawass has announced that the 12-million Egyptian pounds project to renovate the Sarabit el-Khadim 12th Dynasty temple in southern Sinai is expected to be complete...
- 3500 Year Old Mummy Found At Dashur
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1106381163205B221 This article says that the mummy of an admininstative official was found still sealed in its coffin, and in perfect condition. It was found by Japanese excavators in...
- Rameses The Great Lives
Remnants of an ancient temple dedicated to the God King Ramese II has been found within Cairo. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080916053850908C449745...