Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Mummies Found In Ancient Egypt Burial Chamber
drhawass.com With photograph A necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 BC) Kingdoms and the 22nd Dynasty (ca. 931-725 BC) has been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission sponsored...
- Egypt, Spain To Use Underwater Robot To Search For Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus
An underwater robot will be used to search for the sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure of more than 4,500 years ago off the Spanish coasts, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported on Saturday. Egyptian and Spanish archeologists will launch...
- False Doors Found In Beni Suef
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on 22/2/2008 that the Spanish archaeologists have unearthed three stone gates dating back to the first transition era (2191-2040 BC) in Ihnasia, Beni Sweif Governorate. Zahi...
- Dna Tests May Id Mummy As Pharaoh Tuthmosis
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) decided to conduct laboratory tests on one of the unknown mummies in the tomb of King "Citi I" with the purpose of determining whether it belongs to the King Thutmose I or not. This came...
Egypt
More re Faiyum discoveries
Egypt State Information Service
Thanks to everyone who has sent me links to websites covering this story. There's a lot of interest about the "discovery" of burial remains of the pharaoh Senosret II, but few additional details from the original MENA release. This update on the SIS mentions that some tombs dating to the Greek and Roman periods have also been discovered.
Egyptian archeologists have discovered the graveyard and sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senosert II.
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas has allocated an additional LE50,000 to conduct more excavations at the governorate of Fayoum where the new ancient monuments had been discovered.
The Egyptian archeologists operating in the area further found out skeletons and some tombs dating back to the Greco and Romanian epochs.
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Mummies Found In Ancient Egypt Burial Chamber
drhawass.com With photograph A necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 BC) Kingdoms and the 22nd Dynasty (ca. 931-725 BC) has been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission sponsored...
- Egypt, Spain To Use Underwater Robot To Search For Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus
An underwater robot will be used to search for the sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure of more than 4,500 years ago off the Spanish coasts, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported on Saturday. Egyptian and Spanish archeologists will launch...
- False Doors Found In Beni Suef
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on 22/2/2008 that the Spanish archaeologists have unearthed three stone gates dating back to the first transition era (2191-2040 BC) in Ihnasia, Beni Sweif Governorate. Zahi...
- Dna Tests May Id Mummy As Pharaoh Tuthmosis
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) decided to conduct laboratory tests on one of the unknown mummies in the tomb of King "Citi I" with the purpose of determining whether it belongs to the King Thutmose I or not. This came...