Egypt
BBC News
Nothing much new here, apart from the confirmation that an intact mummy was found within the coffin as predicted. A useful round-up.
- Kmt Volume 23, Number 2, Summer 2012
KMT Journal “A New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings: KV64” by Susanne Bickel & Elina Paulin-Grothe “The Egyptological Archives of the University of Milan” by Lucy Gordan-Rastelli At the Metropolitan Museum: “The Dawn of Egyptian Art” “Twilight...
- University Of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012
University of Basel (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe) A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including KV64). With photos, including a lovely coloured fragment of 18th Dynasty...
- 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. Having examined the inscriptions,...
- University Of Basel Statement About Kv64 Discovery
University of Basel Many thanks to Daniel Arpagus for this link. I don't speak any German so my interpretation of the following is based on Google Translate. The new pieces of information in here, as far as I can tell, are that the tomb has remained...
- 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....
Egypt
More re Nehmes Bastet
BBC News
Nothing much new here, apart from the confirmation that an intact mummy was found within the coffin as predicted. A useful round-up.
Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a female singer in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb was found by a team from the University of Basel in Switzerland who came across it by chance.
The woman, Nehmes Bastet, was a temple singer during Egypt's 22nd Dynasty (approximately 945 - 712BC), according to an inscription in the tomb.
The coffin found in the tomb contains an intact mummy from almost 3,000 years ago.
Professor Susanne Bickel of the University of Basel told the BBC that the coffin was opened on Monday and she was able to see the "nicely wrapped" mummy of the woman who was buried in the tomb.
The opening of the coffin was carried out by Prof Bickel and her Basel colleague, field director Elina Paulin-Grothe, together with the Chief Inspector of Antiquities of Upper Egypt, Dr Mohammed el-Bialy and inspector Ali Reda.
Prof Bickel said that the upper edge of the tomb was found on the first day of Egypt's revolution, on 25 January 2011. The opening was sealed with an iron cover and the discovery was kept quiet.
- Kmt Volume 23, Number 2, Summer 2012
KMT Journal “A New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings: KV64” by Susanne Bickel & Elina Paulin-Grothe “The Egyptological Archives of the University of Milan” by Lucy Gordan-Rastelli At the Metropolitan Museum: “The Dawn of Egyptian Art” “Twilight...
- University Of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012
University of Basel (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe) A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including KV64). With photos, including a lovely coloured fragment of 18th Dynasty...
- 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. Having examined the inscriptions,...
- University Of Basel Statement About Kv64 Discovery
University of Basel Many thanks to Daniel Arpagus for this link. I don't speak any German so my interpretation of the following is based on Google Translate. The new pieces of information in here, as far as I can tell, are that the tomb has remained...
- 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....