Egypt
- Statue Of Thoth Found At Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Heritage Key With photos and video. Archaeologists have discovered a colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth at the north-western side of King Amenhotep III's funerary temple at Luxor. The red granite statue depicting Thoth, the ancient...
- Discovery Of Pharaoh's Head Could Lead Archaeologists To Ramses Ii Temple
Daily Mail Online With photographs. A huge 3,000 year-old red granite head has been unearthed in Cairo of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, archaeologists have revealed. Egypt's antiquities council said they believed the broken statue found at...
- Helipolis Update
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/eg4.htm Nevine El-Aref, providing a good summary of the new temple at Heliopolis, with some additional information: "This site is believed to be an important part of the ancient city of Iunu (ancient Heliopolis), which...
- Part Of Colossus Found Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/9jykm (Egyptian State Information Service) Excavations at Kom el-Hettan, under Hourig Sourouzian, have uncovered a pink granite head of Amenhotep III: "A German expedition has unearthed part of a colossal statue of an XVIII dynasty...
- The Largest Seated Statue Of The 19th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramses Ii So Far
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/703/fr1.htm "The remains of a colossal seated statue of Ramses II, thought to be about 13 metres tall and weighing 700 tons, have been discovered in a shanty area of the Upper Egyptian city of Akhmim, adjacent to the open-air...
Egypt
More re new temple at Heliopolis
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0301_060301_egypt.html
Two-page article on the National Geographic website re the recent discovery of a temple under a market in Heliopolis, on the outskirts of Cairo: "An Egyptian team has been cooperating with a team from the German Archaeological Institute on the excavations in the Ain Shams and Matariya neighborhoods of Cairo . . . . The temple was built of limestone, and the archaeologists have uncovered the remains of one pillar bearing inscriptions of Ramses II. The researchers are currently excavating the entrance area and the west side of the temple site. They have found chambers for the storage of wheat, a kiln for making amulets, part of a large statue—the head of which weighs 5 tons (4.5 metric tons) and would have stood almost 20 feet (6 meters) tall—and another head of granite, weighing 2 tons (1.8 metric tons). 'Perhaps the most exciting [find] is an unusual seated statue that shows Ramses II in the leopard skin of a priest, showing that he built this temple as the high priest of Re', Hawass said."
See the full story at the above website.
Also reported on AlJazeera, with a couple of photographs:
Also reported on AlJazeera, with a couple of photographs:
http://tinyurl.com/klmop
Also at:
http://www.inform.kz/txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=140197
The German excavation team working at the site have also published information on the subject on the following web page (with thanks to Geoffrey Tassie from the Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organization):
The German excavation team working at the site have also published information on the subject on the following web page (with thanks to Geoffrey Tassie from the Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organization):
http://www.dainst.org/index_6579_en.html
- Statue Of Thoth Found At Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Heritage Key With photos and video. Archaeologists have discovered a colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth at the north-western side of King Amenhotep III's funerary temple at Luxor. The red granite statue depicting Thoth, the ancient...
- Discovery Of Pharaoh's Head Could Lead Archaeologists To Ramses Ii Temple
Daily Mail Online With photographs. A huge 3,000 year-old red granite head has been unearthed in Cairo of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, archaeologists have revealed. Egypt's antiquities council said they believed the broken statue found at...
- Helipolis Update
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/eg4.htm Nevine El-Aref, providing a good summary of the new temple at Heliopolis, with some additional information: "This site is believed to be an important part of the ancient city of Iunu (ancient Heliopolis), which...
- Part Of Colossus Found Near Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/9jykm (Egyptian State Information Service) Excavations at Kom el-Hettan, under Hourig Sourouzian, have uncovered a pink granite head of Amenhotep III: "A German expedition has unearthed part of a colossal statue of an XVIII dynasty...
- The Largest Seated Statue Of The 19th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramses Ii So Far
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/703/fr1.htm "The remains of a colossal seated statue of Ramses II, thought to be about 13 metres tall and weighing 700 tons, have been discovered in a shanty area of the Upper Egyptian city of Akhmim, adjacent to the open-air...