Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- Exhibition: Replicas Of Items From King Tut's Tomb (frankfurt, Germany)
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- Online: Ancient Egyptian Chariot Trappings Rediscovered
Nature (Jo Marchant) Excellent five page article, with photos. Many thanks to David Krueger for the link. The beautifully preserved leather trappings of an ancient Egyptian chariot have been rediscovered in a storeroom of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo....
- Tutankhamun Chariots Are Engineering Marvels
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- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Documentary Preview: Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Boy King
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Egypt
More re Tutankhamun's chariot
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
ONE of the chariots found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun travelled to New York last week to meet up with other relics of the golden boy king at the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition, Nevine El-Aref reports. The gilded chariot arrived to be part of the blockbuster exhibition at the Discovery Times Square Exposition.
"This is the first time that the chariot has travelled outside Egypt," Zahi Hawass, secretary- general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), told Al-Ahram Weekly. "This is a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity for the people of New York to see something of such great significance from the boy king's life."
The chariot is unique and stands out among the five other chariots found among what Howard Carter called the "wonderful things" that made up Tutankhamun's burial equipment. Carter found the chariot in the south-east corner of the antechamber, along with three others. It is completely lacking in decoration and has a very light, open sided construction. The wheels are extremely worn, which suggests that the chariot was "used frequently in hunting expeditions by the young king. Carter described the chariot as "of more open, lighter construction, probably for hunting or exercising purposes".
- Exhibition: Replicas Of Items From King Tut's Tomb (frankfurt, Germany)
Stars and Stripes A mummy, a chariot, numerous carvings and statues are among the items spotlighted in a King Tut exhibit in Frankfurt, Germany. The items are replicas of the artifacts discovered in his tomb 90 years ago. Intricately crafted...
- Online: Ancient Egyptian Chariot Trappings Rediscovered
Nature (Jo Marchant) Excellent five page article, with photos. Many thanks to David Krueger for the link. The beautifully preserved leather trappings of an ancient Egyptian chariot have been rediscovered in a storeroom of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo....
- Tutankhamun Chariots Are Engineering Marvels
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the technical features...
- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Documentary Preview: Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Boy King
National Geographic (Steven Stanek) An unusual level of interest in Tutankhamun was bound to occur now that the Tutankhamun exhibition is coming to London, and a TV documentary is being shown in UK television on 30th October 2007, which is previewed on...