Egypt
This is the recent discovery of mummies in middle kingdom tombs but the picture here is particularly nice though the mummy pictured is probably of dynasty 22.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=31444
- 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...
- A Burial For Everyone
The recent find of mummies were found in an old kingdom tomb but some of the mummies are from Egypt's late periods 26th dynasty. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pyramid14-2009feb14%2C0%2C5290059.story...
- The Royal Mummies, Immortality In Ancient Egypt
Francis Janot White Star Publishers Italy 2008 ISBN: 978-88-544-0389-5 "What a thrill it is when the portable lamps are lowered down a deep shaft and their light dispels the darkness of a tomb forgotten...
- It's The Assumption
It's the assumption that the mask found by Mr. Ghoneim and referred to by him as Kanefernefer and the mask in the St. Louis art museum are one and the same. Probable yes but I would like to point out that mummy masks are part of an artistic tradition...
- Ptolemaic Mummies
Here is an overview of excavations of the Dier Al Banat cemetery who's finds include mummies some with golden masks. There is a good picture of one of the masks. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/881/eg6.htm...
Egypt
Mummies and Masks
This is the recent discovery of mummies in middle kingdom tombs but the picture here is particularly nice though the mummy pictured is probably of dynasty 22.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=31444
- 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...
- A Burial For Everyone
The recent find of mummies were found in an old kingdom tomb but some of the mummies are from Egypt's late periods 26th dynasty. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pyramid14-2009feb14%2C0%2C5290059.story...
- The Royal Mummies, Immortality In Ancient Egypt
Francis Janot White Star Publishers Italy 2008 ISBN: 978-88-544-0389-5 "What a thrill it is when the portable lamps are lowered down a deep shaft and their light dispels the darkness of a tomb forgotten...
- It's The Assumption
It's the assumption that the mask found by Mr. Ghoneim and referred to by him as Kanefernefer and the mask in the St. Louis art museum are one and the same. Probable yes but I would like to point out that mummy masks are part of an artistic tradition...
- Ptolemaic Mummies
Here is an overview of excavations of the Dier Al Banat cemetery who's finds include mummies some with golden masks. There is a good picture of one of the masks. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/881/eg6.htm...