Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- 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...
- Review Of The New Mummy Gallery In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/808/hr2.htmNevine el-Aref reviews the new mummy gallery at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, giving very useful details about the origins of the mummies displayed. "The 53 mummies, the total in the two caches, were kept in...
- New Mummy Room At Cairo Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/"The Egyptian Museum will soon open a hall to display the four mummies of high priests. The mummies were found in sarcophagi dating back to the XXDynasty (1188-1069 BC).The hall, on the second floor of the museum,...
- 12 Mummies To Be Displayed At Egyptian Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o240825g.htm"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni is to open next month the second hall for displaying the royal mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square after the Ministry completed a project to develop display...
Egypt
New mummy hall opens in Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)
"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the hall after twelve years since the inauguration of the first hall which included other eleven mummies. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawwas said that these mummies have been accurately restored in the laboratory of antiquities researches before being exhibited to get rid of humidity so as to prevent bacterial growth. An American researcher has prepared a study about the hall and a catalogue for its contents, which was useful in developing the hall and providing it with show windows and modern lights.
Head of the Egyptian museum, Dr. Wafaa Seddeq said that the hall houses eleven royal mummies in a good condition. They were discovered in the treasure of al Deir Al Bahari at Luxor then stored in the Egyptian museum about 80 years ago. The mummies date back to the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st dynasties. Some are royal mummies , others represent Amoun's priests."
Head of the Egyptian museum, Dr. Wafaa Seddeq said that the hall houses eleven royal mummies in a good condition. They were discovered in the treasure of al Deir Al Bahari at Luxor then stored in the Egyptian museum about 80 years ago. The mummies date back to the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st dynasties. Some are royal mummies , others represent Amoun's priests."
This is the entire post on the State Information Service website.
Also available in video, showing the mummies and Zahi Hawass speaking about the new gallery on the BBC website either from their home page at
Also available in video, showing the mummies and Zahi Hawass speaking about the new gallery on the BBC website either from their home page at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ or at the direct URL
http://tinyurl.com/qwm85
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- 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...
- Review Of The New Mummy Gallery In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/808/hr2.htmNevine el-Aref reviews the new mummy gallery at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, giving very useful details about the origins of the mummies displayed. "The 53 mummies, the total in the two caches, were kept in...
- New Mummy Room At Cairo Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/"The Egyptian Museum will soon open a hall to display the four mummies of high priests. The mummies were found in sarcophagi dating back to the XXDynasty (1188-1069 BC).The hall, on the second floor of the museum,...
- 12 Mummies To Be Displayed At Egyptian Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o240825g.htm"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni is to open next month the second hall for displaying the royal mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square after the Ministry completed a project to develop display...