Egypt
- Burial Site Revealing Ancient Egyptian Funerary Rites Uncovered
Dayr al Barsha Press Report: The discovery of a new nomarch burial in Dayr al-Barshā Please find the full press report attached as a pdf. During its 2012 spring campaign, the archaeological mission of Leuven University in Dayr al-Barshā, directed...
- More Re Lahun Finds
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A short summary of the recent finds made near Lahun. It took a couple of minutes for this page to load, but I left it to its own devices and it got there in the end. A large necropolis of 53 rock-hewn tombs of various...
- 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...
- New Book: Dayr Al-barsha Volume I. The Rock Tombs Of Djehutinakht (no. 17k74/1), Khnumnakht (no. 17k74/2), And Iha (no. 17k74/3)
Peeters Publishers This is the first volume of the final reports of the Mission of the K.U.Leuven in Dayr al-Barsha (Middle Egypt). It contains the publication (in colour photographs and line drawings in colour) of three small tombs probably dated immediately...
- Breaking News: New Tomb Discovered At Deir El-bersha
http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/egyptology/Henu.htm Many thanks (and congratulations!) to Marleen De Meyer from the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, for forwarding me the above link to details of their new discovery: "A team from the Katholieke Universiteit...
Egypt
New tomb at Deir Al-Barsha casts new light on the Middle Kingdom
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique information on the scenario in which the ancient Egyptians conducted their funerary rituals.
Belgian archaeologists cleaning the newly discovered shaft inside Ahanakht I's tomb (top); a collection of copper vases and plates used in funerary rituals
Everything began as normal at this spring's archaeological season at the Deir Al-Barsha necropolis in Minya, which lasted from March to May. As usual, teams of workmen, archaeologists and restorers were busy on all parts of the site, digging and clearing the tombs of the village nomarchs (provincial governors) and searching for artefacts or monumental remains that could tell them more about the history of this particular period of ancient Egypt.
The site of the Deir Al-Barsha necropolis in the sandy gravel desert is famous for its rock-hewn tombs dating from the Middle Kingdom.
- Burial Site Revealing Ancient Egyptian Funerary Rites Uncovered
Dayr al Barsha Press Report: The discovery of a new nomarch burial in Dayr al-Barshā Please find the full press report attached as a pdf. During its 2012 spring campaign, the archaeological mission of Leuven University in Dayr al-Barshā, directed...
- More Re Lahun Finds
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A short summary of the recent finds made near Lahun. It took a couple of minutes for this page to load, but I left it to its own devices and it got there in the end. A large necropolis of 53 rock-hewn tombs of various...
- 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...
- New Book: Dayr Al-barsha Volume I. The Rock Tombs Of Djehutinakht (no. 17k74/1), Khnumnakht (no. 17k74/2), And Iha (no. 17k74/3)
Peeters Publishers This is the first volume of the final reports of the Mission of the K.U.Leuven in Dayr al-Barsha (Middle Egypt). It contains the publication (in colour photographs and line drawings in colour) of three small tombs probably dated immediately...
- Breaking News: New Tomb Discovered At Deir El-bersha
http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/egyptology/Henu.htm Many thanks (and congratulations!) to Marleen De Meyer from the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, for forwarding me the above link to details of their new discovery: "A team from the Katholieke Universiteit...