Egypt
No New Tombs in Valley of Kings!
Dr. Hawass once again spouts his usual line about the 70% of Egypt antiquities have yet to be found, I guess he would know but a more interesting tidbit is the cessation of exploration in Upper Egyptian sites to focus on Lower Egypt sites.
I guess that is as close as we are going to get to Dr. Hawass telling us that his announcement that he and his team had located two new tombs in the valley of kings has not come through.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000002/0203000000000000001085.htm
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Howard Carter's House And Luxor
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Howard Carter’s house is located on the west bank of Luxor just before you enter the Valley of the Kings. Unfortunately, it was neglected for a long time and was not being used for anything except collecting dust. I decided...
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Foundation Deposits Found In The Valley Of The Kings
USA Today Thanks to Kat for highlighting that in the middle of this article about Hawass complaining that he still wants the repatriation of certain artefacts at the opening of the NY Tutankhamun exhibition there is a line about a possible new discovery...
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News From The Valley Of Kings
Over at Kate Phizackerley's Valley of Kings site there is an interesting conversation going on over her post Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of Kings. I myself have little hope that there is anything but broken pottery left in the valley...
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Dr. Hawass's Dig
In the valley of kings Dr. Hawass is excavating two promising sites. Good luck to him and his team hopefully he will find something interesting and not another garbage filled room like Kv63. Part One: http://www.guardians.net/hawass/articles/adventures_vok_1.htm...
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Tell Us Dr. Hawass
Very interesting article on the happening in Egyptology including the discovery of Valley of Kings tombs 64 and 65. http://guardians.net/spotlite/spotlite-hawass-2008.htm...
Egypt