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- Discoveries Along Avenue Of Sphinxes
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo of Nilometer Egyptian archaeologists carrying routine excavations at the so-called “Avenue of Sphinxes,” have unearthed the remains of a 5th century Egyptian Christian church and a "nilometer," a structure...
- More Re Luxor's Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The SCA currently has many restoration projects underway. One of the most important is the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. This is an avenue that stretches between Karnak and Luxor Temples and is lined with sphinxes, although most...
- In The Field: New Tombs Found At Saqqara
UPDATED (and still working my way through my various emails and alerts) Heritage Key (Sean Williams) With slideshows Two large tombs have been discovered at the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara - one of which is the largest ever found at the site....
- Saving The Serapeum
drhawass.com With photographs. The Saqqara plateau served as a burial site to the ancient Egyptians for over three thousand years. It is home to pyramids, private tombs and temples, and is even the burial place of sacred animals. The most famous of the...
- Remains Of A Pyramid Discovered In Saqqara
La Vanguardia I was really hoping to have a translation-free day today (I'm sure that something in English will emerge whilst I'm away!). Here is the summary. A team of Egyptian experts have discovered the remains of a pyramid which has been...
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Part of avenue of Sphinxes discovered at Saqqara
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The SCA have announced that a team of Egyptian archaeologists have found a part of an ancient avenue of Sphinxes at Saqqara. According to the information released by the SCA the avenue was entioned in Graecoroman manuscripts and other documents which were found near the Serapeum, a nearby funerary complex in which sacred bulls were interred. The avenue dates to the Ptolemaic period and was discovered during recent excavations in that part of Saqqara.
Un equipo de arqueólogos egipcios ha descubierto una parte de un camino antiguo llamado "avenida de las Esfinges" en la zona arqueológica de Saqara, a 20 kilómetros al sur de El Cairo, anunció hoy el Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades (CSA).
Según un comunicado del CSA, esa avenida fue mencionada en manuscritos del periodo grecorromano (332 a.C-395 d.C) y en otros documentos que aparecieron anteriormente cerca del Serapeum, un complejo funerario cercano en el que eran sepultadas momias de toros sagrados.
Un nuevo segmento de esta avenida, que data del periodo ptolomeico (332 a.C-30 d.C), fue hallado durante una excavaciones recientes en la zona, explicó el secretario general del CSA, Zahi Hawass.
- Discoveries Along Avenue Of Sphinxes
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo of Nilometer Egyptian archaeologists carrying routine excavations at the so-called “Avenue of Sphinxes,” have unearthed the remains of a 5th century Egyptian Christian church and a "nilometer," a structure...
- More Re Luxor's Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The SCA currently has many restoration projects underway. One of the most important is the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. This is an avenue that stretches between Karnak and Luxor Temples and is lined with sphinxes, although most...
- In The Field: New Tombs Found At Saqqara
UPDATED (and still working my way through my various emails and alerts) Heritage Key (Sean Williams) With slideshows Two large tombs have been discovered at the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara - one of which is the largest ever found at the site....
- Saving The Serapeum
drhawass.com With photographs. The Saqqara plateau served as a burial site to the ancient Egyptians for over three thousand years. It is home to pyramids, private tombs and temples, and is even the burial place of sacred animals. The most famous of the...
- Remains Of A Pyramid Discovered In Saqqara
La Vanguardia I was really hoping to have a translation-free day today (I'm sure that something in English will emerge whilst I'm away!). Here is the summary. A team of Egyptian experts have discovered the remains of a pyramid which has been...