Egypt
Here our friends from the Luxor Times have the best pictures on the recent discovery by Japanese archaeologists working at Luxor of an important tomb wonderfully preserved. This is a very short article on the discovery of the tomb of Khonso Im Heb, a beer maker during the Ramesside period of Egypt's New Kingdom.
- Japanese Mission Finds Wooden Sarcophagi
drhawass.com With photographs. Four anthropoid wooden coffins, three wooden canopic jars, and four ushabti boxes have been unearthed inside an unidentified burial shaft located in the northern area of the Ramesside tomb of Ta in the Dahshur Necropolis,...
- Egypt's Cultural Heritage Roundup
Egypt Daily Star News (Nigel J. Hetherington) Nigel looks at the Tutankhamun phenomenon, the plans for a German pyramid, and Hawass's proposals to investigate Egypt's heritage beneath the Nile: In this month’s roundup of all things archaeological,...
- Ancient Egyptian New Year Greeted With Dance And Beer
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051226/drunkegypt_arc.html"Many ancient Egyptians marked the first month of the New Year by singing, dancing and drinking red beer until they passed out, according to archaeologists who have unearthed new evidence...
- Opening The Tomb Of Petamenophis And More
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/petamenophis.htmMore about the latest news in Luxor from the wonderful Jane Akshar: "Over the last two years, a team from the University of Strasbourg, led by M. Traurecker, has been clearing the first three chambers...
- Egyptian-polish Expedition
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/16001_Amenhotep.html An item from the English-language online edition of Pravda about the Egyptian-Polish expedition which will be excavating the tomb of Amenhotep I: "There is a Russian joke, which is as old...
Egypt
Pharaohs Beermakers
Here our friends from the Luxor Times have the best pictures on the recent discovery by Japanese archaeologists working at Luxor of an important tomb wonderfully preserved. This is a very short article on the discovery of the tomb of Khonso Im Heb, a beer maker during the Ramesside period of Egypt's New Kingdom.
- Japanese Mission Finds Wooden Sarcophagi
drhawass.com With photographs. Four anthropoid wooden coffins, three wooden canopic jars, and four ushabti boxes have been unearthed inside an unidentified burial shaft located in the northern area of the Ramesside tomb of Ta in the Dahshur Necropolis,...
- Egypt's Cultural Heritage Roundup
Egypt Daily Star News (Nigel J. Hetherington) Nigel looks at the Tutankhamun phenomenon, the plans for a German pyramid, and Hawass's proposals to investigate Egypt's heritage beneath the Nile: In this month’s roundup of all things archaeological,...
- Ancient Egyptian New Year Greeted With Dance And Beer
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051226/drunkegypt_arc.html"Many ancient Egyptians marked the first month of the New Year by singing, dancing and drinking red beer until they passed out, according to archaeologists who have unearthed new evidence...
- Opening The Tomb Of Petamenophis And More
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/petamenophis.htmMore about the latest news in Luxor from the wonderful Jane Akshar: "Over the last two years, a team from the University of Strasbourg, led by M. Traurecker, has been clearing the first three chambers...
- Egyptian-polish Expedition
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/16001_Amenhotep.html An item from the English-language online edition of Pravda about the Egyptian-Polish expedition which will be excavating the tomb of Amenhotep I: "There is a Russian joke, which is as old...