Egypt
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
Egypt State Information Service More re the announcement by Zahi Hawass that an anonymous mummy is going to undergo DNA testing with a view to determining if it is Tuthmosis I. A mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor might belong to Tohotmos...
- More Re Recent Ct Scans
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said that CT-scan results have ruled out that one of the newly discovered mummies in Luxor was that of ancient queen Nefertiti. A team of Egyptian archaeologists and researchers suggested...
- Hatshepsut
For those hoping for more information about the Egypt State Information Service announcement that the mummy of Hatshepsut has been found in the Cairo Museum, I have found no further information on the subject so far. There is a lot of speculation about...
- Farouq Hosni Visits Textile Museum
http://tinyurl.com/c7whf (State Information Service)"Culture Minister Farouq Hosni has visited Mohamed Ali Sabeel (a public fountain) in Nahasseen district in Cairo after the Supreme Council of Antiquities has turned it into a textile museum within the...
- Forthcoming Hatshepsut Exhibition
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210925d.htmThe State Information Service has announced the upcoming Hatshepsut exhibition: "Queen Hatshepsut fair travels to US. A fair item titled Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh is due to travel to San Francisco...
Egypt
Queen's mummy arrives in Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/rnbwp (Egypt State Information Service)
This somewhat confusing and very brief item is featured today on the Egypt State Information Service: "The mummy of Queen Hatshepsut arrived at Cairo Airport yesterday. The mummy, which was brought from Luxor under the supervision of a committee from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), was discovered in the Valley of Kings at Luxor. The queen's mummy will be transferred to the Egyptian Museum in down-town Cairo."
This somewhat confusing and very brief item is featured today on the Egypt State Information Service: "The mummy of Queen Hatshepsut arrived at Cairo Airport yesterday. The mummy, which was brought from Luxor under the supervision of a committee from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), was discovered in the Valley of Kings at Luxor. The queen's mummy will be transferred to the Egyptian Museum in down-town Cairo."
I've posted the item because it's there, but to be honest I really have no idea what to make of it, because as far as I know, the most recent news on the subject of the mummy of Hatshepsut was that she was found in the basement of the Cairo museum - also report on the State Information Service website at: http://tinyurl.com/kzv6p.
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Mummy
Egypt State Information Service More re the announcement by Zahi Hawass that an anonymous mummy is going to undergo DNA testing with a view to determining if it is Tuthmosis I. A mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor might belong to Tohotmos...
- More Re Recent Ct Scans
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said that CT-scan results have ruled out that one of the newly discovered mummies in Luxor was that of ancient queen Nefertiti. A team of Egyptian archaeologists and researchers suggested...
- Hatshepsut
For those hoping for more information about the Egypt State Information Service announcement that the mummy of Hatshepsut has been found in the Cairo Museum, I have found no further information on the subject so far. There is a lot of speculation about...
- Farouq Hosni Visits Textile Museum
http://tinyurl.com/c7whf (State Information Service)"Culture Minister Farouq Hosni has visited Mohamed Ali Sabeel (a public fountain) in Nahasseen district in Cairo after the Supreme Council of Antiquities has turned it into a textile museum within the...
- Forthcoming Hatshepsut Exhibition
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210925d.htmThe State Information Service has announced the upcoming Hatshepsut exhibition: "Queen Hatshepsut fair travels to US. A fair item titled Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh is due to travel to San Francisco...