Egypt
- In The Field: More Re Saqqara Discoveries
BBC News (Yolande Knell) With photo Archaeologists in Egypt have said they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo. The tomb dates back 2,500 years to the 26th Dynasty and contains important artefacts,...
- Poles Discover A Necropolis In Saqqara
Nauka w Polsce The last season of the mission lead by Prof. Karol Myśliwiec, from the University of Warsaw's Mediterranean Archaeological Center, in Egypt ended with spectacular discoveries, that will help scientists understand procedures in preparing...
- Osirisnet Updated With Mastaba Of Merefnebef
OsirisNet (English) OsirisNet (French) Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the OsirisNet website has been updated with the fabulous Old Kingdom mastaba of Merefnebef, which is located in Saqqara. As far as I know this is the...
- Polish Archaeologists Have Completed Another Season Of Excavations In Saqqara
Nauka w Polsce About 20 burials, including a few fully preserved mummies, were discovered by Polish archaeologists at a necropolis dating back to the Ptolemaic dynasty in Saqqara (Eqypt) during the 13th excavation season. Some of them have beautiful...
- A Tomb Under Hanging Rock
http://tinyurl.com/z436a (en.naukawpolsce.pl)"An increasing number of traces indicate that on a rock shelf above the temple of Hatshepsut is a tomb belonging to a Pharaoh from the 21st dynasty – says Prof. Andrzej Niwiński of the Institute of Archaeology...
Egypt
Royal tomb still waiting to be discovered
http://tinyurl.com/3x7z24 (naukawpolsce.pap.pl)
Thanks to the EEF News Digest for the following story: "Last year, a team of Polish archaeologists from the Mediterranean Archaeology Department at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), lead by Prof.Karol Myśliwiec, discovered a rock ramp, near Pharoah Djoser’s Pyramid in Saqqara, south of Cairo, which turned out to be a false entrance to the tomb built to fool thieves.
Prof. Myśliwiec has no doubt that a tomb of a very important personage (dating back to 2650-2900 BC) is hidden somewhere on the site. Building false entrances was common practice, while the monumental proportions of the entrance and ramp as well as the fact that even 300 years later it served as a place for holding offerings indicates the importance of the person in question. The fact that a platform built of dried brick, presumably erected by one of the sons of Ramses II on the site, is further confirmation of the importance of the person.
In the coming digs, Prof. Mysliwiec not only wants to continue searching for the real entrance to the tomb, but also wants to explore countless grave-shafts discovered during this year’s digs. With his team, he plans to explore two shafts found inside the tomb of Ni-anch-Nefertum, the priest at the pyramids of Unis and Teti. They most probably belonged to his wife and eldest son. Moreover, as their original floors are intact, it appears they were never subject to theft – a unique find in itself."
Thanks to the EEF News Digest for the following story: "Last year, a team of Polish archaeologists from the Mediterranean Archaeology Department at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), lead by Prof.Karol Myśliwiec, discovered a rock ramp, near Pharoah Djoser’s Pyramid in Saqqara, south of Cairo, which turned out to be a false entrance to the tomb built to fool thieves.
Prof. Myśliwiec has no doubt that a tomb of a very important personage (dating back to 2650-2900 BC) is hidden somewhere on the site. Building false entrances was common practice, while the monumental proportions of the entrance and ramp as well as the fact that even 300 years later it served as a place for holding offerings indicates the importance of the person in question. The fact that a platform built of dried brick, presumably erected by one of the sons of Ramses II on the site, is further confirmation of the importance of the person.
In the coming digs, Prof. Mysliwiec not only wants to continue searching for the real entrance to the tomb, but also wants to explore countless grave-shafts discovered during this year’s digs. With his team, he plans to explore two shafts found inside the tomb of Ni-anch-Nefertum, the priest at the pyramids of Unis and Teti. They most probably belonged to his wife and eldest son. Moreover, as their original floors are intact, it appears they were never subject to theft – a unique find in itself."
- In The Field: More Re Saqqara Discoveries
BBC News (Yolande Knell) With photo Archaeologists in Egypt have said they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo. The tomb dates back 2,500 years to the 26th Dynasty and contains important artefacts,...
- Poles Discover A Necropolis In Saqqara
Nauka w Polsce The last season of the mission lead by Prof. Karol Myśliwiec, from the University of Warsaw's Mediterranean Archaeological Center, in Egypt ended with spectacular discoveries, that will help scientists understand procedures in preparing...
- Osirisnet Updated With Mastaba Of Merefnebef
OsirisNet (English) OsirisNet (French) Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the OsirisNet website has been updated with the fabulous Old Kingdom mastaba of Merefnebef, which is located in Saqqara. As far as I know this is the...
- Polish Archaeologists Have Completed Another Season Of Excavations In Saqqara
Nauka w Polsce About 20 burials, including a few fully preserved mummies, were discovered by Polish archaeologists at a necropolis dating back to the Ptolemaic dynasty in Saqqara (Eqypt) during the 13th excavation season. Some of them have beautiful...
- A Tomb Under Hanging Rock
http://tinyurl.com/z436a (en.naukawpolsce.pl)"An increasing number of traces indicate that on a rock shelf above the temple of Hatshepsut is a tomb belonging to a Pharaoh from the 21st dynasty – says Prof. Andrzej Niwiński of the Institute of Archaeology...