Egypt
Sarabit el-Khadim Temple Open in May?
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Zahi Hawass has announced that the 12-million Egyptian pounds project to renovate the Sarabit el-Khadim 12th Dynasty temple in southern Sinai is expected to be complete and open to tourists in May.
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Sinai's Turquoise Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly A comprehensive restoration and documentation scheme is underway at a major temple and mine complex in Sinai, as Nevine El-Aref reports From pre-dynastic times, early Egyptians made their way to the Sinai Peninsula over land or across...
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30th Dynasty Sarcophagus
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1114769521597B221 A sarcophagus has been found at Saqqara beneath a layer of sand, dating to the 30th Dynasty. Numerous ceramic amulets were found at the site, but they have not given any...
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Curse Of King Tut Haunts Mourning Woman
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=85&art_id=qw1108983601114B221 The curse of Tutankhamun continues to plague Egyptology, although I bet Zahi Hawass is chuckling happily at this one. Hawass is rushing to the rescue of a woman who believes...
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7th Century Bc Tomb Uncovered In Heliopolis
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Another waterlogged 26th Dynasty tomb has been found in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, accomapnied by over 400 "small statue figures". It was discovered during the construction...
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Rameses The Great Lives
Remnants of an ancient temple dedicated to the God King Ramese II has been found within Cairo. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080916053850908C449745...
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