Egypt
Columbus Dispatch (Doug Caruso)
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- 400 Impoverished Burials Found At Giza
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus has reported on findings announced at the Atlanta conference, which he attended. Great story Owen! At a scholarly conference in Atlanta archaeologists announced that the burials of 400 people – dating...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Em Hotep I missed this back in February but better late than never! First of a three part look at the question of who built the pyramids (next two parts yet to be posted). With photographs. Here's the introduction: In the first part of January the...
- Feature: Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx
Smithsonian.com (Evan Hadingham) Five page article about investigations into the Sphinx. Here's an extract: Recognized today as one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and Sphinx authorities, Lehner has conducted field research at Giza during most...
- Hawass Talking About Mark Lehner
drhawass.com With photographs. My great friend Mark Lehner has been working at Giza for the past thirty years. During this time he has written many scholarly articles and published important books on the pyramids. He is one of the most respected Egyptologists...
- Waging Peace
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Nina Hamedani) This article appeared on Google Reader this morning, even though it refers to something that took place in October 2008. Still, better late than never: AT AN OCT. 6 presentation at the Woodrow Wilson...
Egypt
Secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza
Columbus Dispatch (Doug Caruso)
The Egyptians who built the giant pyramids on the Giza Plateau 4,500 years ago ate dense bread, choice cuts of meat and preserved fish.
They slept in military-style barracks and belonged to work gangs with names such as the "Drunkards of Menkaure."
Archaeologist Mark Lehner knows these details because he spent the past two decades digging them up from their lost city.
Nearby are the pyramids and the Great Sphinx, icons most people associate with Egyptian archaeology. But Lehner likens those to what someone might find someday if they dig up the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
"What would you know about their diet or the economy or a crisis in the economy or how much they changed in 300 years since George Washington unless you dig the outlying parts of D.C.?" he asked.
His team's treasures -- grain mills, animal bones and pieces of clay seals -- are found in bakeries, barracks and the homes of scribes.
See the above page for the full story.
- 400 Impoverished Burials Found At Giza
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus has reported on findings announced at the Atlanta conference, which he attended. Great story Owen! At a scholarly conference in Atlanta archaeologists announced that the burials of 400 people – dating...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Em Hotep I missed this back in February but better late than never! First of a three part look at the question of who built the pyramids (next two parts yet to be posted). With photographs. Here's the introduction: In the first part of January the...
- Feature: Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx
Smithsonian.com (Evan Hadingham) Five page article about investigations into the Sphinx. Here's an extract: Recognized today as one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and Sphinx authorities, Lehner has conducted field research at Giza during most...
- Hawass Talking About Mark Lehner
drhawass.com With photographs. My great friend Mark Lehner has been working at Giza for the past thirty years. During this time he has written many scholarly articles and published important books on the pyramids. He is one of the most respected Egyptologists...
- Waging Peace
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Nina Hamedani) This article appeared on Google Reader this morning, even though it refers to something that took place in October 2008. Still, better late than never: AT AN OCT. 6 presentation at the Woodrow Wilson...