Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass)
Hawass is again defending his position using his Al Ahram Weekly column:
See the above page for the full story.
- Video: More Re Search For Cleopatra
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- More Re Search For Cleopatra
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- Discovery Of New Cemetery Outside Temple Of Taposiris Magna
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- More On The Search For Cleopatra
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- Buried At The Temple
This is a roundup of the recent excavations going on at the temple of Taposiris Magna by an Egyptian Dominican team including the discovery of a headless statue of a King with the cartouche of Ptolemy IV. The article also speculates about the burial of...
Egypt
The anonymous Egyptologist
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass)
Hawass is again defending his position using his Al Ahram Weekly column:
When we announced our discoveries at the temple site of Taposiris Magna near Alexandria four weeks ago, an Egyptologist who chose to remain anonymous began to criticise our work. He said that I was always making sensationalised announcements of my discoveries. I do not understand the reasoning behind his statement, but I suspect that he might be envious.
Martinez and I simply stated that we were currently searching for the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. We never claimed to have discovered the royal tomb. We informed the media of the results of our ongoing work of the past three years, such as finding an alabaster head of Cleopatra, the headless statue of a king, coins stamped with the face of a queen, a stone mask that could possibly represent the Roman leader, Mark Antony, and a temple foundation deposit proving that the temple was constructed during the reign of Ptolemy IV. We also announced the discoveries that we made as we began excavating tombs outside the temple.
Critics like this anonymous Egyptologist have implied that the repeated media announcements lack any significant new information, making it difficult for the academic community to take the excavation seriously. I believe that in their resentment, these critics are blinded as to what is old and what is new information. Perhaps it is difficult for them to know the difference.
See the above page for the full story.
- Video: More Re Search For Cleopatra
National Geographic Archaeologists are hoping to begin excavating three sites at a temple in Egypt soon in an attempt to find the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony. The temple is located near the northern coastal city of Alexandria...
- More Re Search For Cleopatra
Egypt State Information Service An Egyptian - Dominican archaeological mission has discovered new leads that could help in detecting the burial place of legendary Queen Cleopatra of Egypt and her Roman lover Mark Antony. The mission has uncovered an alabaster...
- Discovery Of New Cemetery Outside Temple Of Taposiris Magna
drhawass.com A radar survey of the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria, Egypt, was completed last month as part of the search for the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) expedition excavating the temple...
- More On The Search For Cleopatra
AFP An alabaster head of Cleopatra and a mask thought to belong to her lover Mark Antony have been found near Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Monday. The two treasures, a bronze statue of Goddess Aphrodite...
- Buried At The Temple
This is a roundup of the recent excavations going on at the temple of Taposiris Magna by an Egyptian Dominican team including the discovery of a headless statue of a King with the cartouche of Ptolemy IV. The article also speculates about the burial of...