Egypt
Twenty 5000 Year Old Tombs found at Helwan
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9837177%255E1702,00.html
Dr Christiana Kohler's Australian Mission has found a necropolis at Helwan containing a relief showing early hieroglyphic text and 20 tombs. The necropolis also has two early Old Kingdom tombs.
Earlier informative articles regarding Kohler's work at Helwan include:
http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/showitem.asp?ItemID=87
http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/events/archive.asp?ItemID=38
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/489/tr1.htm
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Animal Behaviour In Ancient Egypt
http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/ShowItem.asp?ItemID=482And another one from EEF. This is a report about research being carried out on animal depictions from ancient Egypt: "Linda Evans is a research assistant at Macquarie University's animal behaviour...
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Helwan Necropolis Attracts Egyptologists
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=20509 Terribly threatened by urban expansion, the immensely important site of Helwan continues to be the subject of study by Salima Ikram and her team under the direction...
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More On Helwan
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/14/1087065082870.html?oneclick=true
More information about the Australian Mission's discovery of new tombs at HelwanEgyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
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Facility For Archaeological Research At Helwan (farah)
http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/showitem.asp?ItemID=278
This page describes Australia’s first permanent archaeological research facility established in Egypt, and gives an overview of their activities at Helwan - which is helping to clarify the situation...
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Al Muzawaka Necropolis
The Al Muzawaka necropolis is once again open to tourists though out of the necropolis's 300 Roman period tombs only two are painted and the necropolis is likely to interest few. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/889/he1.htm...
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