Egypt
- University Of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012
University of Basel (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe) A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including KV64). With photos, including a lovely coloured fragment of 18th Dynasty...
- University Of Basel Statement, In English
University of Basel Thanks to Val's comment on Egyptological for this link. Further to my previous post, the University of Basel have also posted an announcement in English, which repeats the details offered in the German version, but with a different...
- Video: Underneath The Step Pyramid With Dr Hawass
drhawass.com A video is now showing on Zahi Hawass's website at the above address. Here's the caption: Djoser, the first king of Egypt’s 3rd Dynasty, was buried inside a massive, red granite sarcophagus at the bottom of a 30 meter-deep shaft...
- Mummification Lecture: Look Into Their Eyes
Luxor News (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane for another set of lecture notes. Look into their eyes – Earl Ertman I do like Earl’s lectures; he gave one on “Smiting, keeping it in the family” which was thought provoking and well researched, this was...
- The Latest On Kv 63
Lecture Report by Roy W. HopperFirst posted to EEF, and copied here with the very kind permission of author Roy W. Hopper, this psoting summarizes some of the key points in an account given by KV63 team member Dr Lorelei: "Dr. Lorelei Corcoran, director...
Egypt
Zahi Hawass report in HORUS
http://www.egyptair.com.eg/docs/publicity/contenthours.htm
Thanks to Greg Reeder for forwarding extracts from Zahi Hawass's latest report in the HORUS in-flight magazine of EgyptAir, March/April 2006, pages 19-21. Unfortunately there's no online version, but in an article called The Search for Nefertiti continues in the Valley of the Kings Hawass describes how he was notified of the discovery of the shaft leading to KV63, and that the decision to make an announcment was deferred until something more was known about the contents of the shaft and what it lead to. He also discusses the issue of the concession having been formerly under the supervision of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project. The article is well worth a read if you find yourself flying on EgyptAir before April!
Here's a short quote from the article: "This year, before they began their season, Drs. Schaden and Corcoran came to me and we discussed together the future of this shaft. Their team began at the beginning of January to dig, removing sand and stone rubble. At the end of January, I went to the Valley of the Kings to visit their work. Dr. Schaden showed me that the architectural style of the shaft is 18th Dynasty, the era when Tutankhamun was king. There had been Dynasty 19 debris above it, which means that it may have been visible to those who came in that period. On the other hand, the 19th Dynasty teams may have covered the shaft without noticing it. It is most likely in either case that no one saw it after the 19th Dynasty."
- University Of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012
University of Basel (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe) A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including KV64). With photos, including a lovely coloured fragment of 18th Dynasty...
- University Of Basel Statement, In English
University of Basel Thanks to Val's comment on Egyptological for this link. Further to my previous post, the University of Basel have also posted an announcement in English, which repeats the details offered in the German version, but with a different...
- Video: Underneath The Step Pyramid With Dr Hawass
drhawass.com A video is now showing on Zahi Hawass's website at the above address. Here's the caption: Djoser, the first king of Egypt’s 3rd Dynasty, was buried inside a massive, red granite sarcophagus at the bottom of a 30 meter-deep shaft...
- Mummification Lecture: Look Into Their Eyes
Luxor News (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane for another set of lecture notes. Look into their eyes – Earl Ertman I do like Earl’s lectures; he gave one on “Smiting, keeping it in the family” which was thought provoking and well researched, this was...
- The Latest On Kv 63
Lecture Report by Roy W. HopperFirst posted to EEF, and copied here with the very kind permission of author Roy W. Hopper, this psoting summarizes some of the key points in an account given by KV63 team member Dr Lorelei: "Dr. Lorelei Corcoran, director...