Egypt
- Tutankhmun's Club Foot
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) "IT IS normal," Robert Connolly exclaims, poring over the faded pages of an obscure, decades-old book. Connolly has found an image that appears to settle the controversy over whether the boy king Tutankhamun had a club foot....
- King Tut's Father Id'd In Stone Inscription
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) An inscribed limestone block might have solved one of history's greatest mysteries -- who fathered the boy pharaoh King Tut. "We can now say that Tutankhamun was the child of Akhenaten," Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's...
- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Who Stole King Tut's Crown Jewels?
Daily Mail (Glenys Roberts) An old story, but presumably resurrected to coincide with the various travels of Tutankhamun: Now aided by modern science, the present Earl of Carnarvon, greatgrandson of the ill-fated explorer who spent £2million of the family...
- The Truth In The Search For Nefertiti
In a very flawed article from the Archaeology News Network, the former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass disputes Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves theory that the tomb of Nefertiti will be found behind the painted walls...
Egypt
More on the finding of Tutankhamun's lost part
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2165774,00.html
I'll probably still find the odd article from the few days when I was away, and this is one of them: "An ancient riddle of the sands has been solved by modern hospital technology. The mummified remains of King Tutankhamun have been found to be, let us say, intact. When a team from Liverpool University X-rayed the body in 1968, about 3,300 years after the 19-year-old king’s death, they could find no sign of his penis. There was speculation that it had been stolen and sold to a private collector. There are people who do collect such things. But Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, discovered the missing member using a hospital CT scanner during a recent study of the remains." The Times article for more.
This has been reported in a number of places, including The Guardian, including Tutankhamun Re-membered (sigh):
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1769834,00.html
I'll probably still find the odd article from the few days when I was away, and this is one of them: "An ancient riddle of the sands has been solved by modern hospital technology. The mummified remains of King Tutankhamun have been found to be, let us say, intact. When a team from Liverpool University X-rayed the body in 1968, about 3,300 years after the 19-year-old king’s death, they could find no sign of his penis. There was speculation that it had been stolen and sold to a private collector. There are people who do collect such things. But Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, discovered the missing member using a hospital CT scanner during a recent study of the remains." The Times article for more.
This has been reported in a number of places, including The Guardian, including Tutankhamun Re-membered (sigh):
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1769834,00.html
"It's an old story: archaeologist unearths Egyptian mummy, mummy's penis goes missing, new technology arrives and locates the errant organ, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities sits back with a satisfied smile on its face."
- Tutankhmun's Club Foot
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) "IT IS normal," Robert Connolly exclaims, poring over the faded pages of an obscure, decades-old book. Connolly has found an image that appears to settle the controversy over whether the boy king Tutankhamun had a club foot....
- King Tut's Father Id'd In Stone Inscription
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) An inscribed limestone block might have solved one of history's greatest mysteries -- who fathered the boy pharaoh King Tut. "We can now say that Tutankhamun was the child of Akhenaten," Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's...
- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Who Stole King Tut's Crown Jewels?
Daily Mail (Glenys Roberts) An old story, but presumably resurrected to coincide with the various travels of Tutankhamun: Now aided by modern science, the present Earl of Carnarvon, greatgrandson of the ill-fated explorer who spent £2million of the family...
- The Truth In The Search For Nefertiti
In a very flawed article from the Archaeology News Network, the former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass disputes Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves theory that the tomb of Nefertiti will be found behind the painted walls...