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3500-year Burial of a Pregnant Woman Discovered in Aswan
The Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working in Kom Ombo, Aswan discovered a burial of a pregnant...
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My first day on my first excavation we uncovered five and a half burials. One was a young woman and a tiny baby of full term, both having died during the birthing process. Incredibly moving.
GIZA, Egypt - 10 November 2018: Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani announced that three tombs dating back to the Pharaonic modern-state era of Egypt and four other ancient ones containing a group of...
Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, a disastrous war that brought about the death of millions. With the benefit of hindsight was it worth the sacrifice?
I will certainly...
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And has mankind learned anything from all those wasted lives, during the last 100 years?
New ways to kill and maim each other, continual conflicts - there's always a war going on somewhere in the...
I recently saw some photos of inside an unidentified VoK tomb online. There is a long, central ramp (with wooden handrails and battens for traction) down a passage to a below-ground burial chamber...
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It is also very well described with many photographs and illustrations in Kent Weeks book ' The Treasures of Luxor and The Valley of The Kings' ISBN 88-544=0033-5 :up
DISCOVERED: How Ancient Egyptians Moved Huge Stones 4500 Years Ago
The joint mission of IFAO and University of Liverpool directed by Dr. Yannis Gourdon and Dr. Roland Enmarch has discovered the way...
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Not that this will dissuade die hard pseudo-scientists from maintaining that the ancient Egyptians could never have carved, moved and erected their pyramids, temples and stone monoliths without...
THIS IS THE STORY OF SOHAG: EGYPT'S FORGOTTEN TREASURE TROVE AND ITS BRAND NEW MUSEUM
A land quite literally peppered with ancient history, Sohag’s archaeological depth is now in full bloom....
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Looking forward to this trip I am sure they have shops in Sohag.might even have a look round the souk especially if we have a police attendees again whilst browsing. :)
The other evening on the BBC I caught a short documentary about Dr. Liz Frood. Some of you may know of her, or even know her, as she has worked as an archaeologist in Luxor.
As many know, I have...
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A lucky and very brave lady. Human determination can overcome even the harshest of tests.
The Supreme Antiques want to change it and adapt it for a reception centre for high-ranking visitors to the Pyramids. Wonder whether the Taj Mahal of the...
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He had another rest house in the middle of the Cairo Zoo from which an over the top French Reproduction bed suite was stolen/borrowed/loaned and ended up in Christie's or some such place. He...
Imaging tool unravels secrets of child's sock from ancient Egypt
Caroline Davies
Fri 5 Oct 2018 04.00 AEST Last modified on Fri 5 Oct 2018 04.18 AEST
The ancient Egyptians famously gave us paper...
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I find it absolutely fascinating that knitting appears to be completely unchanged, despite thousands of years!! We have a 'Stitch 'n Bitch' group in Datca - I can just imagine those Egyptian ladies...
A small recent doco by that title that provides a context to the large statue (11m full reconstruction) found in a Heliopolis a year and a half ago. Can’t find the doco...
Ancient sphinx discovered in Egypt, archaeologists reveal
17 September 2018 — 2:10pm
A sphinx has been discovered in the Temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan, the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry said on...
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Far fetched...but who knows? :lol:
I can not remember exactly when but it must be over 10 years ago, around 4am on the west bank, I was on my motorbike and I stopped to have a cigarette near some...
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