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Egypt's ministry of antiquities has decided to impose penalties on two German amateur archaeologists who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from a small compartment above his burial chamber in...
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It's been rumoured for ages that Vyse was responsible for the cartouche, as no-one had reported it before his lone visit to the relieving chamber. Maybe they were taking a sample of the pigment for...
ARCE are to employ around 700 people, many from old Qurna to 'clean up' the site of the demolition of Qurna, amongst other things including possible excavations. Take a look at their plans at
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Now here is The Cat with the Hat, who won't be invited for a photo opportunity as his ego is just too big…. :cool:
A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists have found five heads of royal statues from the pharaonic era, officials from the antiquities ministry said on Saturday.
The heads, which had crowns of...
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The location was Armant, West of Luxor, according to other reports.
CAIRO, EGYPT—Scientists have been studying the mummy of King Tut since it was first unwrapped in 1925. That examination resulted in severe damage to the remains. Since then,...
Excellent programme with Chris Naunton investigating the burnt mummy of King Tutankhamun.
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I never saw it on TV but I saw the Ultimate Tut on YouTube. One still has to wonder about Ay, why throw away Tut like that and switch his tomb with his.
A nice story in today's papers. Holborn Viaduct close to my London home has been in a state of disrepair for 20 years has finally been refurbished. Opened today in 1869. Under the viaduct are vaults,...
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No, it wasn't the Pru, A-Four. It was an underwriters. That has really conjured up some memories though: shopping in Gamages; hot beef and mustard rolls from Hart's Corner; Hatton Garden Post Office...
An American friend visited yesterday Mary, she's an egyptologist she brings americans via Macho Pitcho to here.
She arrived for some local chat and bought with her a west coast photo journalist, Eric...
In its excavations in Abusir Archaeological Cemetery at Giza, the Czech mission discovered the tomb of Shepseskaf ‘ankh, Head of the Physicians of Upper and Lower Egypt who dates back to the Fifth...
Any news on the Mummification Museum lectures restarting ?
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How's about something really interesting rather than 'I dug this 'zeez old thing up last week ...example:
'I was a west bank 'tomb raider'.....or
'I know a west bank artefact forger.....or
I know a...
Under the title Damaged and Restored, the Egyptian museum in Cairo is hosting an exhibition of antiquities that were lost and damaged, and subsequently restored, during the 25 January Revolution....
A German-Egyptian excavation mission in the Nile Delta town of Tel-Basta unearthed today a life-size statue of the nineteenth dynasty king Ramses II carved in red granite.
The statue, at 195cm high...
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Not a matching post but important for me, because of being unable to return and celebrate him personally :)
After the 'legend of Abou-Simbel', the spirit of His Majesty Ramesses The Great -...
I heard last night that the authorities have taken the Daramali house yesterday...The one that Hawass and Farag agreed would remain as a museum of Old Qurna.They are also rumoured to be demolishing...
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The previous museum of Old Qurna didn't last long, as it was in the area that was bulldozed. I am sure that Caroline would be delighted if a new replacement were created, but would there be much...
Replica of Tutankhamun's tomb aims to divert tourists from threatened site.
Today's Guardian.
They started this project before the revolution at least it seems to be in the same place so might well...
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The scanning of the real tomb was done back in 2009 or 2010. The replica had been built by early 2011 and was scheduled to be delivered then. There was an attempt by Suzanne Mubarak with the...
Egypt's Ministry of State of Antiquities (MSA) has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send an emergency letter to London's foreign ministry to temporarily halt the sale of Egyptian artefacts...
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Dont worry pdymlinic ? we've dustbin loads of old stuff round the back.......:cool:
ps; whats with the pdlmyic ? is a CIA code ? or just a Dan Brown arthurian clue ?
The number of artifacts stolen since the January 2011 revolution has reached around 2,000, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has revealed, adding that some one thousand of that number have still...
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