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A wooden 17th Dynasty sarcophagus of a child and collection of 18th Dynasty Ushabti figurines of a priest found inside Djehuty's tomb in Luxor's west bank.
Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Antiquities boasts 120,000 items - the world's largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities, including 27 mummies of the Royal Cache and the treasures of King Tutankhamen....
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Interesting. Like Who2 I'm also super interested in what is NOT being shown. Would also love to know, on a world wide basis, how many other cellars about the world hold antiquities that are hidden...
A walk among Sudan’s Nubian pyramids
Does Sudan have more pyramids than Egypt? In this series, we explore the splendours of the ancient Kingdom of Kush and the legacy it left behind in the land of...
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According to Wikipedia there are approximately 220 pyramids in the Sudan, whereas up to 2008, 138 have been discovered in Egypt - but as many of the later pyramids were mud-brick structures, clad in...
Here is a little biography concerning some of the relationships of Queen Hetepheres II and her daughter. Some of these biographies are quite difficult to get right, and perhaps Sesen would like to...
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mother but a close fitting skull cap. Is that normal for a princess or queen? Is it in fact her or a male family member?
According to Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, after forming a committee headed by Dr. Yousif Khalifa, Director of the Central Stolen Antiquities Administration, to examine the...
Dahshur archaeological site, home of the first ever complete pyramid, is being plundered by vandals and thieves.
lack of security continues to negatively impact on Egypt’s archaeological sites. A...
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* Also the non-Egyptian press now reports on the encroachment
near Dahshur's pyramids, via one and the same report; it includes
reactions by the villagers and others, so probably worth reading
in...
Archaeologists unearth five ancient tombs on Luxor's west bank
Collection of tombs from Egypt's turbulent Third Intermediate Period are found in King Amenhotep II's funerary complex by Italian...
CT scans show brain removal tool in mummy's skull
Posted by TANNAncient, ArchaeoHeritage, Archaeology, Breakingnews, Egypt, Greater Middle East, Near East 12:00 PM
A brain-removal tool used by...
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CT Scan????? Oh Sorry I read it again, thought it was saying they had CT Scanners 1000's of years ago, maybe they did though!!
Exciting news! You may have already heard this, but yesterday it has been revealed that archeologists have discovered a new tomb in the valley of the kings.
At first they were puzzled, but as they...
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Oh, I SO loved that!!!
I'm going to save that one for our hieroglyphs Christmas party on Friday!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Cairo's landmark Egyptian Museum to receive facelift
First phase of planned development project will see Halls 32 and 37 - both devoted to Old Kingdom antiquities - thoroughly cleaned and revamped;...
It has been thought for many years that Rameses III was murdered, as he died during (or just before) the trial of various conspirators in the Harem Plot. Now after a CT scan on his mummy, the murder...
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But I am surprised the prince was buried with the king, if it is his body and if he was involved in the death. You'd think they would have thought him too evil and impure, and would sully the king's...
Curators at the Egyptian Museum have discovered the big toe on King Amenhotep II’s right foot has fallen off, four months after maintenance was carried out on the royal mummy.
Hala Hassan, head...
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I once met a woman who had lost both her feet in a car crash.
So didn't need them though, as she had died in the car crash anyway. :cool:
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