Royal Tomb discovery-this is the kind of news we need

[Glyphdoctor]

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim announced today the discovery of King Sobekhotep (1786-1763) who is probably the first King of the 13th Dynasty.

The tomb discovered by Pennsylvania University mission working south of Abydos, Sohag.

Read more: http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.co.u ... upper.html

[Bullet Magnet]

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim announced today the discovery of King Sobekhotep (1786-1763)
who is probably the first King of the 13th Dynasty.

Remains of canopic jar's, but Any bodies in there that you know of Glyph' ?

[Glyphdoctor]

I doubt it. The sarcophagus was found first, obviously empty.

[Bullet Magnet]

It wasn't clear in the Arcticle, Thanks Glyph..

So, they discovered a king, but no body.. Misleading headline..

Do you know where I can find some better pictures of the sarcophagus and lid please.. ???

[Glyphdoctor]

I'm not sure if they found a lid. Apparently they found the sarcophagus a year ago, but only now identified the owner.

[Bullet Magnet]

Thanks Glyph, I have put King Sobekhotep on my Google alerts, so hopefully some better pictures will emerge soon..


Looks like some damage happened inside,

my first thoughts was that it was a sarcophagus for a character off Minecraft..


My Grandson's favourite game.. he's pretty good at it, and he's only 8, Bless..

[Glyphdoctor]

Good idea, although this story has gotten shockingly little coverage so far, which is a bit sad. Perhaps because the press release was only in Arabic. Or maybe there's no room on the front pages for any more headlines from Egypt.

[LovelyLadyLux]

No coverage here. I've heard nor seen anything about it on the News at all.

[FABlux]

I've seen several notifications from EEF, Twitter, Blogs etc but of course those are only for people who already have an interest