Resource Manager Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Archaeologist Will Investigate Strangers in Ancient Egypt 04.11.2015 HISTORY & CULTURE In the mid-eighth century BC they conquered Egypt and ruled it for nearly one hundred years. They came from Kush. To date, little is known about this episode in the history of ancient Egypt. Polish researcher intends to shed light on this issue. "The reign of the twenty-fifth dynasty (c. 747-656 BC), also known as the Nubian Dynasty or the Kushite Empire because they were invaders from Nubia (now northern Sudan), is a matter to which the scientific literature devotes little space. This situation results from the fact that not many monuments of this period have been described by scientists, and researchers have difficulties with their dating." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Alice Stevenson | June 2015 Format: 255x192mm Open Access PDF ISBN: 978-1-910634-35-6 FREE Link Paperback ISBN: 978-1-910634-04-2 £10.00 Pages: 120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Possible Major Secret Found Inside King Tut's Tomb Michael Harthorne, Newser 11:17 a.m. EST November 8, 2015 "A team of archaeologists has taken a big step toward confirming a tantalizing theory about King Tut's tomb—one that might reveal the long-sought burial place of Queen Nefertiti. National Geographic reports that infrared scans of the tomb suggest the existence of a hidden chamber." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Lost Pharaoh? Great Pyramid May Hide Undiscovered Tomb by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | November 13, 2015 08:26am ET "Speculation swirls anew that within Egypt's Great Pyramid of Khufu there lies a hidden tomb, possibly holding the pharaoh himself, sealed there for thousands of years. The discovery of so-called thermal anomalies by a team scanning the pyramid suggests an as-yet-unidentified open space that could be evidence of a tomb." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 The Discovery of King Tut's Tomb: Colourised Photos Exhibited in New York Monday 23 November 2015 Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Issue No.1271, 19 November, 2015 23-11-2015 11:56PM ET Tutankhamun Unmasked? Did the iconic funerary gold mask of King Tutankhamun belong to his stepmother Queen Nefertiti? Nevine El-Aref reviews a scholarly work on the mystery "Before being published in a scientific journal in December, British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, from Arizona University, sent Al-Ahram Weekly an advance copy of his article on the original name inscribed on Tutankhamun's mask. Entitled "The Gold Mask of Ankhkheperure Neferneferuaten" Reeves relates that an essay was behind his first doubts about King Tutankhamun possession of his iconic gold mask, now under restoration at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Sarcophagus of ‘High Priest’ Unearthed in Luxor Posted by TANN Archaeo Heritage, Archaeology, Breaking News, Egypt, Greater Middle East, Near East November 27, 2015 6:00 PM "Egypt's Antiquities Minister Dr. Eldamaty announced today the discovery of the intact burial place with a coffin of a (Priest) of Amun-Re, King of the Gods who carried the name " Ankhef in Khunsu", inside the tomb of the Vizier Amenhotep, Huy number 28 in Asasif (Luxor). The announcement was made during the Antiquities Minister visit to Luxor to start the scanning works inside the tomb of Tutankhamun in search of a hidden tomb behind its walls."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 NOV 30 2015 Stanford Radiologists Investigate Woman Who Died in Egypt More Than 3,000 Years Ago A San Francisco museum brought an ancient mummy to the School of Medicine for a set of CT scans to learn more about the person beneath the bandages. "Thousands of years ago lived a woman in the Egyptian city of Asyut, on the west side of the Nile River Valley, 375 miles south of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Her true name is unknown, but today some call her Hatason. Asyut was at the crossroads of several trade routes. It was rich in culture but, because of all those roads, vulnerable to attack, and therefore protected by well-armed soldiers. Asyut lay just below a constriction in the river that allowed Asyut officials to stop traders carrying cargo downstream to the cities of the north and extract tolls from them."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Ancient Egyptians Described Algol's Eclipses Date: December 17, 2015 Source: University of Helsinki Summary: The Ancient Egyptian papyrus Cairo 86637 calendar is the oldest preserved historical document of naked eye observations of a variable star, the eclipsing binary Algol -- a manifestation of Horus, a god and a king. This calendar contains lucky or unlucky prognoses for each day of one year. Researchers have performed a statistical analysis of the Cairo Calendar mythological texts. Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Could Queen Nefertiti's Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt's Shadowy Past? She was married to one of the most eccentric pharaohs. But after his death she may have reigned on her own––as a man. If researchers have found her tomb, what's inside could change Middle Eastern history. By A. R. Williams, National Geographic PUBLISHED DECEMBER 18, 2015 "Every time something is discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the whispers begin. Is it the queen? Has she finally been found? They're asking about Nefertiti, the legendary beauty who was married to one of ancient Egypt's strangest pharaohs. Her burial site has never been found, and its location is one of the enduring mysteries in Egyptology."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Wet Nurse Might Have Been His Sister Carvings on the wall of the tomb of Maia, the boy king’s wet nurse, have led archaeologists to suspect she may have been his sister Meritaten Monday 21 December 2015 11.36 AEDT "Archaeologists believe Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten. On Sunday, Egyptian officials and French archaeologist Alain Zivie unveiled Maia’s tomb to journalists ahead of its opening to the public next month. The tomb was discovered by Zivie in 1996 in Saqqara, a necropolis about 20km (12 miles) south of Cairo."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Did Egypt’s Old Kingdom Die—or Simply Fade Away? The end of the great age of pyramid building in Egypt was long thought to be a traumatic collapse that plunged the Nile Valley into a long era of chaos. New research is changing that view. By Andrew Lawler, National Geographic PUBLISHED THU DEC 24 07:00:00 EST 2015 "As world leaders celebrate a new agreement to limit the impact of greenhouse gases on human society, archaeologists have been taking a fresh look at one of the most dramatic instances of a civilization confronted with devastating climate change. For nearly a millennium, Egypt’s early pharaohs presided over a prosperous and wealthy state that built countless temples and palaces, enormous public works, and the famous Giza pyramids. Much of that prosperity depended on the regular inundations of the Nile River in a country that otherwise would be only desert."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Discovered in Aswan's Gebel Al-SilsilaTwo niches with six figures cut in rock were uncovered inside two New Kingdom chapels in the Gebel Al-Silsila area in AswanNevine El-Aref , Thursday 24 Dec 2015 "Two niches with six figures cut in rock in high reliefs were uncovered during a survey carried out by a Swedish archaeological mission from Lund University inside two New Kingdom Egyptian chapels named Chapel 30 and 31. Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty described the discovery as “important," as the Gebel Al-Silsila area was completely covered with sand and block ever since it was hit with a destructive earthquake in antiquity. Erosion elements have also impacted the area and its monuments."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 New Discovery in Qantara West Suggests Date of Origin of Tel Al-Dafna Site Lava remains of San Turin volcano unearthed in Tel Al-Dafna archaeological site in western Ismailiya Nevine El-Aref , Wednesday 30 Dec 2015 "During excavation work carried out at the Tel Al-Dafna archaeological site located at the Al-Qantara West area in Ismailiya, 11 kilometres west of the Suez Canal, an Egyptian archaeological mission led by Egyptologist Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud stumbled upon what is believed to be lava remains from the San Turin volcano. The volcano is considered the first destructive environmental phenomenon from the Mediterranean to hit Cyprus in antiquity."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 King Amenhotep III statue accidently recovered in EdfuA black granite statue of King Amenhotep III was found by chance in a residential house in Al-Nakhl village in Edfu, Aswan Nevine El-Aref , Thursday 31 Dec 2015 "In collaboration with Edfu police, Egypt's antiquities ministry has succeeded in recovering a black granite colossus of the 18th Dynasty King Amenhotep III. Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that the statue was found by chance when Edfu police entered a residential house in the Upper Egypt village of Al-Nakhl in Edfu, Aswan, to catch red-handed weapons and drugs traders."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 January 04, 2016 4500 Years Old Tomb of Unknown Ancient Egyptian Queen Discovered "The Minister of Antiquities announced today a new discovery of an Old Kingdom tomb in Abusir for a Queen who wasn't known before called "Khentkaus III" during the excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology directed by Dr. Miroslav Barta. The mission unearthed 23 limestone pots as well as 4 copper tools as a part of the funerary furniture for the tomb owner." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Particles Could Reveal Clues to How Egypt Pyramid was Built January 18, 2016 by Maram Mazen "An international team of researchers said Sunday they will soon begin analyzing cosmic particles collected inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid to search for clues as to how it was built and learn more about the 4,600-year-old structure."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Early Egyptian Queen Revealed in 5,000-Year-Old Hieroglyphs by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | January 19, 2016 07:13am ET "About 60 drawings and hieroglyphic inscriptions, dating back around 5,000 years, have been discovered at a site called Wadi Ameyra in Egypt’s Sinai Desert. Carved in stone, they were created by mining expeditions sent out by early Egyptian pharaohs, archaeologists say."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Forbes Science JAN 21, 2016 @ 12:15 PM Earliest Case Of Scurvy In Ancient Egypt Detected By Archaeologists "Earlier this week, it was reported that an infant in Spain was diagnosed with scurvy due to a diet of almond-based formula ... A case of scurvy from Predynastic Egypt was also published by archaeologists this week, providing clues to the antiquity of the disease and the way it affected infants’ bones."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 A Unique Boat from the Pyramid Age Discovered at Abusir by the Expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology Published: 1 February 2016By: Lucie Kettnerová "The mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague has recently made an unexpected discovery at Abusir South that once again highlights the importance of this cemetery of the Old Kingdom officials. Work commenced in 2009 on a large mastaba termed AS 54, followed by several seasons of excavations. Its exceptional size (52.60 x 23.80 m), orientation, architectural details, as well as the name of king Huni (Third Dynasty,) discovered on one of the stone bowls buried in the northern underground chamber, indicate the high social standing of the person buried in the main (so far unlocated) shaft. Unfortunately, his name remains unknown due to the bad state of preservation of the cruciform chapel."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 UWinnipeg Uncovers Ancient Egyptian Treasure Posted on: 02/04/16 Author: Communications "Among the 450 objects related to UWinnipeg’s Hetherington Collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, UWinnipeg recent graduate Luther Sousa was able to read the hieroglyphics on two wooden artifacts: one is a miniature hoe, and the other a set of miniature rockers. These objects were symbolically significant in ancient Egyptian culture, and, based on Sousa’s initial research, were likely inclusions in a foundation deposit of Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahri*. Sousa was able to read the hieroglyphs on the UWinnipeg objects, and then confirmed his identification via a comparison with very similar objects currently held by The Garstang Museum of Archaeology at the University of Liverpool."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 New Clues Illuminate Mysteries of Ancient Egyptian Portraits Same artist painted several lifelike paintings buried with mummies BY BRUCE BOWER 4:29PM, FEBRUARY 14, 2016 Magazine issue: Vol. 189, No. 5, March 5, 2016, p. 17WASHINGTON — "Scientists are getting a clearer picture of how ancient Egyptians painted lifelike portraits that were buried with mummies of the depicted individuals. These paintings sharply departed from Egyptians’ previous, simpler artworks and were among the first examples of modern Western portraits, archaeologist and materials scientist Marc Walton reported February 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The “mummy portraits” date to more than 2,000 years ago, when the Roman Empire controlled Egypt."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 The Space Archaeologist Unearthed 4000 Years Old Tomb in Egypt February 23, 2016 "Middle Kingdom rock-cut tomb discovered in El-Lisht. The Egyptian-American mission directed by Mohamed Youssef (Dahshur antiquities director) and Dr. Sarah Parcak (University of Alabama) discovered a Middle Kingdom tomb in El-Lisht to the south of Senusret I pyramid."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Artists Covertly Scan Bust of Nefertiti and Release the Data for Free Online by Claire Voon on February 19, 2016 "Last October, two artists entered the Neues Museum in Berlin, where they clandestinely scanned the bust of Queen Nefertiti, the state museum’s prized gem. Three months later, they released the collected 3D dataset online as a torrent, providing completely free access under public domain to the one object in the museum’s collection off-limits to photographers." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 New Scans of King Tut's Tomb May Reveal Hidden Burial Chamber by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | February 29, 2016 01:22pm ET "On April 2, a new series of radar scans will be performed on King Tutankhamun's tomb to search for hidden chambers that may contain an undiscovered royal burial, Egypt's antiquities ministry has announced. The announcement comes after stories were published in numerous media outlets last week claiming that Egypt's tourism minister, Hisham Zazou, had told the Spanish news outlet ABC that the chambers had been proven to exist and contain numerous treasures."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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