Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Winter 2015/2016, Cover Stories, Daily News Finds Reveal How Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Cultures Blended Tue, Mar 01, 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA BARBARA—"In a middle-class tomb just east of the Nile River in what was Upper Nubia, a woman offers a glimpse of how two met civilizations met, mingled and a new pharaonic dynasty arose. Her tomb was Egyptian, but she was buried in the Nubian style—placed in a flexed position on her side and resting on a bed. Around her neck she wore amulets of the Egyptian god Bes, the protector of households."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Ancient Papyri Deciphered by Armchair Archaeologists Posted by TANN ArchaeoHeritage Near East 7:00 PM March 03, 2016"A project for the deciphering of ancient papyri found in Graeco-Roman Egypt has recruited armchair archaeologists from around the world with amazing results."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Amazing Mummies: King Tut's Great Grandparents At 3,400 years old, Yuya and Tuyu don't look their age. And they were buried with treasures that hint at what might lie hidden behind Tut's tomb. By A. R. Williams PUBLISHED THU MAR 03 07:02:00 EST 2016 "A recent radar scan of King Tut's tomb revealed tantalizing hints that one or more rooms may lie behind the painted walls of the teenage pharaoh's burial chamber. The final report is due soon. If it confirms the existence of hidden spaces, Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves will be vindicated. It was his reading of the evidence that prompted the scan of Tut’s tomb, known to archaeologists as KV 62."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Past Horizons Ancient Memphis Site to Undergo Regeneration Posted on March 14, 2016 "A team of archaeologists from the University of York is playing a pivotal role in a major project to give a new lease of life to the ruins of the capital of Ancient Egypt. They are working with Dr. Mark Lehner and a team of archaeologists from Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities (MoA), and with Dr David Jeffreys, director of the Survey of Memphis, to regenerate the site at Memphis which for many centuries was Egypt’s ancient capital."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Eight Statues of Sekhmet Unearthed in Luxor Posted by TANNArchaeoHeritage, Near East March 15, 2016 6:30 PM "A group of eight statues of the goddess Sekhmet in black granite was discovered by the members of “The Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project” directed by Hourig Sourouzian." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Have 2 Chambers Been Discovered in King Tut's Tomb? by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor March 17, 2016 10:26am ET "The existence of hidden chambers in King Tutankhamun's burial chamber may be more likely, as new radar scans have found empty cavities behind the tomb's north and west walls, Egypt's antiquities ministry announced this morning (March 17)."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Holy Predynastic Graffiti Uncovered in Aswan A collection of prehistoric graffiti found in Aswan's noblemen cemetery Nevine El-Aref , Wednesday 16 Mar 2016 "A German excavation mission from Bon University discovered 15 separate prehistoric graffiti texts during their excavation work in the Noblemen cemetery in Aswan. "It's a very important discovery because it is an indication that this area was a human settlement since the predynastic era," Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online, adding that he considers the newly discovered graffiti to be "the oldest engraving ever found in such area until now."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Issue No.1287, 17 March, 2016 14-03-2016 06:06PM ET Boat Discovery Sheds Light A recently discovered 4,500-year-old non-royal boat in the Abusir necropolis is shedding new light on watercraft construction in ancient Egypt, reports Nevine El-Aref "Scholars have long debated the purpose of ancient Egyptian boat burials. Did they serve the deceased in the afterlife? Or might they have functioned as symbolic solar barques used during the journey of the owner through the underworld?"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 Smithsonian CT Scan Shows Pharaoh Ramesses III Was Murdered by Multiple Assassins A missing toe reveals that the god-king was killed by more than one plotter By Jason Daley smithsonian.com March 25, 2016 "The reign of Ramesses III, the second pharaoh in Egypt’s 20th dynasty, was not the most stable chapter in the empire's history. There were endless wars with the “Sea Peoples” (naval raiders in the Mediterranean region), which drained the treasury, bad weather that interrupted food supplies, along with political unrest. All this led to a successful murder plot against Ramesses III in 1155 B.C. Now, new CT scans of Ramesses III’s mummy are shedding more light on how this god-king met his end."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Experts Doubt Claims of 'Hidden Chambers' in King Tut's Tomb by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor March 29, 2016 03:07pm ET "Radar experts are casting doubt on claims that King Tutankhamun's tomb contains hidden, undiscovered chambers — and they're calling for more data to be released."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Discovery ARCHAEOLOGY 3,400-Year-Old Necropolis Found in Egypt MAR 30, 2016 09:26 AM ET // BY ROSSELLA LORENZI "A remarkable 3,400-year-old necropolis has been discovered at an Egyptian quarry site, the Ministry of Antiquities announced on Wednesday. Consisting of dozens of rock-cut tombs, the New Kingdom necropolis was found at Gebel el Sisila, a site north of Aswan known for its stone quarries on both sides of the Nile. Blocks used in building almost all of ancient Egypt’s great temples were cut from there."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 MIDDLE EAST By MAAYAN GROISMAN 04/03/2016 11:09 Star of David Found Engraved into an Ancient Temple Arouses Bustle in EgyptEgyptian official accused the delegation of German archaeologists that has been working on the site's reconstruction of engraving the Stars of David into the Shrine's stone. "Egypt has recently been witnessing a great commotion following the archeological discovery of two Star of David engravings in an ancient Temple in the southern city of Aswan."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Building for Egypt's First Female Pharaoh Discovered by Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer | April 20, 2016 07:23am ET "Ancient stone blocks depicting Queen Hatshepsut have been discovered on Egypt's Elephantine Island, providing insights into the early years of her reign, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced this week. The blocks may have been part of a building that served as a way station for an ancient Egyptian deity."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 ARCHAEOLOGY Oldest Depiction of Ancient Egyptian Demons Found APR 19, 2016 02:03 PM ET BY ROSSELLA LORENZI "A Belgium-based Egyptologist has discovered the oldest depictions of ancient Egyptian demons, showing that demonic entities populated the ancient Egyptians’ imaginations as far back as 4,000 years ago. Presented recently at the International Conference on Ancient Egyptian Demonology at Swansea University, U.K., these demons gripped their victims and cut off their heads."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Two Egyptian Mummy Portraits Restored "The Institute of Archaeology of the University of Zurich restituted two Egyptian mummy portraits from the 1st to 2nd century AD to the heirs of Berlin publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920)." Source: University of Zurich [April 27, 2016] Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 2,360 Year Old Temple Ruins Unearthed Under CairoSource: Ministry of Antiquities [May 04, 2016]"The Egyptian-German Archaeological Mission in the Matariya district in east Cairo discovered new evidence for a sanctuary of Nektanebo I (380-363 BC) in the temple precinct of Heliopolis, according to Dr. Mahmoud Afify, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities." Continued also @Egypt: New Archaeological Discovery in Matariya 06 MAY, 11:26Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 More on: Egyptologists Differ on Tut Tomb 'Hidden Chambers'Continued and here:Nefertiti Still Missing: King Tut's Tomb Shows No Hidden Chambers By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | May 11, 2016 08:32am ET Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Youngest-Ever Mummified Foetus from Ancient Egypt Discovered in Tiny Coffin 'This ground-breaking find educates us further still in our conception of just how precious the unborn child was in Ancient Egyptian society' Ian Johnston | Science Correspondent Wednesday 11 May 2016 Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 3D Images Created Using Cosmic Particles Show Internal Chambers of Bent Pyramid "The pyramids of Egypt have held their secrets for more than 4,500 years. Now, Egyptian and foreign experts have begun unraveling their mysteries with the help of space particles. The team are using 'cosmic rays' to create maps that show the internal structures of these ancient wonders - and they say they could hold some surprises." Author: Ellie Zolfagharifard | Source: Daily Mail [May 09, 2016] Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 National Geographic | NEWS Ancient Device for Determining Taxes Discovered in Egypt The nilometer was used to predict harvest (and taxes) linked to the rise and fall of the Nile River. By Nick Romeo PUBLISHED MAY 18, 2016 "American and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a rare structure called a nilometer in the ruins of the ancient city of Thmuis in Egypt’s Delta region. Likely constructed during the third century B.C., ..." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Vol. 22 Spring 2016 - Print the Spring 2016 Issue Spring 2016, Cover Stories, Daily News Burial Sites Show How Nubians, Egyptians Integrated Communities Thousands of Years Ago Wed, May 18, 2016 PURDUE UNIVERSITY—"New bioarchaeological evidence shows that Nubians and Egyptians integrated into a community, and even married, in ancient Sudan, according to new research from a Purdue University anthropologist."Continued Comment also @ Archaeology News NetworkHere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Genizah Fragments The Newsletter of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library No. 71 March 2016 .pdf download (1.03MB) Download H/t: PaleoJudaica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Ancient 'Mad Libs' Papyri Contain Evil Spells of Sex and Subjugation By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | May 20, 2016 12:24pm ET "Ancient, magical spells of love, subjugation and sex: It may sound like a "Game of Thrones" episode, but these evildoings are also found on two recently deciphered papyri from Egypt dating to around 1,700 years ago."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Polish Archaeologists Discover a Medieval Hermitage in Egypt 23.05.2016 "Polish archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a medieval hermitage, and in the full set of artefacts that illustrate the daily life of Egyptian monk more than 1,300 years ago - a pair of sandals, fragments of pottery, textiles, wine amphorae, and even... a letter." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Spanish Mission Discovers Mummy in Aswan's Tombs of Nobles On Tue, 24/05/2016 - 13:49 Egypt Independent "A Spanish mission from Chowan University, headed by professor Alejandro Jimenez, has discovered the mummy of a woman named Sachiny inside a two-layered coffin of cedar wood, dating back to the era of the Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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