Resource Manager Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 HISTORY May 31, 2016 11:52 AM ET King Tut's Blade Made of Meteorite "X-ray analysis confirms that the iron of the dagger placed on the thigh of the boy king has meteoric origins."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 4,300 Year Old Unas Pyramid Opens to Public After Two Decade Long Renovation Author: Rany Mostafa | Source: The Cairo Post [May 28, 2016] "The pyramid of the fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Unas was opened to public Friday after two decades of renovation, the antiquities Ministry announced in a statement." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 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. The mummy within her inner and outer coffins was discovered during excavations conducted by the mission at the Tombs of Nobles, just west of Aswan, Youm7 website reported."Continued also @ LiveScience Who Was Sattjeni? Tomb Reveals Secrets About Ancient Egyptian Elite By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | June 2, 2016 01:22pm ETContinued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Issue No.1299, 9 June, 2016 07-06-2016 06:23PM ET Boat Timbers Discovered "Timbers from the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu’s second solar boat have been discovered on the Giza Plateau, writes Nevine El-Aref"Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Three Things I Like About Egypt (Post by A.D. Riddle) "Earlier this year, I took my first trip (hopefully of many) to Egypt. Normally I am interested in Bible history and geography, though recently, my attention has been drawn to ordinary, daily-life objects and cultural behaviors. For Bible times and places, it can be a little challenging to come up with photographs that illustrate these sorts of things. But that is why I found Egypt is so amazing."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Great Pyramid of Giza Is Slightly Lopsided By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | June 20, 2016 07:30am ET "The Great Pyramid of Giza may be a Wonder of the Ancient World, but it's not perfect: Its base is a little lopsided because its builders made a teensy mistake when constructing it, new research reveals." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Isotopic Evidence for Early Trade in Animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan Elizabeth R. Arnold , Gideon Hartman , Haskel J. Greenfield, Itzhaq Shai, Lindsay E. Babcock, Aren M. Maeir Published: June 20, 2016 Abstract "Isotope data from a sacrificial ass and several ovicaprines (sheep/goat) from Early Bronze Age household deposits at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel provide direct evidence for the movement of domestic draught/draft and husbandry animals between Old Kingdom Egypt (during the time of the Pyramids) and Early Bronze Age III Canaan (ca. 2900–2500 BCE). Vacillating, bi-directional connections between Egypt and Canaan are known throughout the Early Bronze Age, but here we provide the first concrete evidence of early trade in animals from Egypt to Canaan."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Sands of Time: Ancient Egypt Excavated in the 1910s – In Pictures Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 UCLA To Offer Digital Images Of Rare Ancient Manuscripts In Egypt 6/24/2016 09:00:00 PM "St. Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site that’s located on rugged terrain at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, houses the oldest continually operating library in the world, containing ancient and medieval manuscripts second only to those held by the Vatican Library."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Issue No.1302, 30 June, 2016 Tomb Mystery Solved? "Could the mystery of Luxor Tomb KV55 now be solved, more than a century after its discovery, asks Nevine El-Aref"Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Polish Archaeologists Studied a Unique Necropolis in Egypt 04.07.2016 "Polish scientists studied a cemetery from the times of the reign XXIII and XXV Dynasty (VIII - VII century BC) in Egypt. The royal necropolis is located in the ... temple of Hatshepsut. Archaeologists have summed up the 10-year study of an unusual cemetery, which was founded in the times of unrest in Egypt - the so-called Third Intermediate Period, when the power in Egypt was taken over by the kings who came from Libya, and then from the Nubian kingdom of Kush, which is today's Sudan. The latter were described as "black pharaohs"." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 'Primitive Machine' Within Great Pyramid of Giza Reconstructed By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | July 11, 2016 10:50am ET "The ancient Egyptians created a simple yet elaborate system of blocks and grooves within the Great Pyramid of Giza to protect the King's Chamber from tomb robbers. In an upcoming episode of the Science Channel's "Unearthed," that system comes to life via computer animations. In the episode, Egyptologist Mark Lehner describes the system for viewers, calling it a "very primitive machine." Lehner leads Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), a team that has been excavating at Giza for about 30 years."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Oldest Traces Of Canine Bone Cancer Discovered At Ancient Egyptian Pet Cemetery 7/15/2016 | 08:30:00 PM "Traces of one of the most malignant and deadly cancers that kill modern dogs, osteosarcoma, have been discovered by Polish archaeologists in Egypt. "This is the oldest and the only find of this type" - told PAP archaeozoologist from Poznań, Dr. Marta Osypińska." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Ancient Egypt: A Brief History By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | July 28, 2016 12:55am ET "Egyptian civilization has flourished continuously since prehistoric times. While the civilization's rulers, writing, natural climate, religion and borders have changed many times over the millennia, Egypt still exists as a modern-day country."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 To Study Ancient Cancer, this Scientist Made Her Own Mummies By Lizzie Wade Aug. 17, 2016 , 3:30 PM LIMA—"Ancient Egyptians suffered from many of the same health problems that still plague us today, from heart disease to cancer. That makes their mummies potentially valuable sources of information about the history of those diseases. But when it comes to cancer," Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 7 Amazing Archaeological Discoveries from Egypt By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | August 26, 2016 08:28am ET Uncovering Egypt "From the boy-king's glitzy tomb to the Rosetta stone, which was written by a council of priests, to the pyramids at Giza, to papyri holding gospels and magical spells, Egypt holds a vast and mysterious trove of history with interesting stories to tell. Archaeologists continue to discover these ancient sites and artifacts. Here, Live Science takes a look at seven of the most amazing finds from Egypt ..." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Egypt's Antiquities Minister Attends Lifting of Newfound Beam of Khufu's Second Boat The newly found wooden beam may be the oars holder of King Khufu's second solar boat Ahram Online , Thursday 1 Sep 2016 "Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany and Sakuji Yoshimura, director of the Japanese restoration team, were witness Wednesday to the lifting of a newly-discovered wooden beam of Khufu's second solar boat from its pit located to the north of the Great Pyramid of Giza." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Emoticons In Ancient Egypt 8/30/2016 08:30:00 PM "The advent of script has never managed to eliminate the use of symbols. This is the finding of research carried out by Kyra van der Moezel on Ancient Egyptian identity marks." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1700-Year-Old Greek Epitaph Of Jewish Woman Translated 9/10/2016 11:00:00 PM "BYU associate professor of ancient scripture Lincoln H. Blumell recently translated a 1,700-year-old inscription written in ancient Greek on an epitaph from Egypt." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Dying in Ancient Egypt—Evidence of Inflammation, Infection and Possible Cancer September 20, 2016 "As silent witnesses to the past, ancient Egyptian mummies can add to our knowledge of their society well beyond what we can learn from the study of texts, art and funerary rituals. In a study led by Macquarie University, researchers have successfully identified proteins present in skin samples from 4200-year-old mummies with evidence of inflammation and activation of the immune system, as well as possible indications of cancer." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 New Discovery in Matariya Points to a King Ramses II Temple New discoveries at the Matariya archaeological site near Heliopolis suggest the existence of a temple from the 19th dynasty of Ramses II Ahram Online , Tuesday 27 Sep 2016 "The Egyptian-German Archaeological Mission at Matariya archaeological site discovered new evidence that may lead to a temple of King Ramses II. Dr Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, stated that this evidence was found about 450 metres to the west of the obelisk of King Senusret I in Matariya. It was discovered when the mission stumbled upon a number of blocks from the temple courtyards and fragments of the temple statuary." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 More on: Chambers Hidden in Great Pyramid? Scientists Cast Doubt By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | October 17, 2016 02:22pm ET "A group of scientists has just claimed to have discovered two unknown voids or cavities within the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest pyramid ever constructed in Egypt. Such cavities can be signs of hidden burials or rooms and as such, media outlets across the world immediately ran headlines touting this "discovery." One outlet even went so far as to proclaim that "secret rooms" had been found in the Great Pyramid."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Two Late Period Tombs Discovered In Aswan 10/22/2016 07:00:00 PM "Two rock-hewn tombs from the Late Period (664 BC to 332 BC) have been revealed near the Aga Khan mausoleum on Aswan's west bank during excavation works carried out by the mission of Aswan Field School." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 3,800-Year-Old 'Tableau' of Egyptian Boats Discovered By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | October 31, 2016 07:19am ET "More than 120 images of ancient Egyptian boats have been discovered adorning the inside of a building in Abydos, Egypt. The building dates back more than 3,800 years and was built near the tomb of pharaoh Senwosret III, archaeologists reported." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 AUTHOR: GREGORY BARBER. DATE OF PUBLICATION: 10.26.16. X-RAYS ARE REVEALING THE MYSTERIOUS WRITINGS IN MUMMY COFFINS "IT’S A SLEEPY summer Friday at Lawrence Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. The particle accelerator operates at a constant, gentle hum—quieter than you’d expect for a synchrotron that whirls electrons to just short of the speed of light. Most of the 40 experimental beam line stations lie empty." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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