Showing posts with label egyptian history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egyptian history. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Last Fragments From 'Magical' Egyptian 'Book Of The Dead' From 1420 BC Found

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Fragments of the missing parts of the manuscript have been discovered by renowned Egyptologist Dr John Taylor - potentially ending a search ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Searching For Cleopatra

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The Search for Cleopatra Continues -- Past Horizons A radar survey of the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria in Egypt, was comple...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Air Pollution In Ancient Egypt

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This mummy was discovered in Dakhleh Oasis, a remote outpost in southwest Egypt and lived around 1,800 years ago, at a time when the Romans ...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Hidden Hieroglyphs Found Inside The Great Pyramid

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A composite of images taken by a robot of the floor of the Great Pyramid is shown. Red hieroglyphs are visible. Djedi Team Robot Finds Hidde...
Friday, February 4, 2011

Egyptian Mummy Mystery Thickens

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One of the heads from a mummy damaged during the break-in at Cairo's Egyptian Museum appears in the photo above. Click to enlarge this i...

Experts Fret Over Egypt's Treasures

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Visitors look at the 8-metres high sandstone statue of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) at entrance to the Nubian Museum in the southern Egyptian ci...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

5,000 Years Of Egyptian Antiquities Are Now Being Looted Across Egypt

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Egypt's Antiquities Fall Victim To The Mob -- Wall Street Journal When Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Anti...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Assessing The Damage At The Egyptian Museum

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Photo: The Egyptian Museum (Courtesy Kristoferb/Wikimedia Commons) Egypt's Treasures: Assessing The Damage -- Discover Magazine Concern ...

King Tut Artifacts Damaged In Egypt

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Looters Damage King Tut Artifacts in Egypt -- Live Science As chaos reportedly ensues on the streets of Cairo, the Egyptian Museum became a ...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Hidden Chambers In The Great Pyramids

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One theory suggests that the Great Pyramid had been built inside-out using an internal spiral ramp, as opposed to an external ramp as had lo...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Statue of King Tut's Grandfather Unearthed in Luxor

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From Discover News: Part of an ancient statue of King Amenhotep III, believed to be the grandfather of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed,...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Pyramid Of Mystery Pharaoh Possibly Located

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A photograph taken from the area immediately south of the Unas pyramid, visible in the foreground. Giulio Magli From Discovery News: The lo...

Door to Afterlife From Ancient Egyptian Tomb Found

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Photo from Supreme Council of Antiquities From ABC News: Archaeologists unearth door to the afterlife from ancient Egyptian minister's t...
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Tracing King Tut's Family Tree In London

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A colossal statue of Amenhotep III - King Tut's only grandfather - can be found at the British Museum, Room 4. From The Independent: Tu...

Ancient Queen's Burial Chamber Discovered At Saqqara

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The Pyramid of Behenu at Saqqara. SCA From The Independent: A French archaeological team digging at Saqqara has discovered the burial chambe...
Monday, March 1, 2010

Colossal Head Statue Of King Tut's Grandfather Dug Out In Luxor

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The colossal head, after its excavation. Courtesy: Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) From Discovery News: A colossal head sta...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx

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Carved in place from limestone, the Sphinx is among the world's largest statues. Sandro Vannini / Corbis From the Smithsonian: After dec...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tutankhamun: Now We Know Who The Mummy's Mummy Was

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The Viscera Coffin of Tutankhamun, one of four made for the Egyptian king. Getty images From The Independent: Secrets of Egyptian boy king...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

King Tut's Mom And Dad ID'ed

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From Live Science: Candidates for King Tut's mother and father have been identified using DNA analyses from royal Egyptian mummies. King...

King Tut Died Of Malaria, Had A Club Foot: New Study

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The removal of the lid of the sarcophagus of the mummy of King Tutankhamen in his underground tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor Novem...