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Recent Al-Ahram articles by Jill Kamil and Nevine El-Aref: After three and a half millennia, the mummy of Egypt's most famous female ruler has been identified....
I know this is slightly off-topic but I am a Canadian who will be traveling to London, England in late September and I am wondering if anyone could make some...
... September ... traveling ... could make ... British Museum ... Estate and ... lhammondwhite@... ... ORIENTAL STUDIES FOR ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTIONS OF...
A new science article named "Digging into a Desert Mystery" reports about a systematic examination of the Nasca lines on the desert floors of Peru (Science...
I am readiing "Ancient Lives" by John Romer, about the workers who made the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, it's quite good, It's amazing to me how much...
Here's a review of a new book on the Epic of Gilgamesh: http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/7/books/nonfiction-east-of-classic Nonfiction: East of Classic by...
My problems with the Royal mummy caches. "... tomb plundering and the 21st Dynasty priests who gathered all the royal mummies they could find and secreted them...
Yes, I heard that some late period King robbed the tombs and had the mummies put in the caches. Seems probable to me. I can't remember which King they think it...
It's an interesting theory and it could shed doubt on all that we think we know about the Pharoahs. For instance, it is believed that they packed all their...
You are right. Obviously the Egyptians knew perfectly well that the physical property did not travel to the afterlife. I thought that the belongings went to...
You have a good point there with respect to the destruction of former temples. I can understand the Romans doing it, as they did, to destroy all remnants of...
Let me clarify, there are cases where the King's name was removed specifically to destroy their memory: Hatshepsut, Akhenaten. But most temples were destroyed...
The famous Pharonic "Nemes" head scarf was composed of blue and gold stripes. It can be found on head of the Sphinx, on the mask of Tutankhamun's mummy, etc. I...
I am convinced that the Christian beleif in in eternal life and judgement day comes from Egypt. Actually, much of Christianity is derived from Pagan beleifs...
Ancient urban sprawl surrounded Angkor Wat http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2148132,00.html The temple complex of Angkor Wat in north -west...
I guess not, at least I can't remember many pictures of tombs where people are wearing a Nemes headscarf. But you are right, headscarfs are very common in the ...
Mexican archaeologists find in the heart of Mexico City an ancient Aztec tomb: maybe the one of Emperor Ahuizotl. The find would be the first discovery of a...
http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/iceman-death-theory-shot-down/ 20070829140009990001 Iceman Death Theory Shot Down By NICOLE WINFIELD, AP Posted: 2007-08-30...
Recent Al-Ahram articles by Nevine El-Aref: The tale of a city The discovery of the eastern fortress of the New Kingdom military town of Tharo in North Sinai...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/170080.php/There-may-have-been-a-second- There may have been a second Sphinx, claims Egyptologist From our ANI Correspondent ...
Ancient Egyptian temples consist typically of an impressive entrance in form of a massive pylon gateway, outer courtyards surrounded by columns, inner halls...
