The huge coffins you mention are constructed of different materials. I believe that identified as Meryet-Amun's is the only one of cedar. I'm not certain...
I moved a little faster than my usual pace and added a new album. "Queens' Coffins" shows two of the huge coffins we've been discussing. Ahmose-Nefertiri's...
In a message dated 10/6/2004 2:32:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Were you the one who posted the Meryetamun article? That is super--and also gave me the...
I'm the guilty party. I have quite a few articles from years past on discoveries in Egypt. A lot of them haven't been seen since they first appeared. Some...
When going through some old magazine articles, I came across one from 1931 about Nefert's coffin. I'm certain everyone has seen the famous sculptures of...
This year's Egyptian Dayschool at Warwick University has three speakers. Dr. John Ruffle, Chairman of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, who will speak about...
Hi, I have just joined the group and would like to introduce myself. I am a student living in Vancouver, Canada. I started out majoring in Classical Studies...
Some items of Interest it contains: An article by Zahi Hawass, "The EMP: Egyptian Mummy Project", reporting on the new study of Egyptian mummies, royal and...
According to Hawass: "Until DNA technology has matured to the point where it can be productively used in mummy studies, CT scans are our best method for...
In a message dated 11/18/2004 4:55:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... That may be, but it seems that Woodward has had pretty good luck with the "royal" mummies....
In a message dated 11/18/2004 4:22:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Well, there was one thing--mummy wise. The person inside the beautiful coffin of Senedjem...
The remains of Tutankhamun are to undergo a new examination next month. The following website links were originally from The Hall of Maat message board at...
I couldn't resist and bought it this week. All a bit odd especially some of the wording such as "Sitamunn was a chip off the old block" or something along...
Dear Jon, Is there enough left of Tut to do an autopsy, even if DNA testing is still out? His mummy isn't the best preserved, after all. When Howard Carter...
I'm with you. A lot has happened to Tut in the last 80 years. None of it good. I think I'm one who thinks Howard Carter did a good job with the conditions of...
I don't see how anybody can judge the bodily dimensions of Tutankhamun by his clothing. Ancient Egyptian clothing wasn't "tailored" by any means. Shirts were...
The diaper shaped objects (and there were a lot of them) are more properly named, "loin cloths" rather than "underwear". These are indeed loincloths and are...
In a message dated 11/29/2004 12:33:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... There are over 140 of them--a lot of underwear for one man! I have written before that I...
I took the liberty of adding some pictures (Tut's undies) to the site. I even tossed in a drawing comparing Tut with an "average" man. If this is too small...
The Hall of Maat again informed me of another interesting royal mummy development. The four skulls found in KV5 have finally been examined and compared to the...
dear royal mummy members, I know I've read somewhere, where I can't recall right now - that the 'pleats'in the linen clothes of ancient Egypt were actually ...
The Hall of Maat again informed me of another interesting royal mummy development. We do try to be informative ........ Kat Reece Owner/Head Moderator The Hall...
I've never heard about irons (what were irons called in the Bronze Age?), but have seen some objects identified as laundry implements. Those have been wooden...
Hi everybody, I would like to show you my webpage: http://nefer-seba.net/ The topics are both ancient history (mostly Greece and Rome) and Latin language. Let...
Did anyone else bother to watch the two hour program on Rameses II and his son Amenhirkopeschef? They managed to take about twenty minutes of material and drag...
... of the special on Rameses Son. I found it to in parts interested but in others I had to argue with it. I dont agree that Moses was one of his sons or that...
In a message dated 12/12/2004 10:37:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... That program was, IMO, the worst I have ever seen on ancient Egypt. As disjointed and...
Hello Marianne The rulers of the greatest Civilization.the World has known were White as they were missing the extra bone in the foot.that the Black race Has...
You set my mind into action (not easily done at 6:00 in the morning) by saying the name of the city was Pr-Rameses. Doesn't that also translate as, "House of...
Dear Douglas, I didn't see the KV5 special myself, but from what I hear from everyone here, if you left out the theory that Ramses II was the Pharaoh of the...
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