In 1859 the mummy of Queen Ahotep I was discovered in the valley of the kings. According to sources, it was thought that her body was later discarded by the...
The Egyptology Society Cordially invites you to: "Recent Discoveries" A Lecture by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
Sadly no records were kept relating to this mummy and therefore regrettably there are indeed no images of the lost queen. Queen Ahhotep I was the daughter of...
It seems that Zahi Hawwas is setting the way forward for potential DNA testing on the royal mummies according to teh Egypt State Information Service. Thanks to...
See www.kv-63.com for the latest news. Nothing major to report but Dr Schaden does interestingly state: "Soon....we will have some very exciting news regarding...
A month or so old now but no posts on this here so please find the link below: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18036842/ The hair removed from Ramses II on his...
Some time ago after the Joann Fletcher controversy, a report emerged that Zahi Hawass had a DNA test on the mummy from KV35 she identified as Nefertiti. This...
... emerged ... identified ... was ... Hawass ... the ... of ... Hi, Jon I'll just quote something I wrote here in 2004: "However, the accuracy of the DNA...
I would assume that about all DNA testing could do is to actually determine if the loose body parts belong to the "Younger Woman". For any DNA testing to...
... It would seem, from Hawass' article, that the latest CT-scan has >] determined that it was the "straight loose arm" that originally belonged to the mummy. ...
... have ... what ... parents? ... any ... clan ... for ... Lady", ... reason ... to ... Did'nt Hwass determin that the so-called 'Nefertiti mummy' as ...
... I am not certain what sort of break the long arm was subjected to following its detachment from the upper arm. However from what I can tell it doesn't look...
... A previous post outlined that Egypt is to establish up to date labs to conduct DNA tests on mummies. The lab is to be paid for by the American National...
Jon, I don't think that a bent arm necessarily means "king" anymore. We know that a lot of the female mummies have bent arms and there's always Yuaa. His...
... anymore. We know that a lot of the female mummies have bent arms and there's always Yuaa. His arms are ever so nicely flexed. However his hands are...
Thanks for the reply Jon. I'm a big speculator. I think there's a very fine line between "speculation" and "deduction". Crossed arms could be no more than a...
ah doug, if you didn't go and speak your mind we wouldn't love ya as we do. i find the thoughts you expressed here the same as i have thought for many years....
I know that I dont post much but have been in Egypt now for about 3 days now and found that there has been a new tomb found intact outside of Cairo. ( wont get...
... with the way his head looks. I wonder if it is not to ease the looks of him for the viisters to the mummy room. Jolean ... (Possibly) ... in ... arms ... ...
The new tomb is from about 2100 BC and is that of an official. His wooden coffin and mummy were found, too, as well as an intact collection of figurines with...
... The tomb is apparently from the X dynasty. This is near the end of the First Intermediate Period, a time in Egyptian history we know almost nothing about....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2112583,00.html ... Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us....
There are dozens of reports, many with photographs. Check google news (which, in Canada, at least, treats the matter as headlline news.) The old Queen is back!...
I hope Zahi Hawass has made up his mind. Remember last year when he declared that the other mummy from KV60, the one that had been put in the Cairo Museum...
... This time the argument, based on a tooth, is very neat - too neat perhaps. As for Dr. Ryan's ... And other queens too! The profile of a youthful Queen...
Hey.. I would like to be remembered as young and gorgeous as opposed to old and obese. But now Hatshepsut's face did not look fat. How do they know? Don't...
The skin would show folds after the fat is gone and that would suggest that the person had been fat... Elo ... -- "Dream As If You'll Live Forever, Live As If...
Hi All, The Egyptians probably didn't care what the person actually looked like, it was the name and the image that was important. If the name was attached,...
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