Egypt in the News ...


Ancient Egypt Temples Found at Gateway Fortress   National Geographic - May 1, 2009

Ancient Egypt Brought To Life With Virtual Model Of Historic Temple Complex   Science Daily - May 1, 2009

Egypt unveils 4,000-year-old necropolis   MSNBC - April 28, 2009
  Painted Egypt Coffins Unearthed   National Geographic - April 27, 2009
Archaeologists in Egypt have found 53 rock tombs containing preserved
mummies and vibrantly painted coffins dating back as far as 4,000 years.

Scorpion King's Wines--Egypt's Oldest - Spiked With Meds   National Geographic - April 13, 2009
Ancient medicines were alcoholic   BBC - April 14, 2009
Herbal wine, just the thing for ailing pharoahs   PhysOrg - April 13, 2009

Dozens of Mummies Found in Rock Tombs   National Geographic - April 15, 2009

Egypt unveils pharaonic 'brain drain' bed   PhysOrg - March 20, 2009
... ancient pharaonic embalming bed unearthed from a mysterious tomb near Luxor used to prepare bodies for mummification more than 3,000 years ago.

Egyptian Queen's Perfume to Be Resurrected   National Geographic - March 19, 2009

Ancient Cult Chapels, Egyptian Noblewoman's Tomb Found   National Geographic - March 6, 2009

A 3,000-year-old noblewoman's tomb complex has been uncovered in Egypt, archaeologists. The tomb has been identified as belonging to a woman named Isisnofret - possibly the granddaughter of Pharaoh Ramses II, who reigned during the 13th century B.C.

Luxor: Two statues of ancient pharaoh found   MSNBC - March 5, 2009

Amenhotep III ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago, during the 18th dynasty.
His was the father of Akhenaten and grandfather of King Tutankhamun

Ancient statue found buried at Egypt pyramids   MSNBC - February 24, 2009

Saqqara: Ancient Mummy Warehouse Found Deep Beneath Egypt   National Geographic - February 9, 2009
Mummy storeroom found in Egyptian tomb   MSNBC - February 9, 2009

German guile won Queen Nefertiti   BBC - February 11, 2009

   Saqqara: Pair of 4300 year old tombs discovered in Egypt    BBC - December 23, 2008
Seshseshet's - Mummy Found In 4,300- Year-Old Pyramid   National Geographic - January 15, 2009

"Screaming Mummy" Is Murderous Son of Ramses III?    National Geographic - November 21, 2008

Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?    National Geographic - November 15, 2008

   Video - Unlocking the Great Pyramid    Live Science - November 14, 2008

New Pyramid Found in Egypt: 4,300-Year-Old Queen's Tomb National Geographic - November 11, 2008
   4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt MSNBC - November 11, 2008
4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt MSNBC - November 11, 2008

Tomb thought to house remains of Queen Sesheshet the mother of King Teti founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom. The pyramid is the 118th found in Egypt and was uncovered near the world's oldest pyramid at Saqqara, a burial ground for the rulers of ancient Egypt.

Sesheshet - Seshat and Thoth

Rare Egyptian Mud-Brick Settlement Uncovered National Geographic - July 3, 2008

Ancient Egypt Settlement Sheds Light on Everyday Life National Geographic - July 3, 2008

   Video: "Lost" Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt National Geographic - June 6, 2008
Saqqara: "Lost" Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt National Geographic - June 6, 2008
Photos: "Lost" Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt National Geographic - June 6, 2008

Mystery of Headless Pyramid solved MSNBC - June 5, 2008

Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Thursday he had identified a badly eroded pyramid south of Cairo as that of the 5th Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century B.C. - 5th Dynasty

Archaeologists find ancient fortified city MSNBC - May 28, 2008

Partying in Ancient Times MSNBC - May 27, 2008

Part of Ancient Egyptian Fertility Temple Found in Nile National Geographic - May 27, 2008

Pyramids packed with fossil shells ABC - April 28, 2008

Pharaoh Seti I's Tomb Bigger Than Thought National Geographic - April 17, 2008

A Potted View of Ancient Geometric Imagery Thunderbolts.com - April 17, 2008

Karnak: The largest temple on Earth Philip Coppens - April 3, 2008

Intact Colossus of Egypt's Queen Tiye Found National Geographic - April 1, 2008

How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built? Science Daily - March 29, 2008

City of the Dead Thrives National Geographic - March 29, 2008

Wild ass tamed, buried with Egyptian king MSNBC - March 10, 2008

Beasts of burden found nestled in graves dating back 5,000 years. One of the earliest Egyptian kings carried his "beasts of burden" into the afterlife.

Six New Prehistoric Bat Species Dating 35 Million Years Discovered in Egypt National Geographic - March 7, 2008

False Doors for the Dead Among New Egypt Tomb Finds National Geographic - February 26, 2008

New excavations at the tombs yielded three false doors, including one inscribed with the royal name Khety (right), that served as portals for communicating with the dead.

Rare Egyptian "Warrior" Tomb Found National Geographic - February 17, 2008

Egypt's Earliest Farming Village Found National Geographic - February 12, 2008

Surprise Egypt Tombs Yield Ornate Coffins, Dog Mummies National Geographic - January 30, 2008

"Beautiful" Mummies, Gilded Caskets Found in Egypt National Geographic - January 30, 2008

Video: Treasure Beneath My Home National Geographic - January 30, 2008

Video: Egypt's Curse National Geographic - January 30, 2008

Evidence of the brutal lives endured by some ancient Egyptians to build the monuments of the Pharaohs has been uncovered by archaeologists BBC - January 25, 2008

Rare Middle-Class Tomb Found From Ancient Egypt National Geographic - January 19, 2008

A Case for Mistaken Identity Thunderbolts - December 26, 2007

Ra was often lauded as "Lord of the Circles" and as "he who entereth [or liveth] in the circle." He was described as "the sender forth of light into his circle" and as the "Governor of [his] circle."

Surprise Finds at Egypt's Temple of Amun "Change Everything" National Geographic - December 17, 2007

A series of surprising discoveries has been made at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak, archaeologists say.

Canal Linking Ancient Egypt Quarry to Nile Found National Geographic - October 24, 2007
Experts have discovered a canal at an Aswan rock quarry that they believe was used to help float some of ancient Egypt's largest stone monuments to the Nile River.

King Tut Died in Hunting Accident, Expert Says National Geographic - October 23, 2007

King Tutankhamun likely died after falling from his chariot while hunting ...


Snake-bird gods fascinated both Aztecs and Ancient Egyptians

Quetzalcoatl

Reuters - September 24, 2007

Ancient Mexicans and Egyptians who never met and lived centuries and thousands of miles apart both worshiped feathered-serpent deities, built pyramids and developed a 365-day calendar, a new exhibition shows. Billed as the world's largest temporary archeological showcase, Mexican archeologists have brought treasures from ancient Egypt to display alongside the great indigenous civilizations of Mexico for the first time.

The exhibition, which boasts a five-tonne, 3,000-year-old sculpture of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II and stone carvings from Mexican pyramid at Chichen Itza, aims to show many of the similarities of two complex worlds both conquered by Europeans in invasions 1,500 years apart. "There are huge cultural parallels between ancient Egypt and Mexico in religion, astronomy, architecture and the arts. They deserve to be appreciated together," said exhibition organizer Gina Ulloa, who spent almost three years preparing the 35,520 square-feet (3,300 meter-square) display.

The exhibition, which opened at the weekend in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shows how Mexican civilizations worshiped the feathered snake god Quetzalcoatl from about 1,200 BC to 1521, when the Spanish conquered the Aztecs.

From 3,000 BC onward Egyptians often portrayed their gods, including the Goddess of the Pharaohs Isis, in art and sculpture as serpents with wings or feathers. The feathered serpent and the serpent alongside a deity signifies the duality of human existence, at once in touch with water and earth, the serpent, and the heavens, the feathers of a bird," said Ulloa. Egyptian sculptures at the exhibition -- flown to Mexico from ancient temples along the Nile and from museums in Cairo, Luxor and Alexandria - show how Isis' son Horus was often represented with winged arms and accompanied by serpents. Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen before the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC, saw herself as Isis and wore a gold serpent in her headpiece.

Uncanny Similarities

In the arts, Mexico's earliest civilization, the Olmecs, echo Egypt's finest sculptures. Olmec artists carved large man-jaguar warriors that are similar to the Egyptian sphinxes on display showing lions with the heads of gods or kings. The seated statue of an Egyptian scribe carved between 2465 and 2323 BC shows stonework and attention to detail that parallels a seated stone sculpture of an Olmec lord. There is no evidence the Olmecs and Egyptians ever met.

Shared traits run to architecture, with Egyptians building pyramids as royal tombs and the Mayans and Aztecs following suit with pyramids as places of sacrifice to the gods. While there is no room for pyramids at the exhibition -- part of the Universal Forum of Cultures, an international cultural festival held in Barcelona in 2004 -- organizers say it is the first time many of pieces have left Egypt. They include entire archways from Nile temples, a bracelet worn by Ramses II and sarcophagi used by the pharaohs. Mexico has also brought together Aztec, Mayan and Olmec pieces from across the country.


Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt Mosque National Geographic - September 27, 2007

Egyptian Tomb of Noblewoman Found National Geographic - August 16, 2007
Map National Geographic - August 16, 2007

Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory National Geographic - August 9, 2007

French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza Smithsonian - August 6, 2007

"Gentrified" Egyptian Burial Chamber Discovered National Geographic - August 2, 2007

Ancient "Lost" City's Remains Found Under Alexandria's Waters National Geographic - July 31, 2007

Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce National Geographic - July 29, 2007

Mummies' Fake Toes Could Be First Prosthetics National Geographic - July 29, 2007

Egypt's Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years Old National Geographic - July 11, 2007

Photo Gallery: Who Was King Tut's Father? National Geographic - July 10, 2007

Palaeolithic rock art, like Lascaux caves in France, discovered in Upper Egypt Al-Ahram - June 19, 2007

Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile National Geographic - June 18, 2007

Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space Live Science - June 6, 2007

Images captured from space pinpoint telltale signs of previous habitation in the swatch of land 200 miles south of Cairo, which digging recently confirmed as an ancient settlement dating from about 400 A.D.

European Man Found in Ancient Chinese Tomb, Study Reveals National Geographic - May 26, 2007

Ancient Egypt Cities Leveled by Massive Volcano, Ash Find Suggests National Geographic - April 2, 2007

Great Pyramid Built Inside Out, French Architect Says National Geographic - April 2, 2007

Archaeologists have been unveiling the latest discoveries from the Saqqara necropolis, or city of the dead, south of Egypt's capital, Cairo. BBC - February 21, 2007

The Tassili n¹Ajjer: birthplace of ancient Egypt? Philip Coppens - February 9, 2007

Alexander's Afghan gold Al-Ahram - February 7, 2007

Ancient Semitic Snake Spells Deciphered in Egyptian Pyramid National Geographic - February 6, 2007

A sandstone lintel painted with gilded solar child deities was unearthed yesterday at the Temple of Mut in Luxor Al-Ahram - February 6, 2007

Sex and booze figured in Egyptian rites - Drinking Festival MSNBC - October 31, 2006

Egyptian Dentists' Tombs Found by Thieves National Geographic - October 24, 2006
Thieves lead to discovery of Egypt tombs - Pharaoh's Dentists BBC - October 23, 2006

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Mummy DNA Reveals Birth of Ancient Scourge Scientific American - October 9, 2006

Ancient humans 'followed rains' BCC - July 21, 2006
Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says National Geographic - July 20, 2006
Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated Live Science - July 20, 2006

Theory of Continental Drift

The Great Rift Valley Wikipedia

Satellite Captures Creation of New Continental Crust Scientific American - July 20, 2006
A new sea is forming in the desert of northeastern Ethiopia.

Secrets of ocean birth laid bare BBC - July 20, 2006

Satellite Captures Creation of New Continental Crust News in Science - July 20, 2006
A new sea is forming in the desert of northeastern Ethiopia. Millions of years from now, the pulling apart of the Arabian and Nubian tectonic plates will allow waters to rush in and widen the Red Sea.

Scientists: Earthquakes causing Red Sea to part MSNBC - July 19, 2006

Arabian tectonic plate and African plate are moving away from each other

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2,500 year-old sarcophagi uncovered CNN - June 26, 2006

Egyptian Temple Yields 17 Statues of Lion-Headed Goddess' National Geographic - March 14, 2006

Huge impact crater found in Egypt BBC - March 6, 2006
A giant crater made by a space impact millions of years ago has been found in Egypt's western desert.

Giant Ancient Egyptian Sun Temple Discovered in Cairo National Geographic - March 2, 2006


Archaeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo


Valley of the Kings KV 63
Ancient Flowers Found in Egypt Coffin in Egypt's Valley of the Kings "KV 63" National Geographic - June 30, 2006 - Follow-up to story below

Pharaonic tomb find stuns Egypt
BBC - February 10, 2006

Intact tomb found in Egypt's Valley of Kings
2 Part Story MSNBC - February 10, 2006

New Tomb Opened in Egypt's Valley of Kings
National Geographic

Archaeologists have discovered an intact, ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first since King Tutankhamun's Tomb was found in 1922. The tomb contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly century long belief that there's nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egypt's greatest pharaohs were buried.

Found in the tomb was the red granite head of King Amenhotep III - father of the Pharaoh Akhenaten.



Researchers discover 3,400-year-old artifact depicting Queen Ti MSNBC - January 25, 2006

Akhenaten was the son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy, a descendent of a Hebrew tribe.

Queen Tiy
wearing a double feathered crown

Ancient Egypt 'respected dwarfs' BBC - December 27, 2005

Glassmakers key to Egypt's status BBC - June 17, 2005

King Tut mania endures as artifcats return to the US ABC - June 9, 2005

The New World equivalent of the Gizeh pyramids may well be Teotihuacan
Its layout also mimics astronomical information, even that of Orion's Belt.

Ancient Pharaoh's Statue Found Discovery - June 6, 2005

Neferhotep was the 22nd king of the 13th Dynasty. The son of a temple priest in Abydos, he ruled Egypt from 1696-1686 BC. Buried for nearly 3,600 years, a rare statue of Egypt's King Neferhotep I has been brought to light in the ruins of Thebes.

In pictures: Egypt's most beautiful mummy ever discovered BBC - May 4, 2005

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri National Geographic - April 2005

Ancient necropolis found in Egypt BBC - April 2005
Archaeologists say they have found the largest funerary complex yet dating from the earliest era of ancient Egypt, more than 5,000 years ago

40 million year old whale found in Egyptian desert News in Science - April 2005

An American palaeontologist says he and a team of Egyptians have found what could be the most complete fossilised skeleton of the 40 million year old whale Basilosaurus isis in Egypt's Western Desert.

King Tut Liked Red Wine Science Daily - March 2005

King Tut Not Murdered Died from a Broken Leg Injury National Geographic - March 2005

Archaeologists Uncover Bead-Covered Mummy in Saqqara March 2005

The world's biggest meteorite field found in Egypt Pravda - October 2004

Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans National Geographic - September 2004

Hidden tomb found in pyramid's shadow MSNBC - September 2004

Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, revealed a 2,500-year-old hidden tomb under the shadow of one of Giza's three giant pyramids, containing 400 pinkie-finger-sized statues and six coffin-sized niches carved into granite rock.

Archaeologists have uncovered the real life site of the fabled ancient university of Alexandria Al Ahram - June 2004

Hundreds of Mummies Found in Egyptian Caves at Saqqara - 26th Dynasty National Geographic - May 2004

Ancient Egyptian Love Poems Reveal a Lust for Life National Geographic - April 2004

Bubonic Plague Traced to Ancient Egypt National Geographic - March 2004

The bubonic plague, or Black Death, may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study.

Mummified lion unearthed in Egypt BBC - January 2004 Archaeologists have uncovered the first example of a lion mummified by the ancient Egyptians, in the tomb of the woman who helped rear King Tutankhamun.

The Ibis - "Bird of the Pharaohs" Stages Comeback National Geographic - October 2003

Strange Egyptian mummy with four feet Science Daily - September 2003

U.S. Museum to Return Ramses I Mummy to Egypt May 2003 - National Geographic

Baseball invented by the ancient Egyptians SI - May 2003

Sakkara: 5,000 year old mummy found - oldest evidence of mummification BBC - April 2003

Rare Greek Scroll Found With Egyptian Mummy October 2002 - National Geographic

Opening Gatenbrink's Door National Geographic - September 2002


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