Ancient Egypt Temples Found at Gateway Fortress National Geographic - May 1, 2009
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
The authors suggest the stones that make up the Giza plateau, Fayum and Abydos monuments must have been carved out of natural stone as they reveal what chunks of the sea floor must have looked like over 4000 years ago, when the buildings were erected. "The observed random emplacement and strictly homogenous distribution of the fossil shells within the whole rock is in harmony with their initial in situ setting in a fluidal sea bottom environment," write Professor Ioannis Liritzis and his colleagues from the University of the Aegean and the University of Athens.
The researchers analyzed the mineralogy, as well as the chemical makeup and structure, of small material samples chiselled from the Sphinx Temple; the Osirion Shaft; the Valley Temple; the Cheops, Khefren and Menkaure pyramids at Giza; Osirion at Abydos; the Temple of Seti I at Abydos; and Qasr el-Sagha at Fayum. X-ray diffraction and radioactivity measurements, which can penetrate solid materials to help illuminate their composition, were carried out.
The analysis determined the primary building materials were pinky granites, black and white granites, sandstones and various types of limestones. The latter contained numerous shell fossils of the genus Nummulites, simple marine organisms whose name means 'little coins'. "At Cheops alone they constituted a proportion of up to 40% of the whole building stone rock," the researchers write in the latest issue of the Journal of Cultural Heritage.
Nummulites that lived during the Eocene period around 55.8-33.9 million years ago are most commonly found in Egyptian limestone.
Fossils have also been unearthed at other sites, such as in Turkey and throughout the Mediterranean. When nummulites are bisected horizontally they appears as a perfect spiral. Since they were common in ancient Egypt, it's believed the shells were used as coins, perhaps explaining their name. Fossils of their ancient marine relatives - sand dollars, starfish and sea urchins - were also detected in the Egyptian limestone.
Intact fossils throughout the stone -- The fossils are largely undamaged and are distributed in a random manner within the stone, in accordance with their typical distribution at sea floors. So, Liritzis and his team argue that the large building stones used to construct the monuments must have been carved out of natural stone instead of cast in moulds. To further their argument, the scientists say the x-ray patterns detect no presence of lime, which would be expected along with the salt natron, which would indicate cast materials. They also point out there are no references of moulds, buckets or other casting tools in early Egyptian paintings, sculptures or texts.
Carved or cast? - Joseph Davidovits, professor and director of France's Geopolymer Institute, formulated the theory that natural limestone was cast like concrete to build the pyramids. Davidovits says that Liritzis and his team "should have taken into account the scientific analysis" he and other researchers conducted before backing the carved-not-cast hypothesis.
Robert Temple, co-director of the Project for Historical Dating and a visiting research fellow at universities in the US, Egypt and Greece, has also studied Egypt's monuments. He agrees with Davidovits about the casting. "There is no evidence known that suggests the ancient Egyptians had cranes," he says. "Without cranes, it is difficult to imagine how they could have lifted giant stones, some as heavy as 200 tonnes." Temple, however, agrees about the importance of the fossils. "Egyptian pyramid blocks of limestone tend to contain fossil shells and nummulites, often huge quantities of them, many of them intact, and many of them of surprisingly large size," he says. "Frankly, not many people pay attention to the shells, which I have always thought was a shame. 'Seashells in the desert' - a good story."
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 ...
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
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
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
"Inside one coffin was maybe one of the best mummies ever preserved," Hawass told reporters at the excavation site in the cemetery of Saqqara, a barren hillside pocked with ancient graves about 15 miles south of Cairo. "The chest of the mummy is covered with beads. Most of the mummies of this period about 500 B.C. - the beads are completely gone, but this mummy has them all," he said, standing over one of the mummies that was swathed in turquoise blue beads and bound in strips of black linen. The names of the mummies have not been determined, but the tomb is thought to be that of a middle-class official. Hawass said the wooden coffins, called anthropoids because they were in the shape of human beings, bore inscriptions dating to the 26th Dynasty, together with a statue of a deity called Petah Sakar. Petah was the god of artisans, Hawass said, while Sakar was the god of the cemetery. The door was hidden behind 4,200-year-old statues of a man believed to have been Meri, the tutor of Pepi II, and Meri's wife, whose name was not revealed.
Meri also was believed to oversee four sacred boats found in the pyramids, which were buried with Egypt's kings to help them in the afterlife, Hawass said. "I believe this discovery can enrich us about two important periods in our history, the Old Kingdom, which dates back to 4,200 years, and the 26th Dynasty, that was 2,500 years ago," Hawass said. According to tradition, Pepi II - the last ruler of the 6th Dynasty - ruled from 2278-2184 B.C., one of the longest reigns in ancient Egyptian history. Naguib Kanawati, the head of the Australian team from Sydney's Macquarie University, said the site had fallen into neglect after Pepi II's rule and was covered by 50 feet of sand, until it was used again as a cemetery 2,600 years later. "By that time the art of mummification was perfected to the extreme," Kanawati said.
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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