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Re: More finds from Egypt (Where else?)
« Reply #125 on: July 19, 2018, 09:12:32 PM »
The potter's wheel - Well, the one that's 4,ooo years old, anyway. A very rare finf - an example of a 'factory' dating from around the time of Snefru or Khufu, bulders of the first 'true' pyramids...but found at the very south of 'classical' Old Kingdom Egypt - Aswan. https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/07/archaeologists-find-ancient-pottery.html#tGsSgXriMKexgDCL.97
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Re: More finds from Egypt (Where else?)
« Reply #126 on: July 27, 2018, 09:25:59 AM »
 Good news and bad news. The bad news is that Zahi Hawass is in charge of this....Egyptology's political - with a small 'p', and Hawass is a very controversial figure in many circles - plagiarism, self-aggrandisement and narcissism are only three of the charges laid at his feet. The good news is that, at last, a decent survey of the area near KV 62 - Tutankhamun's tomb, is going to take place. We know of 64 designated tombs in the Valley - and a probable 65th - but we suspect there should, by rights, be two or three others which we have not, as yet found. Watch this space..... https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40627/New-excavation-works-led-by-Zahi-Hawas-take-place-in
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« Reply #127 on: July 31, 2018, 10:33:55 PM »
Re-excavation of a site at Beni-Hassawn, in Middle Egypt, has yielded important finds from Egypt Middle Kingdom....from about 1900 BC. Tombs of two 'nomarchs'; effectively, mayors of nomes - provinces of Egypt. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/308828/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Burial-chambers-of-two-Middle-Kingdom-officials-di.aspx
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Re: More finds from Egypt (Where else?)
« Reply #128 on: August 10, 2018, 08:51:06 AM »
The riddle of the Sphinx. Well, not really, but it sounds good. There are literally hundreds of them dating from all eras of Egypt's history, bearing images of gods and kingss. Even the one at Giza wasn't the first one! Anyway, someone's stuck a shovel in the sand and found another one. http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/55645/New-sphinx-discovered-in-Luxor
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Re: More finds from Egypt (Where else?)
« Reply #129 on: August 15, 2018, 08:04:41 PM »
......for mice with a craving...... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815105307.htm World's oldest identifiable cheese found.
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« Reply #130 on: August 16, 2018, 09:51:59 PM »
From the Beeb today: confirmation that mummification - as an artificial process - is far older than we thought. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45175764 This finding confirms Doctor Joann Fletcher's theory that the first attempts at mummification by artificial means began before the Pharonic state itself was founded.
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« Reply #131 on: August 27, 2018, 02:33:55 PM »
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« Reply #132 on: September 03, 2018, 09:08:47 AM »
This one's a biggie. The Nile Delta is an archaeologist's nightmare - organic remains rot in the swampy, salty conditions - but this is a major find; a Neolithic village with substantial organic remains dating from around 4100BC - a thousand years before the first united Egyptian state. Already, even at this date, it seems trade was extant - bits of pottery and stone which can only have come from Syria have been found there. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/310709.aspx
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« Reply #133 on: September 05, 2018, 04:19:29 PM »
A youtube video from Egypt'a Ministry of Antiquities showing the discovery of a tomb dating to around the twelfth dynasty at the Lisht/Dahshur necropolis. No names yet, but from what I can see, it looks like dating to the later part of the dynasty, probably to the riegn of Amenemhet III. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqwt0YhjzQ&feature=youtu.be
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« Reply #134 on: September 17, 2018, 06:45:10 PM »
Sphinxes became symbols, both of divine protection of the king, and divine kingship, down through the Pharonic age. The earliest example represents the mother of Kafre, who himself created the 'Great Sphinx' of Giza. This latest find from Upper (Southern) Egyptdates from the Ptolemaic period, and, from its' style,probably around 250 BC https://www.egyptindependent.com/archaeological-team-at-kom-ombo-temple-unearth-sphinx-statue/
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« Reply #135 on: September 18, 2018, 03:52:20 PM »
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« Reply #136 on: September 21, 2018, 03:54:37 PM »
One of the biggest problems in Egyptology is illegal smuggling of antiquities to suit the private market. Such finds are never catalogued or documented properly, and often the context in which they were originally placed is as important as the object itself. Egypt has been trying hard, with limited resources, to recover these stolen antiquities. Here's one  repatriated - from London. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/311942/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/A-relief-of-king-Amenhotep-I-recovered-from-London.aspx
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« Reply #137 on: September 26, 2018, 03:24:15 PM »
Right through the history of Ancient Egypt, ther main centre - capital - was ant Men-Nefer (Greek; Memphis, modern Mit Rahina) Not much is left of what was a stupendus site, bordered as it was by the enormous burial centre of Sakkara. Here's the latest pics from the newest find, dating from the early Roman period. https://apnews.com/e3c67e17833542fa8d07584b3f3eb58f
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« Reply #138 on: September 29, 2018, 10:31:48 AM »
South Assasif (more properly el-Assasif) near Luxor, has proven incredibly rich in finds over the last five years - thirty or more major discoveries. The area was used for burils from around 1900-500 BC, therefore much of the history, changing artistic and religio-political thought of Upper Egypt is buried there. Here's the latest find. http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/58219/Egyptian-Archeological-Mission-uncovers-2-ancient-tombs-in-Luxor
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« Reply #139 on: October 01, 2018, 10:37:36 AM »
Not a tomb, but probably more interesting to the Egyptologist. Two rock carvings, separated by a thousand years, uncovered at Aswan - the natural southern border of "Egypt proper"; one of Seti I, father of Ramesses II, the other of a Ptolemy...both classical Egyptian in style. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/01/c_137504563.htm
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« Reply #140 on: October 01, 2018, 01:31:24 PM »
The tomb of the Keeper of Secrets has bee foud. NO, not some pyramidiot's fantasy, or even a masonic precursor, but just one of the titles born by an officialof the fifth dynasty. The discovery was announced today. Sorry, Dan Brown devotees. https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/10/czech-archaeologists-discover-keeper-of.html#!/2018/10/czech-archaeologists-discover-keeper-of.html
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« Reply #141 on: October 05, 2018, 08:50:50 AM »
A nice report on the latest find at Abusir; that previously announced dyn V tomb. https://cegu.ff.cuni.cz/en/2018/10/02/the-discovery-of-the-tomb-of-priest-kaires/
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« Reply #142 on: October 12, 2018, 03:58:47 PM »
Another day, another find: This one's significant. It dates to the dawn of the New Kingdom, when very powerful ladies, such as Tetisheri, Ahmes Nefertari, and Ahotep,  guided, sometimes even led, the armies of Lower Egypt against the occupying Hyksos, and eventually helped craft a united kingdom after nurturing three generations of "warrior kings!". It shows the vital importance of powerful women in this period; https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/10/egyptian-archaeologist-discover-stela.html?view=magazine#!/2018/10/egyptian-archaeologist-discover-stela.
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« Reply #143 on: October 26, 2018, 01:59:44 PM »
Finally, Heliopolis is getting its' day in the sun. (See wot I did there). This was once the religious capital of Egypt for over three thousand years, but has all but vanished under modern Cairo. However, more and more clues as to the vast, imposing sight it must have been in its' heyday are turning up; this time a base for a pavillion or temple shrine of Ramesses II has been uncovered. Yes, yet another Ramesses II monument.... https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/10/booth-of-ramses-ii-discovered-by-egyptian-archaeologists/122017?fbclid=IwAR0A_9z-J0hSmK7L6-eqM4qCtuwFneLMsBJN7y8Oqs6bmp8YRLizeu1_uPg
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« Reply #144 on: November 01, 2018, 09:19:11 AM »
For any pyramidiots out there wh still think it was aliens wot did it..... A new report to depress you. https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/10/discovered-how-ancient-egyptians-moved.html#!/2018/10/discovered-how-ancient-egyptians-moved.html
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« Reply #145 on: November 10, 2018, 10:50:00 PM »
It's a bug's...er....death. A spectacular fifth dynasty tomb, re-used for later mummified animals around 600-4-- BC, including scarab beetles! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-discovery/ancient-egyptian-tombs-yield-rare-find-of-mummified-scarab-beetles-idUSKCN1NF0KY?fbclid=IwAR2hS0XFCN-84mcCxyPJbuGVStiS9WGZMB2cKLBzsxUKtaoku9964xvHquo
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« Reply #146 on: November 16, 2018, 09:22:38 AM »
A rather patheticdiscovery unvieled this time; an almost unique female mummy....who died in pregnancy. https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/11/3500-year-burial-of-pregnant-woman.html?m=1#!/2018/11/3500-year-burial-of-pregnant-woman.html
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« Reply #147 on: November 24, 2018, 02:30:01 PM »
 Egypt: ther gift that keepsbon giving. This time, an example of recycling, Egyptian style. A rather important tomb, dating to the start of Egypt's 'golden age', the eighteenth dynasty, discovered recently...revealing some later twenty fifth and twenty sixth dynisty intact intrusive burials. https://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/11/breaking-news-3000-year-tomb-contains.html#!/201 8/11/breaking-news-3000-year-tomb-contains.html
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« Reply #148 on: November 27, 2018, 02:54:35 PM »
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« Reply #149 on: November 29, 2018, 01:49:40 PM »
Another day, anotherannouncement. Thistime, Giza...near the pyramid plateau,eight superbly preservedLate Period cartonagesarcophagiwith intact mummies. From thebrilliant images, they look likevery late Egyptian specimens, just before the time ofAlexander the Great. I'dsay around 400 BC. https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/11/eight-limestone-sarcophagi-with-mummies.html#PpAKG256iQ3xBIj7.97
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