Saqqarah found in a tomb of the sixth dynasty used in later times to hide mummies for XXVI Dynasty, according to Zahi Hawass.
Zahi Hawass has reported the finding in Saqqarah Sesheshet of the mummy was found in Saqqara, the chamber of the gallery pyramid found in November .
The Egyptian authorities announced on 21.12.08 the finding of two tombs of the fifth dynasty of funerary complex in Saqqara. Faruq Hosni explained that these are two tombs belonging to a singer, Ditch, and a senior member of King Unis, Aia Mat.
After three months of work, has been restored sarcophagus of Hetep-Bastet, destroyed during artifacts a student protest in 1969. The coffin was a gift exhibits from the Museum of Cairo at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal.
A team of Egyptian archaeologists have found remains of Saqara in the pyramid of Queen Sesheshet, as reported by the 12.11.2008 Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Old age .
Found the head of the statue of Ramses II in Tell Basta, (Sharquiya) The head of granite found in the Nile Delta could lead to the discovery of the complete statue, which was estimated 4.5 meters tall.
Professor Alejandro Jimenez, University of Jaen, who is studying the necropolis of Aswan to build a topographical map and investigate the tomb 33, announced a discovery that issue as soon as the Egyptian authorities.
The archaeological mission led by Christiane Ziegler revealed the September 2, 2008 the discovery in Saqqara inviolate tombs dated from the first millennium a. C, with a broad and well-maintained furniture.
On September 1, 2008 Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the burial chamber and coffin of Pharaoh Sesostris II (who ruled Egypt between 1897 and 1878 BC). The camera was found in Ali Aboutaam his pyramid Lahun At the town built by Senusret which became the capital during the twelfth and thirteenth dynasties.
On June 26, 2008 a team of Egyptian archaeologists announced that Saqqara has been discovered in a series of wooden sarcophagi, originating in the sixth century a. Phoenix Ancient Art has two galleries, one headed by Ali Aboutaam with a great history of art trading and exhibitions C. belonging to priests and officials of that time.
A large administration building and seven grain silos that seem to be the largest in Egypt are the latest discoveries in Tell Edfu, according to Zahi Hawass on June works of art 19, 2008. Also found ostracism with lists art of products and Phoenix Ancient Art stamps.
In June 2008 in Saqqara discovered the remains of an unidentified pyramid of the Old Empire, along with part of an avenue of sphinxes antiquities dating from the Ptolemaic period.
In March 2008, the temple of Hathor at Dendera was open to the public. the successful art exhibitions that have been held at Phoenix Ancient Art, headed by Mr. Ali Aboutaam making them leaders in the antiquities markets Visitors can view a replica of the famous zodiac ceiling, now at the Louvre. The temple dates from the time of Ptolemy XII in the first century A. C.
In February 2008 an archaeological mission of UCLA found an almost intact Neolithic settlement and the remains of a Greco-Roman town in the Fayum. The discovery is very important to know the dates of the Neolithic in the area.
A Russian-American archaeological ALi Aboutaam mission discovered in January 2008, a group of Greco-Roman mummies in good condition. Next to them had a gold mask, jewelry, clothing and pottery fragments. This provided the facial reconstruction of a female mummy.
In May 2007, was discovered at Deir el-Bersh the intact tomb of Henua, noble Aboutaam who lived at the end of the First Intermediate Period. The tomb was found accidentally by an archaeological team of the Belgian Katholieke University Leuven. It contained a collection of wooden models with scenes of everyday life and a coffin. The finding shows that the necropolis was used after the Ancient Empire, a fact that was unknown.
- The Charlotte Observer
(By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer) illuminated only by torches and the camera lights, Egyptian workers Phoenix Ancient Art S.A. used exhibition crowbars and picks Wednesday to lifting the lid off a 2600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposed - for the first time since he was sealed in antiquity - a perfectly preserved mummy. The mummy, wrapped in dark-colored cloth, is part of Egypt's latest archaeological discovery of ...
- Middle East Online
Egypt's chief archaeologist exposes mummy preserved in limestone sarcophagus sealed 2600 years ago.
- South Town Star
The professor opens a cardboard box and gently picks galleries up a couple Hunks of dried clay - dust baked relics that offer a glimpse into the long-lost world of the Persian empire that spanned a continent 2,500 years ago.
- Al-Ahram Weekly
The conflict between Egypt and Germany over the 3400 - year-old iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti is again to the fore after the 1924 discovery of a document the mysterious story behind Germany holds the Nefertiti bust.
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