Posted in News on Jun 16th, 2007
Joint Egyptian-Polish expedition started the dig of fully preserved tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep I in Kings Valley near Luxor. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, archeologists are close to the greatest discovery. He considers the discovery in Dra Abu al-Naga region as important as the discovery [...]
Posted in News on Jun 6th, 2007
Zahi Hawass, Chief of Antiquities in Egypt, is adamant that he wants key historical pieces back in Egypt where they belong.
On the top of his wish list is a bust of Nefertiti (currently in the Berlin museum) and the Rosetta Stone (in the British museum). he also has many other pieces from around the world [...]
Posted in News on Jun 5th, 2007
Not to be undone by Belgian archaeologists, a Dutch team has recently discovered a new tomb in Egypt.
South-west of Cairo, at Saqqara, the 3500 year old tomb belongs to a high ranking priest of the god Aton. His name was Meri Neet and he served under the pharoah Akhenaton.
Though the burial chamber was found [...]
Posted in News on Jun 4th, 2007
Here’s an interesting video clip that looks into the methods that ancient Egyptians used for mathematical calculations.
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Experts long believed that the ancient Egyptian’s knowledge of mathematics was actually quite limited, especially when compared with our modern decimal system.
However, this clip goes to show that their grasp of binary is in fact a much simpler method [...]
Posted in News on Jun 2nd, 2007
A team, led by Professor Harco Willems, have discovered the tomb of Henu, a man who lived around 2050 BC.
The discovery was made at the Middle Egyptian site of Deir el-Bersha. Hidden in the rear chambers of an already known tomb of Uky, Henu’s tomb was found to be totally undisturbed and intact.
Besides Henu’s mummy, [...]