Archive for February, 2009
Wooden sarcophaguses found in Egypt tomb
by admin on Feb.26, 2009, under Archaeology
“Japanese archaeologists working in Egypt have found four wooden sarcophaguses and associated grave goods which could date back up to 3,300 years, the Egyptian government said on Thursday.
The team from Waseda University in Tokyo discovered the anthropomorphic sarcophaguses in a tomb in the Sakkara necropolis, about 25 km (15 miles) south of Cairo, the Supreme Council for Antiquities said in a statement.”
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Google dismisses ‘Atlantis find’
by admin on Feb.24, 2009, under Archaeology
Quote from BBC:
“The Lost City of Atlantis is still lost – despite hopes that Google Earth had located the fabled city on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
Observers noted what seemed to be a grid of streets and the outlines of a big city on the sea floor about 960km (600 miles) off the African coast.”
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Ancient statue found buried at Egypt Giza pyramids
by admin on Feb.24, 2009, under Archaeology
Quote from Reuters:
“CAIRO (Reuters) – Maintenance workers at Egypt’s Giza Pyramids have found an ancient quartzite statue of a seated man buried close to the surface of the desert, the culture ministry said on Tuesday.
The statue, about life-size at 149 cm (five feet) tall, was found north of the smallest of Giza’s three main pyramids, the tomb of the fourth dynasty Pharaoh Mycerinus, who ruled in the 26th century BC, the ministry said in a statement.”
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King Tut’s statue found in northern Iraq
by admin on Feb.23, 2009, under Archaeology
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” Kurdish archaeological expedition has found a small statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen in northern Iraq.”
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