Tag: egypt
King Tut’s Father ID’d in Stone Inscription
by admin on Dec.21, 2008, under Archaeology
By: Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
“Dec. 17, 2008 — An inscribed limestone block might have solved one of history’s greatest mysteries — who fathered the boy pharaoh King Tut.”
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A Team in Egypt is Working to Uncover Statue of a Pharaoh
by admin on Dec.16, 2008, under Archaeology
Cairo
13 December 2008
“An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt’s well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh Ramses II is buried in the southern Egyptian town of Sohag.”
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A 4300 year old pyramid was discovered in Saqqara
by admin on Nov.11, 2008, under Archaeology
Source: AFP
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“CAIRO (AFP) — A 4,300-year-old pyramid has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo, Egypt’s culture minister said on Tuesday.
Faruq Hosni made the announcement at a press conference in Saqqara, an ancient burial ground which dates back to 2,700 BC and is dominated by the massive bulk of King Zoser’s step pyramid, the first ever built.”
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