Dec-2008. Number of serious excavations are run at once in the Valley of the kings. The excavations all under Mr. Hawas auspices. A discovered concealment 18th dynasty? A royal tomb ? Copyrig ©Musegypt
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Nov-2008. A newly discovered pyramid in the royal necropolis of Sakkara. A new pyramid for an Egyptian queen was discovered by an Egyptian excavation team in Sakkara, the pyramid was a royal tomb for queen Sesheshet , wife of king Titi who was the founder of the 6th dynasty"2345-2333" B.C. Sesheshat's pyramid original height was 14 meter with 22 meter wide-base. Hawas mentioned that he had started serial excavations in Sakkara since 20 years ago as he rediscovered a pyramid for the queen " Khuit" who was the main one for king Titi. Hawas "the chairman of the supreme council of antiquities "added that the whole belongings will be transferred to Cairo museum. Copyrig ©Musegypt .
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August-2008. Heliopolis, a huge temple and a massive statue both for king Ramsess II were discovered in Un city " modern Heliopolis" by an Egyptian delegation under the auspices of the supreme council of antiquities. Also a foundation for a cenotaph in side the same temple which reinforces the idea of following that tradition in early Egyptian temples as it was traditional with Tanis temples. The Egyptian delegation discovered a stone-head for god Khepri the scarab-god and a statute for the cat-goddess " Bastet" from EL Akhbar-newspaper.
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"Un" also was the largest university and the oldest ever and it is believed that the title universe and university were driven from "Un". Un dates back to the pre-dynastic"6000-4000 B.C" Also Un was quite famous of its genius mathematicians who thought the whole universe the principles of the mathematics and the geometrics. Only I wish inform you that Pythagoras was one of its students" please read my article about the Rhind mathematical papyrus" Copyrig ©Musegypt
July-2008
Valley of the cemeteries, north of Abydos. The Egyptian supreme council of antiquities has announced a new discovery in Abydos by An archaeological delegation. A newly discovered sacred-Bird catacombs contained four jars for preserving mummified eagles found in a bet 1.5 meter in depth. In addition to a mass burial for seven mummified falcons and three mummies of eagles as well as some statues of Ushabties and some stone implements. Also they found some human burials that were related to the sacred-birds culture. Akhbar newspaper.Copyrig ©Musegypt
Saturday, March 08, 2008
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March, 2008. Some new tombs were discovered by the Spanish excavation of Madrid national museum in the ancient capital of Ahnasia, south of Egypt. The newly discovered tombs date back to the 1st intermediate period where Ahnasia "modern Bani suwiff" was the capital of the ninth and the tenth dynasties, 2191-2040 B.C. Most of the tombs were built out of mud-brick and limestone. This discovery throws the light on the 1st intermediate period which was a dark age described to be chaotic as Egypt had lost it's unification. Akhbar newspaper.Copyrig ©Musegypt
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March,10th , south-Sinai, a cave has been discovered by the Egyptian excavations dates back to the early Christian era. The cave was a shelter for the early Christian Copts during the fourth and the fifth centuries and while the persecution and torture done by the Roman Empire. The cave is about 2.5mW and 6mL and has some Coptic inscriptions and Greek. The cave locates 50 km far from Ras Sedar city and it found in the middle Moses bath mountain. Ahram Newspaper. Copyrig ©Musegypt. Posted by YASSER KAMEL
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K.V5, the work had been resumed
February/March-2008. The work has been resumed in K.V5 by the Egyptian/American excavation teams in order to reveal more secrets about this massive subterranean tomb. The massive tomb entitled K.V5 probably dates back to the 18th dynasty and seems that had been used by king Ramsess II, 1300 B.C for what exceeds sixty royal sons which makes K.V5 to be the largest discovered tomb for a family in the entire history. The tomb was discovered by the British excavator James Barton in 1824 then got lost a while until it had been re-found by Howard Carter in early 1900 then it disappeared one more time till the Egyptian/American excavation had discovered it in 1999. Copyrig ©Musegypt
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March, 2008, The Egyptian supreme council of antiquities is searching for twenty royal –tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
The Egyptian supreme council of antiquities under the patronage of Zahi Hawas dedicated an Egyptian delegation to search for some royal tombs which exceed 20 tombs for queens and some tombs for kings. The Egyptian excavation will be searching for the tombs of Ramsess VIII and Thutmoses II in addition to twenty tombs of queens that date back to the 18th dynasty. Hawas mentioned that the recent Egyptian excavation in the Valley of the Kings had discovered an aushapti statue about 1200 B.C and some pottery in the tomb of king Seti I.Akhabar newspaper.Copyrig ©Musegypt
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APRIEL-2008, Dahab, Tal el mashraba had been added to the Egyptian map of antiquities. The area of Tal el mashraba has lots of ruins that date back to varities of periods as it had been used for serving the northern harbor of Dahab. Some ruins were for storerooms and silos which were used by some of the Nabataens. The Nabataens had settled in Tal elmashraba starting from the first century B.C. The site had been excavated since 1989. El akhbar newspaper.Copyrig ©Musegypt
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