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A scientific tool for converting calendar dates mentioned in Greek and Demotic Papyri from Egypt into Julian dates, from the reign of Psametik to Diocletian.
News from Ancient Egypt
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Start of build phase 3 of the Grand Egyptian Museum
Posted: February 5th, 2010Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the third stage of the project will be completed in 26 months, noting that GEM would be open for visitors by mid 2012.
Amenemhat I. naos fragment returns to Karnak
Posted: February 5th, 2010Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass returned a piece of red granite belonging to an ancient Egyptian temple to its rightful place - the base of Amenemhat I's naos. The naos piece was returned to Egypt last October by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, after it was purchased by the Museum from an antiquities collector in New York.
Egypt tightens penalties for relics robbers, smugglers
Posted: February 2nd, 2010Parliament amended Egypt's antiquities law on Monday to bring in stiffer punishments for the theft and smuggling of relics while granting patent rights to the country's antiquities council. The amendment requires Egyptians who have antiquities to report their possessions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, headed by Zahi Hawass, in six months. The sale of antiquities is still banned.
Egypt to soon announce King Tut DNA test results
Posted: February 1st, 2010Egypt will soon reveal the results of DNA tests made on Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his lineage, the antiquities department said. Speaking at a conference, archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said he would announce the results of the DNA tests and the CAT scans on Feb. 17. The results will be compared to those made of King Amenhotep III, who may have been Tutankamun's grandfather.
Restauration of avenue of the sphinxes on its way
Posted: January 30th, 2010Excavations on part of an ancient 2.7km avenue of sphinxes that once linked temples in Luxor and Karnak should be completed in March, Egypt's antiquities chief said. Archaeologists have so far uncovered 65 of the 1 350 sphinxes that lined a path between temples during the time of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
Queen Berenike's Bastet Temple Discovered in Alexandria
Posted: January 19th, 2010Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the temple of Queen Berenike as well as 600 Ptolemaic statues in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in what may be the first traces of the ancient city’s royal quarters, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.
Did Howard Carter Steal from the Tomb of Tutankhamun?
Posted: January 16th, 2010Documents show that Howard Carter cheated on many counts, manipulating photographs, forging documentation on the discovery and deceiving the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Objects in several museums have now been revealed to belong to Tutankhamun's treasures.
4th Dynasty tombs discovered near pyramids of Giza
Posted: January 10th, 2010Egyptian archaeologists discovered a new set of tombs belonging to the workers who built the great pyramids. The most important new tomb discovered belonged to a man named Idu and the statement described it as rectangular in structure, with a plaster covered mud brick outside casing.The tomb also featured burial shafts encased in white limestone. Further grave sites were found around the main tomb, including burial shafts containing skeletons and clay pots.
New tombs found at Saqqara
Posted: January 4th, 2010Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient Saqqara necropolis, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said. One of two tombs found, which were carved out of stone, consists of a vast chamber that branches off into many alcoves. One alcove contained skeletons and pottery, and led to another chamber with a seven-metre-deep well.