More than 80 New Kingdom Ushabtis figures of 15 cm were found by a research team led by Spanish Egyptologist Dr. José Manuel Galán. The Spanish archaeologists have also made two more discoveries: a pet cemetery and a new burial chamber.

Zahi Hawass the Minister of State for Antiquities will open 7 tombs in the New Kingdom Cemetery in South Saqqara for tourism for the first time. This site contains the famous tomb of Maya, who was the treasurer of King Tutankhamun, as well as the tomb of Horemheb.

In the last few days Sakkara has been ransacked. The tomb of Maia seems to be destroyed and even the reliefs in the burial chamber have been hacked out.

Twelve sphinx statues have been found near the Karnak Temple in Luxor. The statues were found by a mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, which was excavating in the area of the Sphinx Alley which leads to the temple. The statues date back to the reign of King Nectanebo I (380-363 BC), the last pharaoh of the 30th Dynasty.

The Science Museum of Minnesota has decided it’s time to strip away some of the mystery from the mummy it acquired in 1925 as a donation from the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Crosby. A few hints came in 1983 when radiographic studies revealed that all internal organs except the heart had been removed during the mummification process. Findings from those tests supported the museum’s theory that the mummy probably was a priest.

Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the desert sand since 19th century treasure hunters first carted off some of its decorative wall panels. Ptahmes, the mayor of Memphis, also served as army chief, overseer of the treasury and royal scribe under Seti I and his son and successor, Ramses II.

A red granite colossus of Thoth was unearthed at the northwestern side of King Amenhotep III’s funerary temple on the west bank of Luxor. Afifi Rohayem, the assistant of the mission’s director, said that the site could contain an avenue of Thoth statues that once outlined the original path leading to the temple.

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a colossal statue head of Amenhotep III. The red granite head, part of a larger 3,000 year-old statue, was discovered at the site of the pharaoh's funerary temple in Luxor, Egypt's culture ministry said in a statement.

Excavations 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.

Article about three New Kingdom tombs (although one may date from the Late Period) belonging to Theban officials. The first is the tomb of Amen-Em-Opet, an official bearing the title of Supervisor of Hunters, two other tombs which had previously only been described as “two undecorated tombs [that were] found to the north-west of Amen-Em-Opet's.”