Among the finds of this past year was an Old Kingdom pyramid belonging to Queen Sesheshet of Dynasty 6. This find was moderately interesting, as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of King Unas.
Among the stars of 2008 in Egyptology must certainly be the CT scanning done on the royal mummies, including unknown man "E," whose death and burial may not have been as brutal as some previous exams led us to believe.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-22/secrets-of-the-screaming-man/
But CT scanning was very popular for other mummies, too.
Nellie:
Shep en min:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS/804090351/-1/NEWS
Unknown Mummy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7562430.stm
Son of Ramses II?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1581787/Egyptian-mummy-exhibit-is-son-of-Ramesses-II.html
Mdina's Mummy:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080428/local/the-mummy-with-a-story-to-tell
Plus the discoveries of mummies of the Old and Middle Kingdoms:
Neferinpu:
Iker:
The discovery of monuments in Egypt, including:
That big, ugly head of Ramses II
Lovely Queen Tiye:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/photogalleries/Egypt-pictures/index.html
The return of stolen objects includes:
The head of Amenhotep III:
The eye of Amenhotep III was stolen from Karnak :
While the battle for others continues:
Mask of Kanefernefer:
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2008/10/st-louis-art-museum-and-cultural.html
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