Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Check Up for Shep-en-min

Vassar's mummy has received its turn in the C.T. scan. The mummy, as indicated by the name of the God "Min," is from the Akmim area of Egypt. Happy, he is the son of another well-known mummy, that of Pahat.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS/804090351/-1/NEWS

The Akmim Mummy Consortium:

http://amscresearch.com/

Friday, April 4, 2008

New Website for Barcelona

In 1903, two tombs were found in the Valley of the Queens. These elaborately decorated tombs were created for the New Kingdom queens, prince's and princesses.

However, the tombs were full of coffins and mummies from the Third Intermediate Period, including a family of gardeners. How much of the original burials remained is a mystery to me, but I would suspect little. Most of these coffins are now in Italy; six intact examples were retained in Egypt.

http://www.museuegipci.com/index.php?&lang=en

Mummification Museum Lecture

Here we have a lecture by Mr. Mansour Boraik on the Karnak temple and a possible tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=761

Valley of the Kings:

http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=748

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The King's Wife Tiye

Here are pictures of the recently found statue from the mortuary temple of Tiye's husband, Amenhotep III.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/photogalleries/Egypt-pictures/index.html