Kom Firin I: The Ramesside Temple and the Site Survey

This monograph from the British Museum's fieldwork at Kom Firin in the Nile delta is based on a site created around the time of Ramses II.

Funeral of Tutankhamun

I am probably the last person to catch this article from Archaeology magazine on "The Funeral of Tutankhamun". The article has lots of nice pictures of beautiful artifacts connected to the boy king's funeral.

A Look at Dr. Hawass

This article on Dr. Zahi Hawass portrays the doctor as an angry, egotistical narcissist who fakes discoveries and claims credit for the discoveries of others. The fine Dr. Hawass may well be Egypt's most famous son and is responsible for the return of thousands of stolen artifacts, but charm is sometimes lacking.

Cave of the Beasts

Amateur explorers have stumbled upon a cave filled with paintings that may be at least 8000 years old. The cave known as "Cave of the beasts" is located within a few miles of the famous "Cave of the swimmers" in the southwest desert that borders Egypt with Libya and Sudan.

German archaeologist Rudolph Kuper said of the paintings that they were more than likely created by hunter-gatherers. Kuper's team has scanned the paintings with a laser to get high-definition images of the work.