Interior of the Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II

 This is the left side interior looking towards the foot of the sarcophagus of Nectanebo II, which was later drilled to be a ritual bath at the Attarin Mosque in Alexandria. The sarcophagus came to the British Museum as a gift of King George III, who acquired it from the Napoleon expedition through the Treaty of Alexandria.

Photo: Many thanks to Michael Harding

Discoveries at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III

Here we have an article of recent discoveries made by archaeologists at the site of the 18th dynasty mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390-1352B.C.. The recent finds include a rare colossal alabaster statue of the king and a granodiorite head of a deity.

The king's temple of millions of years was likely destroyed by an earthquake, little more than a hundred years after it's completion, with many of its stones removed and reused for the mortuary temple of the 19th dynasty king Merenptah, ca. 1213-1203B.C..

The temple was built in the inundation zone next to the Nile, which meant the temple would have been flooded during that period of the year, destabilizing its foundations.

Seeing Pyramids Through Clumsy Protocol

Here we have an article from Dr. Hawass on the recent BBC article on infrared satellite images, which were advertised as showing seventeen unexcavated pyramids and thousands of archaeological sites. Dr. Hawass is displeased as the article went out without his approval, which is proper protocol, and he disputes the findings published.

Unseen Markings in Great Pyramid

A robot travelling up the so-called air shaft of the great pyramid has found red builders' markings behind a door with metal pins in it in the shaft. The robot was built by engineer Rob Richardson from the University of Leeds as part of the Djedi project, with Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's minister of state for antiquities affairs, as the director of the project.

The pyramid was built for the Old Kingdom king Khufu about 2600bc probably as his tomb. Project Djedi is named after a magician whom King Khufu consulted on the building of his tomb.