The Amarna period, roughly 1353-1336 BCE, introduced a new form of art that completely contradicted what was known and revered in the Egyptian culture. The pharaoh Amenhotep IV not only changed his name from Amenhotep to Akhenaten, and the religion… Continue Reading
A new complex representing a model of the mythical Tomb of Osiris was discovered in Sheikh Abd el-Gourna, inside the unpublished tomb of Kampp -327-. The Canarian-Tuscan Archaeological Mission directed by Dr. María Milagros Álvarez Sosa and deputy director Dr.… Continue Reading
Czech archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a previously unknown queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago, officials in Egypt have said. The tomb was discovered in Abu Sir, an Old Kingdom… Continue Reading
At Luxor, Egyptologists have discovered the sarcophagus of a priestess of the god Amun. http://www.archaeology.org/news/2764-141209-luxor-amun-singer
A study of mummies from around the world shows atherosclerosis, or calcified arteries, was prevalent in a wide range of cultures and time periods. http://www.archaeology.org/issues/153-1411/trenches/2608-trenches-mummies-heart-disease
After Persia’s invasion of Egypt, Persia took the best of Egypt’s artists back to Persia. The result was that art in Egypt suffered and it is obvious in the art that was created in the time period. http://www.livescience.com/49059-ancient-egyptian-coffin-odd-art.html
Not until the lid was off the wood coffin—exposing the 2,500-year-old mummified remains of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy—could J.P. Brown relax. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-12-chicago-scientists-egyptian-mummy-coffin.html#jCp
Analyses of glass beads found in Denmark give us new knowledge of Bronze Age trade routes. http://sciencenordic.com/danish-bronze-age-glass-beads-traced-egypt
A Japanese-Egyptian team is reconstructing Khufu’s second solar boat, 4,500 years after it was buried to ferry the pharaoh to eternity. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7893/47/Saving-Khufu%E2%80%99s-second-boat.aspx
‘Virtual autopsy’ composed of more than 2,000 computer scans. Family history could also have led to his premature death in his late teens http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2799418/king-tut-girlish-hips-club-foot-buck-teeth-according-virtual-autopsy.html