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The ongoing work to unearth
the rest of the avenue of sfinxes that once linked the temple of Karnak
with the temple of Luxor, has led to the discovery of a carving dated
to the start of the 20th Dynasty
erected by the high priest Bak-en-Khonsu to commemorate his overseeing
of the construction of the main hal of a temple at the Karnak complex. |
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Egyptian archaeologists
working in Saqqara
in the tomb of a 6th Dynasty
doctor named Qar, found a sarcophagus containing a mummy, but more important
also some bronze surgical instruments. |
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A farmer in the Middle
Egyptian city of Sohag, some 500 kilometres south of Cairo, found the
remains of a temple dated to the New Kingdom under his home. |
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Excavation works at the
famous temple of queen Hatshepsut by a joint Egyptian-Polish mission,
have led to the discovery of a large collection of pottery fragments,
pieces of cartonnage and parts of a sarcophagus of a priest named Bani-mesu'. |
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The digs at the sphynx's
avenue that once connected the temple of Luxor with the temple complex
of Karnak, have yet again five complete Pharaonic statues and four statue
heads. |
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Five new sphinx statues
have been discovered in Luxor. Measuring up to 120cm in length, the
sphinxes were part of the avenue of ram headed sphinxes that connected
the Luxor temple with the temple complex of Karnak. |
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A tomb with two limestone
sarcophagi were accidentally discovered during extension works on a
motorway in Cairo. |
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Only months after the much
publicised opening of KV63, which
turned out to be an embalmer's cache rather than an actual tomb, radar
scanning has revealed the presence of a large subterranean structure
that could possibly be a new undiscovered tomb (KV64) in the Valley
of the Kings. |
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The Supreme Council of
Antiquities of Egypt has given permission to start the exploration of
a submerged city some 35km East of Suez. The city appears to date to
the Roman Period . Remains of several buildings, including a fortress
were found, along with ancient coins, bronze vases and some pottery. |
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The ongoing debate about
the relationship between Hatshepsut and her nephew/stepson Thutmosis
III has been rekindled by the find 9 sets of cartouches of both rulers,
near the famous obelisks that Hatshepsut had erected in the temple of
Karnak. |
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An Egyptian-Spanish team
unearthed a hall in a tomb at Zira Abu al-Naga, on the Westbank at Luxor.
The tomb is believed to have been built for an official who may have
been responsible for the building of several monuments during the reign
of Hatshepsut. It is hoped that this new find may yield some information
on how the Ancient Egyptians dug their tombs and built their temples. |
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A Polosh team found two
wooden statues, believed to date from between 3700 to 3200 BCE in the
northern Nile Delta region of Daqahliya. The statues, measuring 75cm
and 40cm in height, represent two nude men, their eyes laid in with
precious stone. The purpose or meaning of the statues is as yet unclear. |
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 During
a routine inspection, a joint Egyptian-German team found the ruins of
a temple dedicated to the solar cult in Ain Shams, ancient Heliopolis,
a suburb located in the northeast of Cairo. Among the finds were the remains of several collosal statues, said to closely resemble similar statues of Ramesses II. Other fragments were found inscribed with the cartouches of Ramesses II, confirming that he was at least a major contributor to this newly discovered Sun Temple. Small blocks bearing the name of Nefertiti, the principal wife of Akhenaten, could indicate that the heretic king once may have built a house of worship for his god Aten at or near this location. (Photo: National Geographic) |
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A joint team of archaeologists
from the university of Boston and Naples unearthed the world's oldest
remains of sea ships and cargo goods from the land of Punt.
Archaeologists found five rock-cut rooms that served as storage for
nautical equipment. |
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The Polish team that has
been working on the restoration and study of the temples and tombs at
Deir el-Bahari for several decades already, has re-discovered a 25th
Dynasty tomb in the upper terrace of the funerary temple of Hatshepsut.
The tomb was built for a vizier named Padiamun, who died in the 27th
year, probably of Piye. The tomb, consisting of an 8m deep shaft and
a burial chamber, was found to have been plundered. |
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Reminiscient
of the discovery of the royal cache at Deir el-Bahari in the late 19th
century, the arrest of some tomb robbers has led to the discovery of
three new tombs in 
Two
sarcophagi, dated to the late 
During
restoration works at the Amun temple at Luxor, 17 statues of the lion-headed
goddess Sekhmet were found. 
Archaeologists
found a shaft near the tomb of Amenmes (KV10) on which they were working,
at less than 15m south of the famous tomb of 
A
team from the John Hopkins University found an almost as good as intact
statue of Queen Tiyi, the principal wife of Amenhotep III and mother
of Akhenaten while working in the temple of Mut at Karnak