Ancient Egypt September 11

Newly unearthed ancient tomb with mummies unveiled in Egypt

Egyptian authorities unveiled a previously undiscovered ancient tomb belonging to a goldsmith and his wife near Luxor in southern Egypt on Saturday.

The tomb, at the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, contains "mummies, sarcophagi, statuettes, pots and other artifacts," according to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.

Article: Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt

The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead needs no introduction. It is one of the most iconic objects from the ancient world. Millions of people have seen examples on display in collections all over the globe. Literary plots have been written around it, and movies have climaxed with dramatic readings of its mysterious spells. It continues to have profound influences throughout music, art, mysticism, and the occult. Without question, it deserves a prominent place among the most important religious compositions in human history.

The Most Famous Ancient Egyptian Site You Have Never Heard Of
Double coffin of Khonsumose, Medelhavsmusee, Uppsala (courtesy Aidan Dodson)

As dusk settles over modern Luxor, and from the very top of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, it is possible — as it was in antiquity — to make out the outline of the great temple of Karnak across the Nile.

Look down from that vantage point, on a line towards the modern visitors’ centre, and you will also see a rather unprepossessing low square of wall—unlabeled and ignored by the passing tourists and local people alike.

The face of a mystery ruler revealed: Smashed head from a 4,300-year-old statue shows unknown Egyptian pharaoh

A smashed-up sculpture unearthed at the site of the ancient city Hazor is, ‘beyond any doubt,’ the representation of an Egyptian pharaoh, experts say.
Just who the 4,300-year-old effigy was modeled after, however, remains a mystery.
Discussing the find in a new book, researchers reveal the sculpture has raised a number of questions since it was first discovered in the 1990s, leaving archaeologists perplexed as to how it ended up in Hazor, in northern Israel.

King Tut exhibit moves to state-of-the-art facility

The treasures of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun are being moved to a new home, a state-of-the-art facility, and NBC News was given special access to the painstaking process. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.

There's a great video at the link.



Pictures of the Week

Gold bowl of general Djehuty, given by King Thutmose III
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479-1425 BC.
Now in the Louvre.

Wooden statue of the God Qebehsenuef, one of the four sons of Horus. 400–30 BC.
Metropolitan Museum.