A good year for the record

Nevine El-Aref from Al-Ahram Weekly sums up the most interesting archaeological events of 2007 — all part of this year’s work for Egyptologists:

• Identifying the mummy of the female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut
• Uncovering the real face of the boy-king Tutankhamun
• Restoring the Step Pyramid of Djoser
• Reopening the Kuttub Khana
• Discovering a New Kingdom fortress in Sinai
• Discovering an intact tomb brimming with fine funerary pieces in the Delta
• Discovering Palaeolithic rock art depicting animals in Upper Egypt

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/877/heritage.htm

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