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Oldest fragment of a cuneiform seal found in Egypt at Tel El-Daba
The Austrian Archaeological mission from the Austrian Archaeological Centre in Egypt unearthed a fragment of a cuneiform seal impression dating to the last decades of the Babylonian Kingdom. The seal impression was found inside a pit that cuts into layers of the Late Period in Tel El-Daba, an archaeological site in the Sharqiya governorate, 120... »
Tomb of King Tut (KV 62) will undergo major restoration
Image via Wikipedia KV 62, the famous tomb of King Tutankhamen will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the wall paintings. The restoration project is a collaboration between Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Getty Conservation Institute. This is not the first time the Los Angeles based Getty Institute has worked in an Egyptian... »
Akhenaten a pacifist? Not so, according to findings from Toronto’s Egypt Symposium
Despite popular belief that he (Akhenaten) shied away from warfare, Professor Prof. James Hoffmeier, of Trinity International University, found evidence that the heretic-king kept a well-equipped, and supplied, fortress in the Sinai desert. It was located on the east side of the modern day Suez Canal. How well supplied? Well for starters the fortress had... »
Exploring Amarna: Akhenaten’s Abandoned City
Image via Wikipedia Exploring Amarna: Akhenaten’s Abandoned City is a course directed by Professor Barry Kemp, a renowned Egyptologist and Director of excavations at the site since 1977. This will be a unique opportunity to hear Professor Kemp give a week of lectures in addition to guided tours of Tell el-Amarna. Course Description This course will be... »
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
Image via Wikipedia The long-term exhibition Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia debuted on November 12, 2006. Expertly designed by the McMillan Group, the state-of-the-art installation features more than 100 artifacts from Akhetaten (present-day el-Amarna), the desert capital of heretical Pharaoh AKhenaten... »
Simon says…
Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife I have purposely not mentioned anything about the debate regarding the authenticity of the bust of Nefertiti, as this sort of superfluous information is, in my opinion, more intended to sell copy than to inquire for the truth. This article, however, has some very useful information about the statue and... »
Akhenaten and Nefertiti Exhibition in Erbach, Germany
Image via Wikipedia In cooperation with Berlin’s world-famous Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, the Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum Erbach (Erbach German Ivory Museum) presents Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Rulers in the Divine Light (April 3-August 9, 2009). Some 70 works of art from Egypt’s Amarna Period are superbly displayed, each produced during the 17-year reign of the enigmatic... »
Lecture: From Babylon to Amarna
The 14th century BC was a period of vibrant cultural relations throughout the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean. Babylonian, which was the international language of the age, was also the language of the Amarna letters of Pharaoh Akhenaten. These letters have been the most famous witness of this dynamic time since their discovery... »
Hawass: Tutankhamen definitely the son of Akhenaten
Image via Wikipedia “We can now say that Tutankhamen was the child of Akhenaten,” Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Discovery News. The missing part of a broken limestone block found a few months ago at el Ashmunein, a village on the west bank of the Nile some 150 miles south of... »
Rare Amarna sculpture to be auctioned at Sotheby
A fragmentary statue of an Amarna princess from ancient Egypt is expected to garner between $400,000 and $600,000 (US) at an upcoming Sotheby’s auction in New York. The sculpture (ca. 1347-1345 B.C.) measures 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.) in height. It was carved from nummulitic limestone, a hard material composed largely of fossils dating from... »
