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Finland archaeologists research ancient workers village in Egypt
Finnish archaeologists are conducting field study on a hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The village was originally discovered by Bernard Bruyère in 1935. “In the early twentieth century, archaeologists were only interested in the tombs of kings. Now several international research groups on different excavations... »
Dr. Mark Lehner, ARCE and Archeology in Egypt
When an excavation takes place in Egypt, an Egyptian inspector is assigned to the project by law. However, Lehner added, they are “there for a legal reason, but they are not very empowered.” The Egyptian inspectors usually graduated from Cairo University with a monument degree, or a focus on Egyptology as art history, meaning... »
