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Egypt tourism adds new destination: Madinet Madi
The second phase of Madinet Madi development project in Fayoum will be inaugurated Sunday with the opening of its visitor center. This new project aims to preserve the monuments and make it a more tourist friendly destination. Madinet Madi is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Fayoum region. It was founded during... »
Ancient priests list revealed
This week, Italian and Egyptian excavators under the direction of Mario Capasso, from Università del Salento, were busy brushing the sand off a large collection of 150 roman ostraca engraved with demotic text. Each ostracon is inscribed with the name of a priest who served in the Soknopaios Nesos Temple in Fayum. The newly discovered... »
Press Conference on Medinet Madi
On October 14, 2010 the SCA will hold a conference entitled: Medinet Madi: The Past, the Present and the Future –Shedding Light on the Scientific Work in the Archaeological Site of Medinet Madi at the Ahmed Pasha Kamel Hall at the Supreme Council of Antiquities. The event will be hosted by the Supreme Council... »
Egyptian faces at Cairo art exhibition
“Faces”, a group exhibition gathering 76 artists at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum’s Horizon One Gallery in Giza, takes as its theme the human face, each artist giving his or her point of view in depicting Egyptian faces. Featuring some of the most important names in modern and contemporary Egyptian art, the exhibition brings together... »
Getty Museum Launches Mummification Process Animation
The J. Paul Getty Museum recently launched on its Web site The Mummification Process, a cutting-edge animation that illustrates virtually the ancient Egyptian embalming process. With a running time of 2:43, the feature uses the Roman Egyptian Mummy of Herakleides (100-150 A.D.) as its subject. CT (computerized thermography) scans of the Mummy of Herakleides were... »
Digital information and communication technology used in new exhibition organized by the Louvre
Image via Wikipedia The “Louvre – DNP Museum Lab” is a joint project, begun by the musée du Louvre and Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) in 2006, which seeks to offer new approaches to artworks. Three portraits of women from Roman-Egyptian antiquity (2nd century A.D.) will be on show for the final presentation in the first... »
Egyptian archeologists uncover pre-historic monuments in Fayyoum
The Egyptian archeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) unearthed a huge group of fishing and sewing tools and jewelry made of animal bones north of Lake Qaroun in Fayyoum governorate. Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said that the mission also discovered a number of caves and shelters used by Prehistoric man. SCA Secretary General... »
Who discovered the Fayoum mummies?
There has been two similar reports this month of a striking discovery of a necropolis in the Fayoum bearing mummies with golden masks. On April 9, Russian archeologists announced the uncovering of a number of mummies wearing golden masks, as well as other artifacts of historical value during excavations at the Deir Al-Banat necropolis. On April... »
Mummies found in Fayoum oasis
Archaeologists working in an Egyptian oasis have found a necropolis containing dozens of brightly painted mummies dating back as far as 4,000 years, the country’s antiquities chief said on Sunday. “The mission found dozens of mummies in 53 rock-hewn tombs dating to the Middle Kingdom” from 2061-1786 BC, Zahi Hawass told AFP. “Four of the mummies... »
Russian archeologists discover golden-masked mummies in Egypt
A group of Russian archaeologists working in the Fayoum province, some 80km southwest of Cairo, has uncovered a number of mummies wearing golden masks, as well as other artifacts of historical value. The team has been carrying out excavations at the Deir Al-Banat necropolis for the past two years. The Deir Al-Banat necropolis contains burial... »
