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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... »
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... »
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... »
Ancient city uncovered in Egypt
A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the Neolithic period in Egypt’s Fayum oasis. The site is just seven kilometers from Fayum lake and would probably have lain at the water’s edge at the time it was inhabited by the first farmers 7,000 years ago. The remains consist... »
Archaeologists discover mummies from Greco Roman period in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered several well preserved mummies, covered with cartonage, from the Greco Roman period in Fayoum, Egypt. “One of the caskets contained a badly decayed mummy with a golden face mask,” said Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Some of the mummies were covered with eight layers of linen... »
