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Missing Treasures of Tutankhamun

By Ben Morales-Correa

Download the official complete list of missing antiquities from the Cairo Museum here. »

National Geographic Channel TREASURES OF EGYPT (February 22 – 26)

By Ben Morales-Correa

In light of the historic events unfolding in Egypt, the National Geographic Channel is presenting a week of programs — Treasures of Egypt — that spotlight the antiquities of one of mankind’s most significant ancient cultures. Beginning tonight, Tuesday, February 22 and all week long at 8PM ET/PT, Treasures of Egypt will showcase five... »

Restoration work at the Egyptian Museum / Missing objects

By Ben Morales-Correa

The conservation lab team has divided the objects affected by the disturbances in the Museum two weeks ago into several groups depending on their nature and damage sustained. The first group contains pieces that are all in good condition and do not need any restoration work. Most, if not all, of these objects date... »

Peddling ancient prejudices about Egypt

By Ben Morales-Correa

The protests in Egypt had hardly kicked off before a shocking image of two mummies’ heads began to circulate, alerting the world to the likely looting of the National Museum in Cairo. Looking like people with their mouths half open as if in pain, the bodiless heads seemed to cry out against the brutal... »

Metropolitan Museum to return Tutankhamen’s artifacts to Egypt

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia The Metropolitan Museum of Art is voluntarily returning 19 small artifacts to Egypt that had been in its collection for decades and that curators recently determined came from Tutankhamen’s tomb. Among the more significant are a tiny bronze dog, less than three-quarters of an inch tall, and a small lapis lazuli  sphinx from... »

Tutankhamun’s DNA test results unveiled

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: June 28, 2010 – German researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in the northern city of Hamburg said in a letter published online Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association that closer scrutiny of Tutankhamun’s foot bones pointed to sickle cell disease, in which red blood... »

King Tut DNA tests results to be published this month

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia Dr. Zahi Hawass will soon announce the results of a DNA study conducted on the mummy of King Tutankhamen. The tests are part of a larger ambitious program aimed at confirming the identity of the royal mummies and their familiar relations. It is believed that Tutankhamen is the son of Akhenaten, the pharaoh... »

Tomb of King Tut (KV 62) will undergo major restoration

By Ben Morales-Correa

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... »

King Tut explorer’s photos and treasures on exhibit

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia Lord Carnarvon, the man who funded the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and died five months later in mysterious circumstances before he could actually see the mummy’s face, was a superstitious man who wore the same lucky bow tie all his life. Such anecdotes are part of a unique exhibition at... »

Egypt beyond the textbook

By Ben Morales-Correa

If it’s good to be king, this year will also be a great time to be a sixth-grader. As part of its really big show featuring the most popular exhibit in its history, de Young Museum officials are offering special group tickets to San Francisco public school students whose curriculum includes the study of ancient... »