[RightWhale]

56 ACRES bump

[Darth Sidious]

"A year after the pharoah returned to Egypt, the city of Tanis was consumed by a sandstorm which lasted a whole year... wiped clean, by the wrath of God." -- Marcus Brody, Raiders Of The Lost Ark

[Dog Gone]

Cool. Thanks for posting this.

[ruoflaw]

Thanks for the interesting article

[Militiaman7]

Geez, With all these antiquities and tourist attractions do the Egyptians really need US foreign aid? NO!!!

[SunkenCiv]

Empire of the sun
by Nevine El-Aref
Al-Ahram Weekly

During a routine excavation to inspect the site of Souk El-Khamis in Matariya, an Egyptian- German team uncovered the remains of a sun temple dating back to the reign of King Ramses II... Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Al-Ahram Weekly that further excavations revealed a number of talatat (small painted stones) bearing the name of Queen Nefertiti. "This suggests that the monotheistic King Akhenaten once built a temple or a shrine in this area," he said, adding that archaeological evidence of massive constructions of sun temples had been carried out much earlier that the 19th Dynasty... Matariya also contains the remains of the 20.4-metre-high granite obelisk erected by Middle Kingdom Pharaoh Senusert I, along with a modest collection of tables and statues, as well as the ruins of an obelisk belonging to Thutmose II, superimposed with inscriptions of Ramses II, and objects bearing the names of Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III. Older monuments include the ruins of a Third Dynasty shrine built under King Djoser, part of a Sixth Dynasty obelisk of King Teti, several Old Kingdom tombs of high priests and a stela of Tuthmosis III. Excavations have also revealed several Ramesside constructions, including temples, a cemetery for Mnevis bulls -- which were sacred to Re -- and a 12th Dynasty donation list from the time of Ramses III, indicating that the temples at Heliopolis were second only to those of Amun at Thebes.

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[djf]

Often I think a certain percentage of these sites should remain unexcavated or mothballed.

The reason being, in another 50 years or so, we might have some totally different investigative techniques that would tell us something new, but if all the sites are gone it's no good.

[Dustbunny]

Looking forward to what they discover and seeing some pictures.

[SunkenCiv]

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