Unearthed: The slab that was unearthed near the Western gate of the National Museum in Cairo yesterday.
Posted on 07/08/2009 6:07:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed another cache near the Western gate of the National Museum in Cairo, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said yesterday.Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the cache contained a table made of limestone, a fragment of a slab with hieroglyphic inscriptions, some stones, and the base of a pharaonic pillar, which date back to the pharaonic period around 1,300 years BC."This type of slab was quite widespread during the era of the Pharaohs, who used it to mark a special occasion,
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Unearthed: The slab that was unearthed near the Western gate of the National Museum in Cairo yesterday.
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Monday, July 6, 2009 -- The United Nations nuclear agency is using its expertise to help archaeologists unearth millennia-old secrets, from the supposed murder of King Tutankhamun to the mysterious death of Great Pharaoh Ramesses II, from Egyptian mummies.
Paleoradiology is a type of science using nuclear technologies -- including x-rays and neutron activation analysis -- to study artifacts, skeletons, mummies and fossils.
Rethy Chhem, Director of the Division of Human Health at the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is an expert in that field and said that science allows radiologists to uncover details about mummies, such as their sex, age of death and illnesses.
X-rays found that Pharaoh Ramesses II did not, contrary to popular belief, have arthritis of the spine, which Mr. Chhem said is in line with his depiction as a great warrior.
The IAEA is helping countries apply nuclear technologies to archaeological study and cultural preservation.
The technologies can also be applied to monitoring pesticides in milk and finding answers to a series of sudden deaths of males in north-eastern Thailand, the IAEA said in a press release.
I wonder if it is possible to start a video camera in Egypt without Zahi Hawass jumping in front of it.
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