Must have had a face lift! Oops, my bad! That was sculpted five to ten thousand years ago! Guess she looked better back then!!!
Posted on 01/05/2010 5:49:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
An Egyptian team led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has unearthed the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, also known as the "City of the Dead."
Filled with skeletons, coffins and eagle mummies, the tomb was found just near the entrance point of the archaeological site.
Simply cut into limestone, the burial, which dates to the 26th Dynasty (664 -525 B.C.), extends from a large rock-hewn hall into a number of corridors and small rooms. Inside, the archaeologists found several coffins, skeletons and pots.
At the tomb's northern end, the team unearthed a room filled with shards of ancient pottery, coffins and mummified eagles.
According to Dr. Hawass, the 2,500-year-old tomb had been opened several times during its history. Most likely, it was robbed at the end of the Roman period.
The team also uncovered a second large tomb which featured a sealed limestone room. Scattered inside, there were many clay pots and several ancient coffins.
The finding "shows that Saqqara still harbors secrets," Dr. Hawass said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
another sidebar, this time relevant:
Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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That carries a legal penalty, but it’s only a fine. Of course, Hawass will still pistol-whip ya. ;’)
They were not men, they were Devo.
I think those are jpg. ;’)
I must apologize. I wasn’t being clear. When I said “Hawass is the most amazing person”, what I really meant was “The guy is a jackass Indy wannabe”.
I keep expecting the earth-shattering announcement that there has been a “supremely supreme” DNA match with the face on the Sphinx...
:-))
Eagle Mummies?
Must’ve been the result of an early Eagles-Cowboys game.
Go Cowboys!
The swept ‘em in the regular season, and kinda used them as their prison beeotch on Sunday, but it’s difficult to beat the same team two weeks straight (unless that team is the Detroit Lions). ;’)
I have no dog in the hunt, but prefer Rush to McNabb, so... ;’)
Yow. LOL...
You prefer Rush to McNabb? I didn’t know Limbaugh was playing this week. Didn’t he just get out of the hospital.
;’)
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