The Ministry of Antiquities is trying to solve the mystery behind the enigmatic sarcophagus found [in 1906] in tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank
Posted on 06/17/2016 11:10:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
This week, the Ministry of Antiquities will start the second phase of a study aimed at uncovering the mystery behind an unidentified sarcophagus found in 1906 inside tomb KV55 at the Valley of the Kings on Luxor’s west bank.
The study is being operated with a grant of $28,500 from the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) Endowment Fund.
This tomb was thought to hold the body of the monotheistic king Akhenaten, though no definitive evidence has been presented to back up this speculation.
Elham Salah, head of the ministry’s Museums Department, told Ahram Online that the study is being carried out on a collection of 500 gold sheets found in a box in storage at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir along with the remains of a skull and a handwritten note in French.
The note, she says, is dated to when KV55 was first found and states that the 500 accompanying sheets were discovered with a sarcophagus, though it does not mention which sarcophagus.
According to Elham, the first phase of the study, which started last year, indicated that the gold sheets may belong to the sarcophagus found in KV55.
Islam Ezat, from the scientific office of the ministry, said that the study is being carried out by skilled Egyptian archaeologists and restorers from Egyptian Museums and it may lead to uncovering the identity of the owner of the sarcophagus and the tomb.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.ahram.org.eg ...
The Ministry of Antiquities is trying to solve the mystery behind the enigmatic sarcophagus found [in 1906] in tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank
I inhale the sweet breath that comes from your mouth
I contemplate your beauty every day.
It's my desire to hear your lovely voice
like the north wind's whiff.
Love will rejuvenate my limbs.
Give me your hands that hold your soul,
I shall embrace and live by it.
Call me by name again, again, forever,
and never will it sound without response.
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Posted on 03/02/2010 7:00:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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I hate when people steal my papers after I’m dead and don’t properly give me credit.
Yeah, the Egyptian afterlife can be rough.
“Mummy” is a sexist term!! After all, Akhenaten was male, so the designation of his remains linked to the female gender is offensive to myn everywhere. I prefer the term “itty,” so as to help prevent myn from being victims of the Egyptian and international matriarchal hegemony and related micro-aggressions.
And when the itty rises again, it should be allowed to use any bathroom it chooses!
:-)
People who study mummies aren’t wrapped too-, uh, forget it.
[ http://www.perankhgroup.com/Ancient%20Egyptian%20Love%20poetry.htm ]
O, my god, my lotus ...
The north wind is blowing ...
It is pleasant to go down to the river
My heart longs to enter it
To bathe with you.
I let you see my beauty
in a shirt of finest royal linen,
moist with balsam.
My hair is plaited with reeds
I enter the water to be with you
And leave it to join you
With a red fish.
It is beautiful on my fingers
I lay it down before you
Contemplating your beauty.
O my hero, my lover!
Come and look at me!
A Book of Love from the Ancient Mediterranean
by Michelle Louvric
with Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas
Well, tough itty to you, Stevie.
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