U of M-sponsored Find in Egypt Promises More "Wonderful Things"The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced yesterday that an expedition sponsored by the University of Memphis has discovered a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb appears to date to the 18th Dynasty (ca. 1539-1292 B.C.) and it contains five human mummies and several pottery vessels. It is located just a few meters from the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
WebWire
February 12, 2006
The University of Memphis, through its Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, has sponsored the Amenmesse Tomb Project (KV 10) the scientific excavation and conservation of the tomb of Late 19th Dynasty King Amenmesse since 1995, three years after the project was begun.
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See Yahoo link for 89 pics of the find including too many of the man with the big brown hat whose name I won't mention because he's a camera hog.