Posted on 01/02/2008 5:43:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Also this year an intact tomb chamber complete with funerary goods was found on the southern slope of the archaeological hill of Deir Al-Barsha, near Minya, by archaeologists from the Katholicke Universiteit Leuven working on the Middle-Kingdom (2066-1650 BC) tomb of Uky, a top government official. While removing debris from a rock-cut shaft found inside the chamber of Uky's tomb, archaeologists came across a huge limestone block leading to a small, intact chamber stuffed with wooden objects and containing a sarcophagus bearing two lines of hieroglyphic texts representing formulae addressed to the gods Anubis and Osiris. A third line on the lid revealed the name and title of the deceased: Henu, a courtier and the director of a domain, indicating that Henu was a subordinate official in the provincial administration during the late Intermediate Period.
(Excerpt) Read more at weekly.ahram.org.eg ...
Missed this Henu tomb story; the next link below is a different Middle Kingdom tomb find:
Japanese team finds ancient Egyptian coffins
(from the Middle Kingdom, 2 are ~4000 years old)
AFP on Yahoo | 2/10/07 | AFP
Posted on 02/10/2007 11:37:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782843/posts
Burial complex of Mentuhotep II
The History of the Ancient Egyptians | May 2002 | Ian Bolton
Posted on 07/27/2004 11:56:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1179621/posts
Excavations Reveal Ancient Egyptians Were Master Dam Builders
The Cheers | 12-3-2007
Posted on 12/03/2007 2:02:40 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934135/posts
Archeologists Find Ancient Ship Remains
(cargo carriers between Pharaonic Egypt and Punt)
AP on Yahoo | 1/27/06 | AP
Posted on 01/27/2006 6:14:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1566605/posts
Oldest Maritime Artefacts Found (Egypt)
Egypt online | 1-28-2007
Posted on 01/29/2007 9:37:27 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775584/posts
The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization
Lesson 25, The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
Revised: Friday, March 18, 2000 | Trustees of Dartmouth College
Posted on 08/29/2004 8:19:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1202723/posts
Colossal find (Ramses II statue at Akhmim)
Al-Ahram Weekly | 12 - 18 August 2004, issue #703 | staff writer
Posted on 03/22/2005 11:28:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1368580/posts
Mummy DNA Reveals Birth Of Ancient Scourge
Scientific American | 10-6-2006 | David Biello
Posted on 10/08/2006 3:30:07 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1715982/posts
Archeologists to Unearth Ancient Egyptian City
Reuters | August 28, 2002 | Heba Kandil
Posted on 08/28/2002 12:10:31 PM PDT by Tancred
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/740831/posts
Battlements Found At Egypt’s Ancient East Gateway
Reuters | 6-30-2004
Posted on 07/01/2004 8:17:17 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1164080/posts
Massive Egyptian Fort Discovered
iAfrica | 7-23-2007
Posted on 07/23/2007 5:51:56 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870451/posts
The Tale Of A City (Tharo - Egypt)
Al-Ahram | 8-12-2007 | Nevine El-Aref
Posted on 08/12/2007 4:31:49 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880244/posts
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The other day there was yet another Middle Kingdom (?) find in the Fayyum, cited as pharaonic -- but I don't know much more than that, and am not sure if it's MK (during that period the Fayyum was booming, thanks to the Canal of Joseph, which still exists) or whether the mummy found was *of* a pharaoh. That would be hot. |
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Wooden models on top of the coffin
Behind the large statue of Henu there was a large boat model with two groups of rowers and a lotiform bow and stern.
The entire team of the 2007 mission to Dayr al-Barsha.
That's an awful lot of people looking for a Mummy!
Wow! Nice shots! (as always!)
whoops, not Middle Kingdom, the other story I mentioned was 3rd IP:
The possible existence of Third Intermediate Period elite tombs at el-Ashmunein
A.J. Spencer
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/bmsaes/issue_8/spencer.aspx
http://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/AJ%20Spencer.pdf
“The use of temple forecourts as locations for tombs of the elite is a well-documented feature of the Third Intermediate Period. A reinterpretation of some very poorly preserved buildings in the court of the temple of Thoth at el-Ashmunein may provide an additional example.”
Rare Egyptian “Warrior” Tomb Found
National Geographic News | 2-15-2008 | Steven Stanek
Posted on 02/15/2008 10:21:27 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971263/posts
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