[Jet Jaguar]

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[wideminded]

Belgian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old pharaonic official's tomb

But they won't be allowed to explore it because they didn't mention Zahi Hawass in this article.

[Inyo-Mono]

Amenhotep. Isn’t he the one who is the center of all “The Mummy” legands?

[worst-case scenario]

Thanks for this - I have been fascinated by Egyptian history ever since becoming familiar with the amazing work of Bob Brier. What a teacher that guy is!

Just wish that the original news item had more details or a link. When they say that the wall inscriptions had been “heavily damaged,” do they mean in the past 130 years, or prior to the original discovery? And damaged by what? Luxor isn’t subject to the same rare but destructive flash floods that you find in the Valley of the Kings.

Well, it’s a great news item to use as a jumping-off point.

Whenever we get too wrapped up in the immediacy of contemporary politics, it does us good to remember the 5000 years of Egyptian history. It seemed to the 18th Dynasty that Egypt had been, and would be, the height of civilization forever and ever.

[SunkenCiv]

Wooden sarcophaguses found in Egypt tomb
Reuters, via Yahoo! | Thursday, February 26, 2009 | Jonathan Wright, ed by Louise Ireland
Posted on 03/01/2009 12:55:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196836/posts

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