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Intact tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
reuters ^ | February 9, 2006 | staff

Posted on 02/09/2006 7:32:55 AM PST by AdmSmith

CAIRO (Reuters) - An American team has found what appears to be an intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first found in the valley since that of Tutankhamun in 1922, one of the archaeologists said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT

The tomb contains five or six mummies in intact sarcophagi from the late 18th dynasty, about the same period as Tutankhamun, but the archaeologists have not yet had the time or the access to identify them, the archaeologist added.

The 18th dynasty ruled Egypt from 1567 BC to 1320 BC, a period during which the country's power reached a peak.

The Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt contains the tombs of most of the pharaohs of the time but the archaeologist said the mummies in the newly found tomb need not be royal.

"There are lots of non-royal tombs in the valley. It wouldn't be the only one by any means," said the archaeologist, who asked not to be named because the Egyptian authorities are planning a media event at the site on Friday.

"The archaeologists haven't been inside properly yet. It's very small and cramped but it is late 18th dynasty," she added.

A statement from the government's Supreme Council of Antiquities said the tomb was found by a team from the University of Memphis in the United States.

The five sarcophagi, which are carved to human form, have coloured funerary masks and the tomb contains a large number of big storage jars, the statement said.

"For an unknown reason they were buried rapidly in the small tomb," it added.

The tomb, 5 km (three miles) from that of Tutankhamun, was covered with the rubble of workmen's huts dating from the latter part of the 19th dynasty, more than 100 years after the tomb was sealed, it said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; ancientautopsies; curseofthemummy; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; kv63; mummy; nicholasreeves; rimshot; tomb; tutankamun; tutankhamen; tutankhamun
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Posted on 07/30/2004 9:42:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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21 posted on 02/09/2006 10:19:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv ([singing] Kaboom, kaboom, ya da da da da da, ya da da da da da...)
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To: vollmond
"Gee, I hope that Dr. Zahi Hawass turns up :)."

There! Now the thread is complete.


22 posted on 02/09/2006 10:20:57 AM PST by blam
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To: Malacoda

He has a difficult job, just keeping his head on his shoulders.


23 posted on 02/09/2006 10:21:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv ([singing] Kaboom, kaboom, ya da da da da da, ya da da da da da...)
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To: blam
Yup, that's strange. Not even a picture of Dr Hawass.

Wait for tomorrow, then you will see him.
24 posted on 02/09/2006 10:22:20 AM PST by AdmSmith
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To: AdmSmith
It's very small and cramped but it is late 18th dynasty

That's how I feel about my office.

25 posted on 02/09/2006 10:24:47 AM PST by stainlessbanner (^W^)
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To: frgoff

Cool! not even 20 posts, and we have the first reference to the Goa'uld.


26 posted on 02/09/2006 10:26:06 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Rapidly buried, untouched grave, group burial. I say they died of a very contagious disease.

More likely their original burial place was partially plundered soon after their interment and they we re-buried hastily and secretly by the devout.
27 posted on 02/09/2006 10:28:07 AM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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To: AdmSmith

It's King Rooten Tooten.

28 posted on 02/09/2006 11:04:59 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: frgoff
Watch out for preserved symbiotes in the coptic jars...

Better get the gate ready...just in case. :-)

LOL Good one!

29 posted on 02/09/2006 11:30:44 AM PST by zakbrow (I'm running out of places to bury the bodies.)
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To: Antoninus

"More likely their original burial place was partially plundered soon after their interment and they we re-buried hastily and secretly by the devout."

Yeah, but my scenario would make for a better movie.


30 posted on 02/09/2006 11:35:23 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: vollmond; SunkenCiv
Gee, I hope that Dr. Zahi Hawass turns up :).

Oh he will, no doubt about that. Last year I managed to collect ten pictures of Egyptian scientists removing Tutankhamen's remains from his sarcophagus, running him through a CAT scanner, and putting him back afterwards. Zahi was in all but one of them. What a ham.

31 posted on 02/09/2006 12:18:38 PM PST by Berosus ("There is no beauty like Jerusalem, no wealth like Rome, no depravity like Arabia."--the Talmud)
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To: vollmond

Dr. Hawass wouldn't miss it. I hope the a network preempts for the show.


32 posted on 02/09/2006 12:23:21 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: SunkenCiv
He has a difficult job, just keeping his head on his shoulders.

Egypt's flogger deluxe' greatest difficulty is getting his swollen noggin through those various passageways and doorways ...

33 posted on 02/09/2006 1:47:55 PM PST by Babu
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To: MeanWestTexan; ShadowAce; All

Yes, that this sure suggests that they died of a contagious disease.

AND it also explains well why their tomb has never been "plundered." I often wondered about that as to Tutenkamun also, at least, almost certainly, there would be rumors about such in his case, given that his tomb was attempted to be plundered but that once opened (and almost certainly once plunderers realized whose tomb it was and what meaning that had), it was quickly shut down again without accessing the actual burial chamber of Tutenkamun.

I'm thinking that it might probably have been tuberculosis or the plague. Many people just may have assumed/concluded that King Tut had one or the other or similar given his circumstances, which would've been good cover for political espionage, also).

Those tomb robbers with so many centuries to do their deeds...I'm sure they avoided the few certain tombs only for dire reasons.


34 posted on 02/09/2006 1:51:42 PM PST by MillerCreek
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To: frgoff
Watch out for preserved symbiotes in the coptic jars...

Or the canopic jars.

Anyway... they had a lot of guts, those Egyptians.

35 posted on 02/09/2006 2:49:01 PM PST by Max in Utah (By their fruits you shall know them.)
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To: Malacoda

"I actually have a soft spot for ol' Zowie. He's such a shameless self-promoter and Indiana Jones type...and his enthusiasm is infectious."

I think he's a jerk who pooped all over that woman who most likely found Nefertiti because what she found didn't fit his theories. If anything, he's a big detriment to foreigners working in Egypt.


36 posted on 02/09/2006 3:03:54 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: Max in Utah

"Anyway... they had a lot of guts, those Egyptians."

Makes you wonder how someone decided oke day, "Hey guys I have a cool idea! Let's cut out his guts and put them in jars!"

"Dude that would be so cool, let's do it!"


37 posted on 02/09/2006 3:07:04 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: Max in Utah

Yeah, yeah.

Well, they say when you get older the first three things that go are your looks, your stamina.....and....I forget the other one.


38 posted on 02/09/2006 3:13:41 PM PST by frgoff
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To: Berosus; Babu; AdmSmith; asp1; Xenalyte

There's a bunch of articles online now, this is the most recent I've seen:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11252094/

Given the existence of a pit tomb (no remains), also probably of late 18th dynasty, and KV55's chaotic contents, I'm still pulling for these mummies to be from the royal family of the Amarna period.

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_869.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_868.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_872.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_837.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_835.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_854.html


39 posted on 02/09/2006 4:46:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv ([singing] Kaboom, kaboom, ya da da da da da, ya da da da da da...)
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To: adam_az; Berosus

Having seen the video (I got the DVD for Xmas), I'd have to say that the woman who claims to have identified Nefertiti A) made this ID before she ever set foot in KV35, B) discovered no evidence to support the claim, C) discovered evidence that mitigates against her claim, and D) didn't acknowledge the work (available online) of Marianne Luban, who has been claiming the same mummy ID for quite a while now. At least some of the mummies in KV35 were put there as a cache, after having been desecrated in their original tombs.

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_849.html
http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/dowehave1st.htm
http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/kv55.htm


40 posted on 02/09/2006 4:57:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv ([singing] Kaboom, kaboom, ya da da da da da, ya da da da da da...)
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