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  • 'House of Life' School Discovered at the Ramesseum in Luxor

    05/20/2025 1:47:23 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | April 7, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission recently made a series of new discoveries at the mortuary temple of the pharaoh Ramesses II, La Brújula Verde reports. Known as the Ramesseum and the "House of Millions of Years," the complex was erected by Ramesses on the Nile's west bank across from ancient Thebes during the thirteenth century b.c. Among the new findings were a series of tombs dating to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1069–525 b.c.). These contained burial chambers, shafts with canopic jars, sarcophagi, and more than 400 funerary figurines. They also located storerooms for jars of honey, olive oil, animal...
  • Tomb of High-Ranking Egyptian Military Commander Discovered

    03/28/2025 7:52:57 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 16 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | March 24, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced the discovery of a tomb belonging to a high-ranking military commander who served during the reign of Ramesses III (reigned ca. 1184–1153 b.c.), Ahram Online reports. The burial was uncovered during excavations at the site of Tell Roud Iskander in Ismailia. The mudbrick structure contained a burial chamber and three adjoining rooms with walls covered in white plaster. Among the artifacts found within the tomb were bronze arrowheads, painted alabaster jars, a collection of beads, a small ivory box, and a gold ring engraved with a cartouche of Ramesses III. The soldier was...
  • New Kingdom Pharaoh’s Royal Rest House Found

    05/06/2024 1:25:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 3 replies
    Archaeology ^ | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | editors
    Ahram Online reports that a fortified royal retreat has been uncovered at the Tel Hebwa site, which is located in North Sinai. Mohamed Ismail Khaled of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said that the mudbrick structure was likely used during the 18th Dynasty reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479–1425 B.C.). The structure’s entrance, located on its northern side, led to a large hall with three columns, added Hisham Hussein of Sinai Antiquities. This room connected to a smaller hall with entrances flanked by columns. The thresholds of entrances to these rooms were also uncovered, along with the thresholds for small...