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Category: Egyptian

AegeanPosted onJune 23, 2021June 25, 2021

[Newsletter] Digging Up The Past: Monthly Digest – June 2021 NOW AVAILABLE

The second “issue” or Issue 2 of the Digging Up The Past newsletter is officially out! You can read it here. Visit this page to…

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AegeanPosted onMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

[Newsletter] Digging Up The Past: Monthly Digest – May 2021 NOW AVAILABLE

The very first “issue” or Issue 1 of the Digging Up The Past newsletter is officially out! You can read it here. The newsletter will…

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Pregnant Egyptian Mummy
EgyptianPosted onApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021

[Article] First Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Found

Originally believed to be an Egyptian priest, Polish scientists at the Warsaw Mummy Project were surprised to discover a mummy that was pregnant woman. The…

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ArtifactsPosted onJanuary 19, 2021April 21, 2021

[Artifacts] An Old Kingdom Funerary Temple Discovered at Saqqara

On January 17, the discovery of an Old Kingdom Funerary Temple at Saqqara was announced: They also found a four-meter-long papyrus showing chapter 17 of…

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ArtifactsPosted onJanuary 14, 2021January 19, 2021

[Tools] Archaeologists and Egyptologists are now visiting Saqqara in 3D

Saqqara is located 15 km just south of Giza and its cemetery dates back to over 4000 years. Now, archaeologists and Egyptologists are virtually visiting…

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ArtifactsPosted onDecember 29, 2020December 29, 2020

[Artifacts] The mummy’s curse…

  I was cleaning out my office and came across an “old relic” that has been in my possession for nearly 20 years. It is…

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ArtifactsPosted onNovember 24, 2020December 2, 2020

[Tools] AEGARON: Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online

I recently stumbled upon a neat web-based research tool: AEGARON or thee Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online. They describe themselves as: Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online provides…

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EgyptianPosted onNovember 23, 2020December 2, 2020

[Article] 100 Perfectly Preserved Egyptian Coffins Discovered in the Necropolis of Saqqara

Recently announced on November 14, archaeologists have announced the discovery of at least 100 perfectly preserved ancient Egyptian coffins, some of which contain mummies alongside…

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Late Kingdom Egypt Scarab (top)
ArtifactsPosted onMarch 30, 2020April 29, 2020

[Artifacts] From the sands of Egypt…

  The same day I stumbled onto the trilobite, I also found another piece of my small collection, a green soapstone scarab incised with Egyptian…

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I see myself as a “literary archaeologist.” No field work is required. The purpose of this self appointed and non-existent discipline is to marry two fields which do not cooperate very well with each other: archaeology and literary studies. The texts are historical artifacts and must be treated as such.

 

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