L'Egypte Ancienne de Toutankharton

Kathleen Pascarella's Travel Journal

Thomas — 2006-05-22T11:57:39Z

Where did you go? Egypt all over the country including Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Memphis, Abu Simbel, Quarna, Saqqara.
When did you go? I went Nov. 1, which is the kick-off of the touring season because it is not as hot and uncomfortable. It was about 75 degrees every day.
For how long? I was there for 11 days; plenty of time to see everything.
How long did it take to get there? You must be ready to endure this travel time ... about 24 hours door to door.
How much was your flight? I (...)

Thutmose II

Thomas — 2006-05-14T12:53:46Z

Akheperenre Thutmose II (d. 1479 BC; sometimes spelled Thutmosis) was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from either 1492 BC or 1482 BC to 1479 BC. Manetho's Epitome calls him 'Chebron' which is a reference to his prenomen—Akheperenre—and gives him a reign of 13 Years but this figure is highly disputed among scholars. Some Egyptologists prefer to shorten his reign by a full decade to only 3 Years because his Highest Year Date is only a Year 1 stela. In (...)

Second dynasty

Thomas — 2006-05-09T14:47:21Z

The First and Second Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. The capital at that time was Thinis.
Although Manetho states the capital was at Thinis, the same as during the First Dynasty, at least the first three kings were buried at Saqqara, suggesting the center of power had moved to Memphis. Beyond this, little can be said about the events during this period; the annual records on the Palermo stone only survive for the end of (...)

Egyptologists launching online encyclopedia

Thomas — 2006-05-05T16:07:22Z

Frustrated with the poor quality of many Web sites dealing with ancient Egypt, a professor at the University of California has decided to create an online encyclopedia devoted to Egyptology.
Willemina Wendrich, a professor of Egyptian archaeology, had watched in dismay as the best resource for her subject, a seven-volume encyclopedia in German, got more and more out of date because of the prohibitive cost of updating it.
Meanwhile, her students at UCLA were doing research for papers on the (...)

Attribute

Thomas — 2006-04-11T18:34:20Z

To differ from Mans et show his link with Gods, Pharaoh Pour se différencier des hommes et montrer son lien avec les dieux, Pharaon uses different symbols.

Translations

Thomas — 2006-04-02T16:26:05Z

Translations available :
The Rosetta Stone
English translation
French translation

Champollion

Thomas — 2006-04-02T16:07:20Z

Champollion was a French Egyptologist, who is acknowledged as the father of modern Egyptology. He achieved many things during his short career, but he is best known for his work on the Rosetta Stone. It was his deciphering of the hieroglyphics contained on the Stone that laid the foundations for Egyptian archaeology.
He was born in 1790. His oldest brother educated him until he turned 10, at which time he was enrolled in the Lyceum in Grenoble. His brother was also an archaeologist, and it (...)

KV63 lecture by Otto Schaden

Jane Akshar — 2006-03-14T15:18:43Z

The lecture was great and there was a capacity crowd. In fact I don't think there was a seat spare. He divided the talk into 2 parts. The preceding 2005 season where they discovered the top of the shaft and this season where they had discovered the actual tomb,
Although some people might think they had stumbled across the tomb it was actually the result of deliberate and serious excavation. The first slide showed the hillside in 1995 when there was a huge amount of rubble on the hill next (...)

Intact tomb found in Valley of the Kings

Thomas — 2006-02-10T12:51:21Z

CAIRO, Egypt (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.
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 shaft leading to the tomb was (...)

Statue of the Egyptian queen Tiyi

Thomas — 2006-01-25T20:24:04Z

Egyptian antiquity officials announced Monday the discovery near the southern city of Luxor of a statue believed to be of a queen who was the mother of the pharaoh that shifted the kingdom towards monotheism.
Queen Tiye, the wife of 18th dynasty (ca. 1539 - 1292 BC) King Amunhotep III and the mother of Akhenaten, was immortalized in a 1.6- metre black granite statue discovered during work just outside of Luxor at the Temple of Mut by an archaeological mission from Johns Hopkins University (...)