• Égypte : le secret de la grande pyramide bientôt élucidé?

    Posted on 18/12/2015

    Des savants ont trouvé des « anomalies thermiques impressionnantes » sur une façade de Khéops. Une découverte qui laisse une partie des Égyptiens froids. En Égypte, l’équipe internationale de savants de « Scan Pyramids », qui cherche à sonder le cœur des pyramides, a déjà enregistré des résultats. Le ministre des Antiquités égyptien, Mamdouh Al-Damaty vient de […]

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  • Premier succès pour les muons, dans l’exploration du cœur des pyramides

    Posted on 17/12/2015

    Ces particules peuvent franchir des roches de grande épaisseur. En Egypte, la campagne ScanPyramids les emploie pour radiographier les monuments en profondeur et révéler des structures jusque-là invisibles. FUTURISTE. L’image est digne d’un film de science-fiction : une file d’hommes vêtus de combinaisons blanches, les visages couverts de masques, escaladent une pyramide, et pénètrent dans […]

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  • Rare Hittite seal seized in Çorum

    Posted on 17/12/2015

    A 3,600-year-old Hittite-era seal has been found in a box during a police operation held in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum. The seal was one of two of its kind in the world. Teams from the anti-smuggling and organized crime branch were ordered to carry out an operation in pursuit of a man who […]

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  • Cult of Zeus found in Metropolis

    Posted on 17/12/2015

    The most important finding during excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, which have concluded for the year, is a cult area built for the god Zeus from ancient Helen mythology A cult area built for Zeus, the main god of the ancient Helen mythology, has been found in the ancient city of Metropolis, located […]

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  • Pyramid Secret Chambers Sought Using Cosmic Rays

    Posted on 17/12/2015

    Muon-detecting plates are placed within the Bent Pyramid. Some 40 plates have been placed inside the Bent Pyramid in Dahshur in an attempt to capture cosmic particles, Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities announced early today. The installation (explained in this video) is part of an ambitious project using muons, or cosmic particles, to investigate Egypt’s main […]

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  • Trois musées, trois chantiers

    Posted on 16/12/2015

    Les trois plus importants musées égyptiens ont récemment fait l’objet de divers travaux de rénovation et d’agrandissement. Etat des lieux à l’occasion de la conférence sur Les Grands Musées du Caire, qui s’est tenue le 6 décembre dernier à l’Institut français. Témoin d’une civilisation remontant à plus de 6 000 ans, le musée de la […]

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  • Egypt repatriates 3,200 yr old wall relief from UK

    Posted on 10/12/2015

    CAIRO: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday it has repatriated a 3,200 year-old ancient Egyptian wall relief from the UK. “The Egyptian embassy in London succeeded in restoring a painted limestone wall relief dating back to the 19th Dynasty (1292 B.C.-1189 B.C.) that was illegally smuggled from Egypt,” the foreign ministry stated Thursday. The fragment […]

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  • Une momie sortie de la roche

    Posted on 09/12/2015

    Un sarcophage quasiment intact et possédant toujours sa momie vient d’être découvert à Louqsor. Il s’agit du prêtre Ankhefenkhonsou du dieu Amon-Rê, remontant à la XXIIe dynastie. C’est devenu une habitude pour la mission archéologique égypto-espagnole de l’Institut Madrilène d’études sur l’Egypte ancienne. Dirigée par Francisco Martin Valentin et Teresa Bedman, la mission vient de […]

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  • The King Tut mask restoration

    Posted on 08/12/2015

    What the world might discover from the King Tut mask restoration German expert Christian Eckmann is leading the restoration of King Tut’s famous mask, which was damaged by a botched repair job. DW met him in Cairo to find out what’s hiding behind that clumsy layer of glue. Since the golden burial mask of King […]

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  • War, More Than ISIS, Is Destroying Syria’s Ancient Sites

    Posted on 25/11/2015

    Ancient sites in contested areas are more vulnerable to looting and destruction than those in ISIS-controlled territory. Videos of Islamic State militants shattering ancient statues and blowing up classical temples have shocked the world. But according to a new analysis of satellite images by U.S. archaeologists, these high-profile acts obscure the actual extent of damage […]

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