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Le Qatar sauvera-t-il les pyramides soudanaises ?
L’exploration des trésors archéologiques du Soudan, en particulier ses nombreuses pyramides, est relancée grâce à un programme de financement qatari. C’est la mission que s’est donnée le Projet archéologique qataro-soudanais (Paqs), rapporte Al-Monitor. Ces pyramides, vestiges de l’ancien royaume méroïtique (VIIIe-IVe siècle avant J.-C.), restent méconnues du grand public. Or, le Qatar s’intéresse à ces […]
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King Tut’s wet nurse may have been his sister: expert
An archaeologist said Sunday that Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten, reviving speculation about the identity of the mother of the boy king. DNA tests have proved that the pharaoh Akhenaten was the father of Tutankhamun, but the identity of his mother has long been a mystery. On […]
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Tomb of Tutankhamun’s wt nurse is opened for the firts time since it was discovered in 1996.
Tomb of Tutankhamun’s wet nurse is opened for the first time since it was discovered in 1996… as Egypt launch a PR offensive in a bid to woo tourists back. The tomb of Tutankhamun’s wet nurse has been opened to visitors for the first time, following its discovery almost 20 years ago. The burial site, […]
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La nourrice de Toutankhamon était en réalité sa sœur
Un égyptologue français a affirmé dimanche en Égypte que la nourrice du pharaon Toutankhamon, Maïa, n’était autre que sa sœur, la princesse Mérytaton, relançant les spéculations sur l’identité de la mère du jeune roi, décédé il y a plus de 3 000 ans. L’archéologue Alain Zivie avait découvert en novembre 1996 la tombe de Maïa, […]
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Unique Hebrew inscription unearthed at Galilee site
Excavations at the Kursi site on the shores of the Sea of Galilee have uncovered an inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large marble slab, dating back ca. 1,600 years. No similar artifact has even been found before in Israel, and the finding confirms for the first time that the ancient settlement at the […]
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Could Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt’s Shadowy Past?
She was married to one of the most eccentric pharaohs. But after his death she may have reigned on her own––as a man. If researchers have found her tomb, what’s inside could change Middle Eastern history. Every time something is discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the whispers begin. Is it the queen? Has […]
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Premier succès pour les muons, dans l’exploration du cœur des pyramides
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
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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Egypt repatriates 3,200 yr old wall relief from UK
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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War, More Than ISIS, Is Destroying Syria’s Ancient Sites
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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