Publication Date: 25 May 2017
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The Tomb. 1000 Years of Robbery and Reuse
Tutankhamun had been dead for just 40 years when a Theban tomb was used for the first time, in around 1290 B.C. It was then robbed and reused for more than 1,000 years before being finally sealed in 9 b.c. by a family who lived during the reign of Cleopatra. Unopened for almost 2,000 years, the tomb was discovered in 1857. Its fabulous contents have been brought together in a fabulous exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.
Funerary Garden Found
Archaeologists have long known that the ancient Egyptians planted funeral gardens to honour their dead. Evidence, however, has been confined to depictions on tomb walls. Now a 4,000-year-old grid of plant beds has been discovered in Luxor.
World Museum
You can’t keep a good museum down. World Museum in Liverpool opens its new ancient Egypt gallery, featuring artefacts on show for the first time since 1941, when they became wartime casualties.
Susan Osgood
The two worlds of Oriental Institute artist, Susan Osgood: Art and Archaeology. Her seasons spent in Egypt, documenting ancient reliefs, become the inspiration for Susan’s own artwork.
The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt - Part One
Aidan Dodson’s new book is a history of Egypt’s royal burial places —from the very dawn of history down to Egypt’s absorption into the Roman Empire, 3,000 years later. Part one features Egypt’s pharaonic beginnings: the Early Dynastic Period.
Aswan Discoveries
New members of a powerful Middle Kingdom family stationed at the southern frontier of Elephantine Island are being discovered