[msnimje]

This American?

[Erasmus]

New book: "Nefertiti Has Five Mummies."

[NormsRevenge]

Nefertiti, wow. If true, that is quite the find, indeed.

[NormsRevenge]

fyi

[Caipirabob]

Dead 3,000 years? That is so hot! Is her husband around? I'd like to date that mummy...

[jimtorr]

Here's a link to Yahoo news. It has pictures from the public unveiling of the tomb today.

http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/sc/021903anthroarchaeo;_ylt=AokWyzgSWE.wEp_UEikuNfVFeQoB;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Brilliant]

5 meters from Tutankhamen, and they did not notice until now?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Headline:

Nefertiti: the ultimate MILF!

Mummy I'd Like to Find! ;-)

[toddlintown]

SG-1 killed her a few years ago. That mummy's an imposter!

[NormsRevenge]

Wooden sarcophagi with coloured funerary masks containing mummies are shown by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities in a tomb four meters beneath the ground level in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor's West Bank. The tomb, uncovered by American archaeologist Otto Schaden, is the first to be discovered in the Valley since Tutankhamun's in 1922.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)

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A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic coffin lies among other items in a newly discovered tomb at the valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt February 10, 2006. The tomb, discovered this week by a U.S. team from the University of Memphis, contains coffins and mummies and clay containers all yet to be analysed by experts. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

[Wolfstar]

Many African-Americans claim the ancient Egyptians were black African. The painted face on this sarcophagus, untouched since ancient times, indicates otherwise.

[Doc Savage]

If I dig up a corpse or a tomb I'm thrown in jail. If some a-hole archeologist does it, they're regarded as great scientists. Who the hell wrote the law saying it was ok to dig up or disturb anyone's grave????? By what right do these sanctimonius a-holes conduct this barbaric and totally NON-essential criminal activity. It is morally reprehensible!

[SunkenCiv]

Great jokes so far, guffaw guffaw. My best guess is, the next thing to show up will be a picture of the bus from that TV show. Could be way off though...

Thanks NormsRevenge for the ping! Thanks aculeus for posting the topic. This one is something like number four about this, but there's a little more info with each passing post. :') Soooo, I'm pinging yet again. I had a nice couple of hours today looking over a special exhibition from the Egyptian museums, and am still on a bit of a high from it. Don't tell anyone, but while the guards weren't lookin', I touched some of the art.

Bob Partridge, of the Ancient Egypt Society, said it could possibly be the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, who co-ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1358 BC. Her tomb has never been found. "Nefertiti was probably buried to the north of Egypt at a place called Akhetaten," he told BBC News24. "It's believed that the burials there, which included Nefertiti and some of her daughters, were brought back to the Theban area, and the Valley of the Kings would be the obvious place."

CondorFlight, here's a post regarding the supposed Nefertiti in KV 35. :')

To all, here's a post regarding my hope, which may be realized soon. However, Zahi "Zowie" Hawass must have had someone read the cartouches to him (snicker) by now, and knows exactly who the canopic jars were made for. :')

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[Thinkin' Gal]

The first intact tomb found since 1922, discovered accidentally by Americans. Talk about timing.

[Eastbound]

" . . . Zahi Hawass says they "might be royals or nobles" . . . "

No comment.

[dread78645]

"Zahi Hawass"

Everyone take a drink.

[bk1000]

"Pharoic Tomb Find Stuns Egypt"

I, as well, am stuned. Fortunately my beeber is still OK.

[SunkenCiv]

First peek at ancient tomb
by Nic Fleming
February 12, 2006
The Age

The door was partly opened last week to reveal the simple burial place, believed to be from the first dynasty of the New Kingdom, which ruled between 1539BC and 1292BC and had its capital in Thebes, the present city of Luxor. One of the coffins had toppled towards the door, revealing its white painted face, and another was partly open, showing a brown cloth covering the mummy inside... Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's supreme council of antiquities, said: "Maybe they are mummies of kings or queens or nobles, we don't know. But it's definitely someone connected to the royal family."

[Republican Party Reptile]

Found by University of Memphis Team huh? How appropo, Memphis being the ancient Capital of The Old Kingdom Dynasties and all that ... :)

[SunkenCiv]

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