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Ancient Cities Reported Found Under Sea Off Egypt - Underwater excavations of the cities of Menouthif and Herakleion.
Bir Umm Fawakhir - Ancient Egyptian gold mining site.
Cleopatra's Palace Found - Obscured by murky water for more than 1,500 years, remains of the ancient capital of the Ptolemies have been found in Egypt's Port of Alexandria, reports Archaeology.
Dig Offers a Rare Peek at 'Pre-Dynastic' Egypt - Temple found from 300 years before Narmer unified Egypt.
Egypt Exploration Society Fieldwork - Reports on Memphis, El-Amarna, Qasr Ibrim, Sais and the Delta Survey.
Egyptians Find Tomb of Ancient God Osiris - Sinking water levels reveal a symbolic sarcophagus of the god Osiris.
Egyptologists Stumble Upon Huge Ramses II Statue - An incomplete statue depicts Ramses with a sun god.
Gateway To Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egyptian history, including the various dynasties and their pharaohs, religious and funerary beliefs, gods, pyramids, temples, tombs and photos.
Giza Pyramids: Follow the Excavation - Information about the 1997 excavation work at the Giza pyramids by Mark Lehner, from Nova Online.
Great Pyramid Builder Worshipped Long After Death - Middle East Times reports that Sakuji Yoshimura from Japan's Waseda University has found evidence in Saqqara that a cult grew up around King Cheops.
Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment - The University of Colorado declares an assembly of huge stone slabs at Nabta, 6,500 to 6,000 years old, to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world.
Pedestals of Road of Rams Statues Found - Discovery reveals a road linking the temples of Thebes.
Secrets of the Lost Tomb - Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks.
The Berenike Project - History and reports on the excavations at the site and the survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, from 1994 to the present.
The Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey - Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago survey of a 5th-7th century site in Egypt.
The Discovery of the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza - An illustrated article by Dr. Zahi Hawass on the tombs of artisans and administrators who worked on the Giza pyramid complexes.
The Epigraphic Survey - Oriental Institute at University of Chicago survey of Luxor directed by W. Raymond Johnson.
The Giza Plateau Mapping Project - Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity.
The Luxor-Farshut Desert Road Project - (Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago) Survey of a desert site which has revealed various ancient graffiti.
The Theban Mapping Project - A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. Visit each tomb in the Valley of the Kings through the interactive atlas with plans, descriptions, images and movies. Articles on the history of Thebes, tomb development and decoration. Staff, progress reports and publications.
The Tomb of Senneferi - Nigel Strudwick of Cambridge University describes his excavation at Theban Tomb 99, Luxor. Location, Senneferi and his family, history, architecture, wall paintings, dig diaries, publications. Includes plans, photographs and Quicktime VR movies.
The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition - Research in the Valley of the Kings.
Tomb of Ramesses II and Remains of his Funerary Treasure - Its director Christian Leblanc describes the Franco-Egyptian mission started in 1991 to clear the tomb of Ramses the Great. Includes a plan and photographs.
Tombs of the Unknown Workers - Discovery of the tombs of the pyramid builders.
Unique Egyptian Temple Complex - Five temples uncovered in the eastern Nile Delta.
Virtual Kahun - Joint project between Manchester Museum and Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Visitors have the chance to explore pyramid builders' town in virtual reality and to search the collections.
Waseda University Egyptian Expedition - Detailed reports on excavations at Dashur North, Malqata, tomb of Amenophis III, the Theban Necropolis, Abusir South, the Khufu Boat and al-Fustat. The pyramids survey at Giza.
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