Something to Look Forward To, Perhaps

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/british ... itis-tomb/

British Egyptologist on quest to find Nefertiti’s tomb

Perhaps now that Zahi Hawass is no longer calling the shots he'll be able to gain some interest. Certainly Egypt needs to do something to reinvigorate the tourism industry....aside from shooting the tourists.

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/perfect ... t-pompeii/

Perfect pre-Roman era tomb discovered at Pompeii

Archaeologists have discovered a Pre-Roman era tomb in perfect condition at Pompeii, the team at the archaeological site buried in a 79AD volcanic eruption announced Monday.

“Pompeii continues to be an inexhaustible source of scientific discoveries,” Massimo Osanna, superintendent at the ancient city site, said in a statement.

The tomb, unearthed by a team from the French Jean Berard Centre in Naples in southern Italy, dates back to the Samnite era, and is located at the Herculaneaum Gate at Pompeii.

[Minimalist]

Follow up to Post #1.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34410720

With deep appreciation to the BBC for providing real news.

The Egyptian pharaoh queen Nefertiti could be buried in two newly-discovered rooms in King Tutankhamun's tomb, according to a British archaeologist.

Nicholas Reeves said on Egyptian TV that two extra rooms had been found hidden in the walls of the tomb.

Egyptian officials say they hope to give the go-ahead to use radar scans to test Mr Reeves' theory that Nefertiti's remains are hidden in one of them.

I have one obvious question to the premise though. Why would Nefertiti have been buried in the Valley of the Kings when there was a perfectly serviceable Valley of the Queens nearby? As an additional thought, Nefertiti drops from history long before Akhenaten. Why would she not have been buried in Amarna as he was?

[Minimalist]

Follow up to the above.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/scienti ... nefertiti/

Scientists in Egypt to do more tests on King Tut’s tomb in search for Queen Nefertiti

The minister and Reeves differ on whose mummy they expect to find.

According to Reeves, professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, Tutankhamun, who died unexpectedly, was buried hurriedly in an underground chamber probably not intended for him.

His death would have forced priests to reopen Nefertiti’s tomb 10 years after her death because the young pharaoh’s own mausoleum had not yet been built.

But Damati believes that such a chamber, if found adjoining Tutankhamun’s tomb, may contain Kiya, a wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

Either case, Nefertiti or Kiya, still has to address the illogic of any queen being buried in the Valley of the Kings. Surely the Egyptians knew the difference!

[kbs2244]

Didn't she, on occasion, have a strap on beard?
Maybe not gender, but rank?

[Simon21]

Shooting the ordinary people trying to protect tourists and then calling them terrorists so the government can get a good body count isn't a great idea either.

[Minimalist]

All the great archaeological finds in the world will do nothing to improve tourism revenue if they don't get the security situation under control....without, as you say, shooting the tourists.

[uniface]

Welcome, Lil

This place has needed someone like you.

IMO.

[Minimalist]

For once I totally agree with Uni!

[Minimalist]

Nefertiti was probably buried in Amarna which is where Akhenaten set his Aten cult.

Tut, as a mere child, was a puppet of the powers-that-be which did not wait to abolish the Aten cult. Tut's name was even changed from Tut-ankh-aten to Tut-ankh-amun for just that reason.

http://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiott ... ge=1609045

Pharaoh Tutankhamun (King Tut) succeeded Akhenaten, he was the son of Akhenaten. Originally known as Tutanhkaten (living image of Aten), he changed his name to Tutankhamun, and brought back the Amum as chief god, along with the other gods and goddesses. The short-lived religion of his father, Akhenaten, came to an end. Thebes was once again the capital of ancient Egypt.