New Ancient Egyptian Human Mummies from the Valley of the Kings, Luxor: Anthropological, Radiological, and Egyptological Investigations. [PDF]
The Valley of the Kings (arab. Wadi al Muluk; KV) situated on the West Bank near Luxor (Egypt) was the site for royal and elite burials during the New Kingdom (ca. 1500–1100 BC), with many tombs being reused in subsequent periods. In 2009, the scientific project “The University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project” was launched.
Rühli F, Ikram S, Bickel S.
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The present paper aims at analyzing some ancient pigments from the festival hall of Thutmosis III, the Karnak temples complex (Luxor, Egypt). The wall decorations of the festival hall are carved with raised and sunken reliefs and painted with religious ...
Hussein Marey Mahmoud
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Remarkable botanical remains from a new foundation deposit in the Hathor shrine of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari [PDF]
Numerous botanical remains have been found in a recently discovered foundation deposit of Tuthmosis III, in his Hathor shrine at Deir el-Bahari. Identification of 12 plants (cereals, fruits, branches and leaves) is proposed and the exceptional diversity ...
Nathalie Beaux
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The study of the historical development of glass in ancient times
This paper discusses historical development of glass in ancient times, identify the most important characteristics of glass in every era of time, through the study of their properties, chemical composition of the types of glass and production methods ...
Shaimaa Salama
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From Limestone to Sandstone – Building Stone of Theban Architecture During the Reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III [PDF]
This paper reviews the monuments built in the Theban area during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III, and their stone materials. This period witnessed a shift from limestone to sandstone in the second part of the Hatshepsut coregency with Thutmosis III, when the queen commissioned an ambitious architectural program.
Christina Karlshausen, Thierry De Putter
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Results of five years of Pottery Analysis in the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmosis III in Western Thebes (2011–2015) [PDF]
This article discusses some of the ceramic finds from the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmosis III in Thebes/West recorded from 2011 to 2015. Whilst the finds presented in this article mostly date from the late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, tombs created before the temple was built, are discussed in full, selected New Kingdom ...
Bettina Bader, Myriam Seco Álvarez
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The present paper aims at analyzing some ancient pigments from the festival hall of Thutmosis III, the Karnak temples complex (Luxor, Egypt). The wall decorations of the festival hall are carved with raised and sunken reliefs and painted with religious ...
Hussein Hassan Marey Mahmoud
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An interdisciplinary approach to Iron Age Mediterranean chronology through combined archaeological and 14C-radiometric evidence from Sidon, Lebanon. [PDF]
Doumet-Serhal C +4 more
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Exotic foods reveal contact between South Asia and the Near East during the second millennium BCE. [PDF]
Scott A +13 more
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ARISTOTLE, KING DAVID, KING ZHOU AND PHARAOH THUTMOSIS III HAVE SEEN COMET ENCKE
Aristotle saw a great winter comet with a tail reaching up to Orion. It was Comet Encke on 31 December in 372 BC. When it became visible in the morning, after 9 January 371 BC, Ephoros saw its nucleus split up in two parts. The sword of the Angel of the Lord seen above Jerusalem, as punishment for the sins by King David, was Comet Encke in 964 BC.
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