12 Feb
By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer Katarina Kratovac, Associated Press Writer Wed Feb 11, 7:43 pm ET
SAQQARA, Egypt – Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity — a perfectly preserved [...]
12 Feb
By Katarina Kratovac Associated Press Wed Feb 11, 2009
SAQQARA, Egypt – Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity — a perfectly preserved mummy.
The mummy, wrapped in [...]
11 Feb
Feb 9, 2009 Associated Press
Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 4,600-year-old tomb, in the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo.
Egypt’s chief archeologist, Zahi Hawas, says the new tomb was found Sunday at the bottom of a 36 foot (11-meter) deep [...]
11 Feb
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer Maggie Michael, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 9, 1:10 pm ET
CAIRO – A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.
AP – In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, [...]
