News
Pyramid of Sesheshet, mother of Teti(?)
Additional information about the excavations of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has been added containing information about the pyramid located around 100m north of the pyramid of Teti. Click here.
Saqqara Day 2010 Abstracts
Friends can find the first abstracts of the Saqqara Day held on Saterday June the 12th on our Friends section. Here you can read abstracts of the lectures.
Lost tomb found in Saqqara by Egyptian colleaques
A lost tomb has been discovered at Saqqara by the Archaeology faculty of Cairo University. The mission uncovered the tomb of Ptah Mes, army leader
and royal scribe dating to the 19th dynasty. The tomb is located at the southern side of the ramp of king Unas' pyramid.
According to Culture minister Farouk Hosni the tomb can be dated to the second half of the 19th dynasty (1203- 1186 BC). Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA, explained that the tomb is 70m long and composed of a number of corridors and chapels. He announced that the tomb design is similar to the tomb of Ptahemwia which our mission unearthed in 2007.
Excavations will continue at the tomb of Ptah Mes in an attempt to find the main shaft of the tomb.
See npr and drhawass.com.
"Protecting a Cemetery.."
An article by Nicholas Warner (our consulting architect) about the conservation and management of the New Kingdom necropolis is posted in our Friends section.
King Tutankhamun Family Project
On 17 February 2010, Dr. Zahi Hawass held a press-conference about the results of the "King Tutankhamun Family Project". Carolien van Zoest was so kind to make a review about this research. Go read it here!
New entries in the Glossary Five new entries are added in the Glossary. Go to Context > Glossary and read more about the following topics:
| -Cenotaph |  |
| -Pyramidion | |
| -Saqqara Kinglist | |
| -Serapeum | |
| -Syncretism |