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Some new pictures from the Amarna-era tomb found in Saqqara.


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New Tomb in Saqaara, that is the second Amarna era find for the Dutch team in recent years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070214/sc_nm/egypt_tomb_dc_1

I finally added another design to my Cafe Press store, which also has a new, hopefully easier-to-remember url:

http://www.cafepress.com/egyptologia

Check out my new section, Divine Designs, which features items with my Hathor design:


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I've just created a new blog on wordpress.com for the purpose of a) sharing my experiences as an Egyptology student and b) helping to provide information and resources to others who are interested in following this path. Come check it out at http://seshnedjem.wordpress.com/Read more... )

yesterday i bought a book called searching for nefertiti written by joanne fletcher. i bought it at barcelona's egyptian museum after wondering wich book from the shelves would fit me better and it definitely will, i think. has anybody read it? 
it looks so interesting!

Miracle of miracles, they have found another untouched tomb in the Valley of the Kings (and guess which dynasty)! Since the openning has just begun, we'll have to wait to find out any details, but it looks like this could be a cache of nobles. If the newest theory holds that the lower end of the Valley was covered by flooding after the Amarna ( Read more... )

Here are some pictures of the new statue of Queen Tiye that has been found at Luxor Temple:


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I have, in the past, posted some of my icons that relate to archaeology around on various comms (not sure if on this or not). My best friend also makes such icons. We are uber geeks, and very proud of it. ^_^ We have a special place in our hearts for the Armarna period, and have made some in that vein, too ( Read more... )

What I have always found so fascinating about art in the Amarna period is its seeming duality. On the one hand, you have the revolutionary stylised form seen depicting the royal family as having very odd-looking features (and in somes cases even looks a little hideous), while on the other hand it was also the age of the famous Nefertiti bust, one ( Read more... )