Ancient Egypt - Finestre sull'Arte

Outstanding discovery in Trento: fragments of a very rare Egyptian papyrus found

An extraordinary find enriches the archaeological holdings of Trento's Castello del Buonconsiglio. In the course of studying and cataloguing the Egyptian materials preserved in the museum, archaeologist Annamaria Azzolini and Egyptologist Barbara Gil...
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Important discovery in Luxor, Egypt: the tomb of Thutmose II, the last royal of the 18th Dynasty

After a century of research and speculation, comes one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years that opens a new chapter in the history ofancient Egypt: in fact, the tomb of Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty,...
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Administrative documents on pottery from ancient Egypt: the ostrakas of Oxyrhynchus

The Egyptological Collections of theUniversity of Pisa, part of the Athenaeum Museum System, preserve a most precious treasure for the study of Egyptian society: they are the ostrakas of Ossirinco, which represent an extraordinary body of historical,...
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Verona, Ancient Egyptian funerary boat model from nearly 4,000 years ago enters Palazzo Maffei collections

A model of a sailing funerary boat from Ancient Egypt has entered the collections of Palazzo Maffei in Verona. The piece is now the oldest among the more than 650 works on display in the Verona museum in Piazza delle Erbe commissioned by collector Lu...
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Egypt, in Luxor Zahi Hawass discovers 1,500 decorated blocks and the remains of the temple of Hatshepsut

A joint archaeological mission led by the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage and the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt has made obvious discoveries near the processional ramp of Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir El-Bahari in...
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Israel, 12-year-old finds 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a scarab

During a family outing at the Tel Qana archaeological site near Hod Hasharon, Israel, 12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner found an ancient amulet in the shape of a scarab dating back some 3,500 years to the time of the Egyptian New Kingdom. "I was looking ...
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Egypt, monumental entrance to an ancient Ptolemaic temple discovered

In Egypt, at Athribis, a village near Sohag, not far from Cairo, archaeologists from theUniversity of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have made an exceptional discovery: excavations have in fact uncovered the entrance t...
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Anghe Egyptians were getting high: traces of psychotropic substances found in an ancient vase

For the first time, researchers have found direct evidence of the use of psychotropic substances in ancient Egyptian spiritual rituals. The discovery, which is based on a series of advanced scientific analyses, offers new and concrete evidence regard...
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