The greatest discovery of all times was King Tut's tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings. In this 3D online virtual area, you can experience that yourself. Dig up artefacts and gather points and marvel at - as well as decode - the wall paintings in the tomb to get a glimpse at the afterlife that was so important to the Ancient Egyptians.
Zoom in on King Tut's greatest treasures and explore the Valley of the Kings at the time when Carter made the world's greatest archaeological discovery ever: the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Experience life by the Nile in Ancient Egypt, gather clues to have a look at what the Egyptians envisioned the afterlife to be and dig up your own artefacts. All this is possible in King Tut Virtual.
Gustave Flaubert - the author of 'Madame Bovary' - travelled through Egypt from October 1849 to July 1850. Together with his friend and photographer Maxime Du Camp he journeyed from Alexandria in the North to Sudan in the South and back. This journey is the focus of the exhibition 'Het Egypte van Gustave Flaubert' (Gustave Flaubert's Egypt), which runs at the RMO in Holland until April 4th 2010. The expo follows the famous French writer on his journey through Egypt and takes its visitors from the amazing pyramids at Giza and the sanctuaries at Luxor to the gigantic pharaonic statues at Abu Simbel in the deep south.
Many archaeological excavations are taking place across Egypt as the wonders of the Ancient World continue to reveal themselves to us. One such excavation taking place is at el-Assasif, Thebes at the site of TT34 - the Tomb of Montuemhat. The archaeological dig, led by Dr Farouk Gomaa, is searching for the yet undiscovered burial chamber of the diplomat Montuemhat.
Professor Manfred Bietak holds the chair of Egyptology at the University of Vienna and is director of the Vienna Institute of Archaeological Sciences. He has been directing excavations at Tell el-Dab’a (Avaris) since 1966.
In the early 1970’s he was a leader in the creation of the Austrian Archaeological Institute’s Cairo branch.
Tell el-Dab’a is the project that he is most famous for. It was the capital of the Hyksos - an Asiatic people who ruled part of Egypt for a time during the Second Intermediate Period. After the Hyksos were kicked out the site was abandoned. At some point during the 18th dynasty it was rebuilt into a royal centre with three palaces.
The most noted find at this site are the Minoan frescoes which were also created during the 18th dynasty. It’s a big mystery how they ended up in Ancient Egypt.
Professor Bietak also excavated in western Thebes from 1969 – 1979. His team found the tomb of Ankh-Hor, a person lived in the 26th dynasty (late period) who was a “High Steward of the Divine Votaress.”
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The hero must struggle against the fear of death, in order to achieve the most perfect death. The songs sung for heroes and the cult honors given to them in worship and festivals, including athletic festivals, celebrated in their honor, are an attempt to provide compensation for the death of the hero.
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was born at Highclere Castle near Newbury, England, on the 26 June 1866. He was the heir to the lucrative Carnarvon title and fortune - yet he used it to finance a life of daredevil sport, travel and exploration, which led eventually to his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun alongside legendary archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.
Educated at the prestigious Eton College and Cambridge University, Carnarvon took on his title in 1890. His ancestory, and indeed that of his great-grandson the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, can be traced back to King Edward III and Henry VIII. Yet his life of adventure had begun three years before, when in 1887 he developed a passion for sailing that took him across the Atlantic to Buenos Aires. This was no small undertaking at the time; and certainly not in the mould of the traditional British peer.
Gustave Flaubert - the author of 'Madame Bovary' - travelled through Egypt from October 1849 to July 1850. Together with his friend and photographer Maxime Du Camp he journeyed from Alexandria in the North to Sudan in the South and back. This journey is the focus of the exhibition 'Het Egypte van Gustave Flaubert' (Gustave Flaubert's Egypt), which runs at the RMO in Holland until April 4th 2010. The expo follows the famous French writer on his journey through Egypt and takes its visitors from the amazing 
