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    Zahi Hawass Reveals a Glimpse of the Latest Discoveries in Egypt

    Description Zahi Hawass takes you inside the new tombs at Saqqara, the Valley of the Kings, and the temple of Taposiris Magna. See the tombs of Nefret-swt and Qar, and come along on the search for KV64 and the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony! Related Heritage Experts Zahi Hawass Credits Images by Sandro Vannini & Niccolò Piazza Transcription If someone ask me a question now and say: «What is the most recent discovery that you made?» I can say: «I’m inside a tomb located west of the step pyramid, the oldest pyramid in Egypt». This tomb is under the…

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    Explore

    Three simple steps to start exploring online now. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Download and Install the software. Start your preview visit by clicking the button. For a satisfactory experience you will need: a fast internet connection (1.0 mb/s or more). Wireless can work, but is unreliable. a good graphics card with 256 meg RAM (the more the better); 1 gigabyte system RAM; Offices and Schools: No firewall restrictions on external content (see details on fixing here). For Windows For Mac (currently for Intel versions only) Having problems? Check our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and if that doesn’t help,…

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    Paula Veiga

    Paula Veiga Researcher in Egyptology 13 April 1968 Paula Veiga has a background in tourism, but holds a Master in Pre Classical Studies from the University of Lisboa and a Master in Biomedical Egyptology from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester (which covers Histology studies and laboratory practice, DNA studies and practice of extraction, Paleopathology, Osteology, amongst other disciplines). She recently published her first book – Oncology and Infectious Diseases in ancient Egypt: The Ebers Papyrus? Treatise on Tumours 857-877 and the cases found in ancient Egyptian human material and has another one upcoming. Paula Veiga is working on…

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    Revealing King Arthur: Swords, Stones and Digging for Camelot

    What lies behind the legends of King Arthur? Fragments of history, or just wishful thinking? While historians study the ancient manuscripts, modern archaeologists join in the hunt for clues. From Arthur’s ‘birthplace’ at Tintagel to the fabled ‘Isle of Avalon’, we sift through the evidence. Journeying across Arthur’s Britain, we search for Camelot and the sites of his battles. Do the remains confirm or contradict the traditional accounts? Far from providing objective proof, Christopher Gidlow shows how archaeologists’ interpretation of their discoveries reflects the academic fashions of their times. Sites which in the 1960s were used to prove King Arthur’s…

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    Mike Pitts

    Attribution: Taken from the ‘One & Other’ live video stream. mike pitts Archaeologist and editor of British Archaeology magazine Mike Pitts is an influential freelance archaeologist and writer who edits British Archaeology magazine (since 2003). He has also written trade books such as Fairweather Eden and Hengeworld, and has produced features for BBC History, New Scientist and American Archaeology. A novel and a non-fiction book are also in the pipeline, and Mike has also waded into the world of radio broadcasting with a historical drama for BBC Radio 4. Mike claims his love for archaeology grew from his first observation of…

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    Dr Salima Ikram Talks Animal Mummification In New Heritage Key Video

    Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo Dr Salima Ikram – one of the world’s leading authorities on Egyptian religion – recently chatted to Heritage Key on the subject of the cult of animal worship in ancient Egypt. In another exclusive new video interview, she dons her white coat and takes us to the lab, for a fascinating insight into the practice of animal mummification. Animals were deeply sacred in ancient Egypt, particularly from the 26th dynasty – around 700 BC – until the end of Egyptian civilization and the advent of Christianity by 400 AD. They were…

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    From Nomadic Tribesmen to Nazi Icons: Who Were the Aryans?

    The word “Aryan” has become inseparable from poisonous Nazi doctrine over the last century, in which it became a term for describing a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians, usually having Nordic features. It’s ironic when you consider “Aryan” was originally a perfectly innocent ethno-linguistic term for an ancient cultural group who couldn’t have been any different in appearance to the supposedly racially pure peoples of northern Europe the Nazis envisioned. Far from being blonde-haired, blue-eyed, fair-skinned and homogenous, the “Aryans” were a dark-skinned nomadic Eurasian tribe who spread from Central Europe and Central Asia into Southern Asia, interbreeding with…

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    Ancient City of Petra Tombs Reveal 61 Burials and Islamic Gold Medallion

    Archaeologists have made two major tomb discoveries at the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. They discovered a rock-cut tomb that contained the skeletal remains of 61 individuals, along with a wealth of wooden artefacts, animal bones and ceramics. The second discovery was made at a place called tomb 676. While excavating it archaeologists found a gold medallion with an Islamic inscription on it. The find dates to long after the tomb was abandoned. “This object was placed in the tomb in a later period – perhaps as a way of warding off evil coming from the tomb,” said Professor David Johnson, of Brigham Young University in Utah, who led the team that made both tomb…

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    Cave Paintings: Techniques and Materials

    The techniques and materials used to make cave paintings and other forms of rock art are almost as diverse as the people who created them. What unites these ancient artists – across almost all of the earth’s continents and over tens of thousands of years of ancient history – is their increasing level of incredible ingenuity. Handy Work The phrase ‘cave paintings’ somewhat obscures the vast range of methods used to create works of non-portable art on rocks and cave walls. They could be painted, but they could also be drawn, daubed, scratched, chipped, sculpted in relief, engraved, stenciled or…

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    Beltane Fire Festival

    Beltane was an ancient Celtic festival which welcomed in the summer, celebrated before the Romanisation of Britain. It was honoured with fires, livestock breeding and marriage ceremonies. Today’s Beltane Fire Festival takes place on the 30th April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, and while a paean to the ancient traditions of the nation, is nothing more than a supposed resurrection of what happened all those years ago. The festival consists mainly of an incendiary procession whereby mytical characters like the Mary Queen, Green Man and Red Man are summoned, burned and resurrected. A fire arch and special bonfire are also…