Intact tomb found in Egypt
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060209/...ypt_mummies_dc

An American team has found what appears to be an intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first found in the valley since that of Tutankhamun in 1922, one of the archaeologists said on Thursday.

The tomb contains five or six mummies in intact sarcophagi from the late 18th dynasty, about the same period as Tutankhamun, but the archaeologists have not yet had the time or the access to identify them, the archaeologist added.

The 18th dynasty ruled Egypt from 1567 BC to 1320 BC, a period during which the country's power reached a peak.

The Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt contains the tombs of most of the pharaohs of the time but the archaeologist said the mummies in the newly found tomb need not be royal.

"There are lots of non-royal tombs in the valley. It wouldn't be the only one by any means," said the archaeologist, who asked not to be named because the Egyptian authorities are planning a media event at the site on Friday.

"The archaeologists haven't been inside properly yet. It's very small and cramped but it is late 18th dynasty," she added.

A statement from the government's Supreme Council of Antiquities said the tomb was found by a team from the University of Memphis in the United States.

The five sarcophagi, which are carved to human form, have coloured funerary masks and the tomb contains a large number of big storage jars, the statement said.

"For an unknown reason they were buried rapidly in the small tomb," it added.

The tomb, 5 km (three miles) from that of Tutankhamun, was covered with the rubble of workmen's huts dating from the latter part of the 19th dynasty, more than 100 years after the tomb was sealed, it said.

Raph's Girl note: Ooh I bet Sahid Hawas is pissed he didn't find this himself! :lol:

this is such awsome interesting news the scientists have been buisy little bee's lately haven't they lol
-Putrescent

Awesome. I can't wait to see what they find. :)

Wow its amaizing , I guess those archeologist must be really happy to find all this ... its really interesting stuff

the first team sent down there will consist of Abbot and Costello.


well I hope.

haha I hope but who will play them since there dead?

their reanimated corpses, of course!

My archaeologist friend comments, "Another tomb has been found in Egypt. Big whoop."

Wrong or right?

My vote Goes on Left

Too bad they didnt find a Stargate or something...

But then again if they did...like they would tell us.:ohwell:

Wow! I never thought that they would uncover another Ancient Egyptian tomb! Or even thought about the fact that I would be alive if they did! This is absoultly amazing!

I love Ancient Egypt and it's mythology (If you didn't know, then why is my username 'Ra'?). I find it absoultly amazing how they used to mummify pharohs, people and even animals so that they could have the slightest chance to be a part of the afterlife. I can't wait to find out who is in this one! :D

I thought they already did. We've got a TV Show about it.

Plausible deniability. ;)