PARIS (AP).- Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, a pioneering French Egyptologist who prodded Gen. Gamal Abdel Nasser to help salvage Nubia’s vaunted antiquities, has died. She was 97. Desroches Noblecourt died Thursday at a hospital in Epernay, east of P…
Metropolitan Presents Exhibition on Haremhab, Ancient Egyptian General Who Became Pharaoh
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun’s army, he oversaw important mil…
Metropolitan Presents Exhibition on Haremhab, Ancient Egyptian General Who Became Pharaoh
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun’s army, he oversaw important mil…
Metropolitan Museum Presents Exhibition on Haremhab, Ancient Egyptian General Who Became Pharaoh
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun’s army, he oversaw important mil…
Exhibition "Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Archaeology" at National Museum in Denmark
COPENHAGEN.- The Danish queen Margrethe II is not only a queen, she is also passionately interested in the past and archaeology. Life-size photographs and the queen’s voice guide visitors through the exhibition. The queen has been on archaeologica…
Archaeologists in Egypt have Unearthed the Upper Part of a 3,400-Year-Old Granite Statue
CAIRO (AP).- Archaeologists have unearthed the upper part of a double limestone statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture said Saturday. A ministry statement said the team of Egyptian archaeologists disc…
Archaeologists in Egypt have Unearthed the Upper Part of a 3,400-Year-Old Granite Statue
CAIRO (AP).- Archaeologists have unearthed the upper part of a double limestone statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture said Saturday. A ministry statement said the team of Egyptian archaeologists disc…