Tutankhamen Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/tutankhamen/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tutankhamen Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/tutankhamen/ 32 32 Two well preserved mummies discovered in Luxor area https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/two-well-preserved-mummies-discovered-in-luxor-area/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/two-well-preserved-mummies-discovered-in-luxor-area/ Egyptologists have recovered two remarkably well-preserved mummies more than 3 000 years old from sarcophagi opened near Luxor. It the first time the procedure has been done in front of the international  media. Egypt’s unearthed more than a dozen ancient finds this year. It’s determined to restore the flow of scientists and tourists to the […]

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]]> Egyptologists have recovered two remarkably well-preserved mummies more than 3 000 years old from sarcophagi opened near Luxor.

It the first time the procedure has been done in front of the international  media.

Egypt’s unearthed more than a dozen ancient finds this year.

It’s determined to restore the flow of scientists and tourists to the country that suffered a visitor’s drought since the 2011 uprising that overthrew  President Hosni Mubarak and the military coup ousting  his elected successor Mohamed Moursi two years later. 

The latest tombs found by a French-led expedition contained thousands of figurines and colour paintings.

They date back to the 17th and 18th dynasties – the time of Ramses II and Tutankamen – in the 13th century BC,

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