The remains of the seal, found by the mission of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo and the Egyptology Institute of the University of Vienna, were unearthed during excavation works in the archaeological area of Tal El-Daba'a in al-Sharqiya governorate, 120 kilometres northeast Cairo According to Zahi Hawas, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the seal, dating back to the Babylonian era, namely the ruling time of King Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), is the second of its kind to be discovered by the Austrian mission.
Under the auspice of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Sound and Light, the Canadian Embassy in Cairo, in collaboration with the Children Cancer Hospital 57357 and Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at the First Residence, are organizing the first ever Terry Fox run on at the Giza Pyramids.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has partnered with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) to work on the conservation and management of the tomb and its wall paintings.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities says five golden earrings and two rings were found in the tomb of Gahouti, the head of the treasury under Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago.
First was David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool, who articulated fervently about the new Museum of Liverpool and then casually let slip how the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council of Antiquities had invited him to advise on their Grand Egyptian Museum Project.
The two tiny female foetuses, found in the tomb in Luxor as part of the 1922 King Tut discovery, may be his stillborn children, the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities said.
BOSTON--Farouk El-Baz, Research Professor and Director of the Boston University Center of Remote Sensing received the "Golden Award" for his archeological research from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The mummy risked being reduced to dust because of the rising levels of humidity due to the visitors," said Hawass, who heads the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
