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Re: Piers Morgan Had Three Conspiracy Theorists Debate Zahi Hawass - 3 months ago

cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... Hermione: > > Publication of infrared images here - > > > , > > pg. 3 (although I couldn't download the images > > because of security warnings). > > Unfortunately there are no results published > anywhere at all. ... In what way is a published infrared image not a

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

New discoveries at Dra Abu El-Naga in Luxor - 3 months ago

<< The excavation work, which began in November 2025 and marks the eighth season of the mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has focused on the southeastern sector of the tomb of “Roy” (TT255), which had remained buried under debris left by earlier excavations for more than 150 years. >>

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Re: The Effect Of Weathering Processes On The Rocks Of The Pyramids Of Dahshur ...: A Geoarchaeological Study (Torab, 2024) - 3 months ago

For a paper on a related subjsect, see Croci 2000 - And other archive posts on possibly related subjects:

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

The Effect Of Weathering Processes On The Rocks Of The Pyramids Of Dahshur ...: A Geoarchaeological Study (Torab, 2024) - 3 months ago

<< In Egypt, the Pyramids of Dahshur are located approximately 20 km south of the Giza pyramids' plateau. The Dahshur area's geological setting conforms to standard geological formations. Research on the rocks of the pyramids holds significant scientific and practical importance, given that various environmental pollutants expose these coarse-grained rocks to weathering processes,

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

Re: Piers Morgan Had Three Conspiracy Theorists Debate Zahi Hawass - 3 months ago

cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > Yet the infrared data from the ScansPyramid > project has never been published because this same > individual has said he "doesn't want to confuse > the public". > > This is more than century old technology and no > thermal scan of G1 or any great pyramid has ever >

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Geological and Geomorphological study of the original hill at the base of Fourth Dynasty Egyptian monuments (Raynaud, 2008) - 3 months ago

<< Rock foundations of the Kephren and Kheops pyramids are examined in comparison with other Fourth Dynasty monuments: the Sphinx, Queen Kentkawes’ mastaba and the Abu Rawash pyramid. This study is based on geological and geomorphological observations, visual observation, and photomontages. Results, correlated with those of former studies, demonstrate the existence of natural hil

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

AL-MAˆMUN, THE PYRAMIDS AND THE HIEROGLYPHS (Cooperson, 2004) - 3 months ago

<< (r. 198-218/813-33) spent part of the year 217/832 in Egypt. During his visit, he reportedly broke into the Pyramid of Khufu and explored its interior. Today, the tourist entrance of the pyramid is usually referred to as the opening made by al- Ma'mun. Even so, many scholars doubt the veracity of the reports col- lected by al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1442), until recently the

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

Piers Morgan Had Three Conspiracy Theorists Debate Zahi Hawass - 3 months ago

Guess who won ... << On Friday, Piers Morgan Uncensored aired an hour-long episode featuring an interview with Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and a debate between Hawass and three fringe history social media agitators. The episode was a sequel to one that aired last year that found the host asking if debunking fringe pyramid claims was racist against white men. >>

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Re: New technique could uncover the secrets of ‘ringing’ black holes - 3 months ago

Well ... the ringing is actually gravitational waves. Probably not the sort of thing you'd have at a wedding, though ...

by Hermione - Laboratory

Re: MANTO Data Release - 3 months ago

Jammer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Because even the Greek Gods and demi gods knew > bull sheet when they stepped.in it. Well ... as we know, Atlantis didn't come into existence until Plato invented it - just like J.R.R. Tolkien invented Middle Earth, or J.K. Rowling invented Hogwarts.

by Hermione - Ancient History

Re: Discovery of hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert - 3 months ago

Jammer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm any idea if its ancestors worship? Or > sacrifice of humans for the afterlife? I've got no idea ... I suppose we might hypothesise that the person in the centre was the founder of a settlement (although I'm not sure if there were any settlements in the vicinity), or the leader of a certain gro

by Hermione - Ancient History

Re: AE thoughts. - 3 months ago

British Museum on hieroglyphic characters, hieratic and demotic -

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Discovery of hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert - 3 months ago

<< We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan. This involved using satellite aerial imagery to systematically and painstakingly search for archaeological features in Atbai Desert of Eastern Sudan, a small part of the much larger Sahara. Our team – which includes archaeologists from Macquarie University, France’s HiS

by Hermione - Ancient History

Turning rubble into reusable bricks (present day; non-load-bearing) - 3 months ago

<< Farah and Tala developed the blocks not far from a tent in which they were living after their home was destroyed in August. Made through crushing the rubble and sieving the debris before mixing it with materials like clay, ash and glass powder, the girls tested the blocks by helping a neighbour hold down their tent in poor weather. Low-cost and lightweight, they are designed for &q

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

From local to global: the role of local communities throughout the Red Sea history: Proceedings of the Red Sea Conference XI (Barcelona, 5th-7th June 2024) - 3 months ago

<< INDEX Introducción Joan Oller Guzmán, Jorge de Torres Rodríguez 1 Classical sources on local communities: an underappreciated documentary resource? Pierre Schneider 13 “Global Idea versus Local Reality; The use of Local Materials and Technical Solutions in the Construction of the Hellenistic Baths at Berenike Marek Woźniak 29 Let me follow your path... paths? –

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

Re: Are The Pyramids made of Poured Concrete or Quarried Natural Stone? Some Egyptological Comments (Edmund Meltzer) - 3 months ago

I especially appreciated the concluding thoughts ...

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

Are The Pyramids made of Poured Concrete or Quarried Natural Stone? Some Egyptological Comments (Edmund Meltzer) - 3 months ago

<< This controversy has been around since the early 1980s, and I have decided to assemble a number of relevant basic observations, especially since new and decisive documentation has recently been published, in the form of the Wadi el-Jarf Papyri. >>

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

MANTO Data Release - 3 months ago

<< This is a publication of the most recent release of the data behind MANTO's public interface. MANTO is a dynamic digital portal of Greek myth. It allows anyone to access, explore, and understand a storytelling tradition that extends over 2500 years. It provides authoritative data for researchers that will make big questions about the dynamics of myth answerable at unprecedented scal

by Hermione - Ancient History

New technique could uncover the secrets of ‘ringing’ black holes - 3 months ago

<< When black holes merge, the collision produces a new, larger black hole that ‘rings’ like a plucked guitar string or a bell while it settles into its final, stable shape. But instead of sound waves, the new black hole rings with gravitational waves: ripples in spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein. >>

by Hermione - Laboratory

Scientists Discover Massive Underwater Ruins That May Be a Lost City of Legend (Dec 2025) - 3 months ago

<< Scientists found submerged stone structures off Brittany that date back at least 7,000 years, which may have been used as fish traps and protective cover for prehistoric people. >> See also Fouquet et al. -

by Hermione - Ancient History

Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in 4 decades - 3 months ago

<< Snow cover is an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months. But a new study in Greece has found that snow cover has declined by 58% in the last 40 years, and that the scale of decline has accelerated since the turn of the century. >>

by Hermione - Laboratory

Covington’s Tomb & Mastaba V - A Layman‘s guide (12 5 2026) - 3 months ago

<< This guide will deal with two prominent mastabas located to the south of Giza. The first mastaba, which is often referred to as ‘Covington’s Tomb’ (also known as mastaba T or Tomb No 1) is to be found along a low broken ridge, approximately 1 mile south of the Great Pyramid. The second mastaba, known as mastaba V is located on the plain to the south of the ridge, and its location is

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Re: AE thoughts. - 3 months ago

Jammer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > grew a larger brain, > Which could consider more complex issues than > survival and sex. ... Larger brains might not necessarily be more intelligent -

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Re: Films in Latin - 3 months ago

See also Ubi Luby? -

by Hermione - Paper Lens

Re: Reconsidering the Khufu Cartouches: A Methodological Reassessment of Vyse's 1837 Discoveries (Antonio Ambrosio, 2026) - 3 months ago

Discussion of the connection between the bald ibis and akhet appears here, , pg. 2.

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt

Zakariyya‘ al-Qazwini: some excerpts on Egypt - 3 months ago

<< Zakariyya‘ al-Qazwini (c. 1203-1283) was a Persian cosmographer and geographer who wrote a famous cosmological treatise and also a geographical dictionary. It is from the latter work, whose name translated into English as Monuments of the Lands and Historical Traditions about Their Peoples, that I excerpt the passages from the work’s chapter on the Third Climate relating to the ancient h

by Hermione - Humanities

Re: The Empire of Tartaria? - 3 months ago

Roxana Cooper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- More from the link posted by Roxana: > << One of the most bizarre conspiracy theories that has emerged in recent years surrounds an alleged ancient civilization known as the Tartarian Empire. While Tartary was a real place, the modern myths about its technological prowess and the “mud floods” that des

by Hermione - Coffee Shop

Harbor of the Pharaohs to the Land of Punt (Kathryn A. Bard, 2007) - 3 months ago

PDF: (I found problems when trying to download).

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

"... German Archaeologists & the Plundering the Orient" (Front matter open access) - 3 months ago

<< The Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, the Lions of Babylon, the bust of Nefertiti—these are all treasures that we admire in German museums today. Where do these works come from? When and under what circumstances did they come to Germany? Are we actually the rightful owners of these world-famous cultural assets? Jürgen Gottschlich and Dilek Zaptcioglu-Gottschlich take an in-dept

by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals

Details of memorial ceremony - 3 months ago

See here -

by Hermione - Ancient Egypt