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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Egyptian artifacts

The "Screaming Woman," discovered in 1935 near Luxor, Egypt. (Sahar Saleem/Frontiers in Medicine)
August 2, 2024, 1:53 pm
Researchers say ancient ‘screaming’ mummy may have died with agonizing spasms
Scientists say woman, who was found in 1935 with expression resembling Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ may have suffered rare cadaveric spasm
By Will Dunham
A 3,000-year-old figurine of the Egyptian goddess Hathor found on the beach in Palmachim in 2023 (Yuli Shwartz/IAA)
June 13, 2023, 10:07 am
3,000-year-old Egyptian goddess figurine, a good luck symbol, washes up on beach
Little statuette of Hathor, widely used in Canaanite culture, found by woman out walking on Palmachim beach in southern Israel; IAA calls on public to report all antiquity finds
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, center, standing in front of an ancient wooden sarcophagus, speaks during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, January 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)
January 2, 2023, 3:39 pm
2,500-year-old looted sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
By AP
This photo provided by US.Customs and Border Protection shows an ancient Egyptian artifact. Federal agents in Memphis have seized the potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
August 28, 2022, 2:39 am
US agents seize potentially 3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe
Customs and Border Protection officials in Memphis intercept Egyptian jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety; jars used to hold mummies’ internal organs
By AP
Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, are displayed at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 31, 2022, 8:24 pm
Egypt displays newly discovered ancient artifacts from necropolis of Saqqara
Trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis
By Agencies
The pregnant Egyptian mummy is prepared for X-ray scans at a medical centre in Otwock near Warsaw, Poland in December 2015. (Warsaw Mummy Project)
April 30, 2021, 11:28 pm
Polish scientists find 1st ever pregnant Egyptian mummy
University of Warsaw professor says ‘a little foot’ was seen in the embalmed women’s belly: ‘That is why this mummy is truly unique’
By AFP
A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies in Cairo, Egypt, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo)
April 3, 2021, 11:13 pm
In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades 22 royal mummies through Cairo
18 pharaohs, including Ramses II, and four other royals transported on trucks to new museum in event meant to showcase country’s rich history, spur tourism
By Samy Magdy
Steve Green, the owner of Hobby Lobby and a founder and major backer of the Museum of the Bible, poses for a portrait at the museum, October 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 16, 2019, 5:13 pm
Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold stolen biblical papyrus fragments
Troubling revelation is newest glitch for scandal-plagued institution funded by Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green
By Yonat Shimron
In this December 16, 2018 photo, workers landscape grounds at the Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in front of the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
Vast complex will eventually hold some 50,000 artifacts, house a cinema, restaurants and a hotel in bid to help draw tourists back to the country after years of chaos
By Brian Rohan
This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows a lion's body and a human head, in the Temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan, Egypt. The Antiquities Ministry said on September 16, 2018 that the sphinx made of sandstone was found in the temple during work to protect the site from groundwater. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)
September 16, 2018, 7:39 pm
Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt
Sandstone figurine found in Temple of Kom Ombo during work to protect the site from groundwater; said to date to Ptolemaic times
By AP
This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows a wooden head believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, the mother of King Pepi II of the 6th dynasty who ascended to the throne at the age of six, that was was found in the district of Saqqara, near the ancient Pyramids of Giza during excavation work, the Egyptian the Antiquities Ministry said Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)
October 18, 2017, 10:39 pm
In Egypt, archaeologists find part of 4,000-year-old statue
Figure believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, mother of King Pepi II and regent during the early years of his reign
By AP
The Bei’r Al-Shaghala burial site in Dakhla. (Egypt Ministry of Antiquities)
August 24, 2017, 10:31 pm
Egypt archaeologists uncover Roman era tombs
Three mausoleums ‘of different shapes and sizes’ discovered in excavation of ancient burial ground
By AFP
A hotel can be seen behind the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli, Libya, September 28, 2011. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
July 27, 2017, 8:39 pm
Jews from Libya are worried about the fate of the country’s Jewish artifacts
A memorandum under consideration by the State Department would prohibit ritual objects being brought from the war-torn regime into the US
By Josefin Dolsten
In this Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
May 8, 2017, 9:24 am
Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts
Officials searching for safest method to transfer items following damage to burial mask in 2014
By MENNA ZAKI
Illustrative: The president of the Egyptian Jewish Community, Magda Shehata Haroun, talks during an interview with AFP at the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo, also known as Temple Ismailia or Adly Synagogue in downtown Cairo on October 3, 2016. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
March 26, 2017, 6:41 am
Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep heritage alive
With their mass-exodus to Israel after 1948, an ancient community that once numbered over 100,000 now counts perhaps 18 souls struggling to maintain empty synagogues
By Emmanuel Parisse
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