Egyptian pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II seems to have been overwhelmed by multiple attackers on the battlefield, perhaps after being captured and bound. Source: https://www.livescience.com/egyptian-pharaoh-battlefield-death.html
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13-foot-long ‘Book of the Dead’ scroll found in burial shaft in Egypt
A funerary temple belonging to Queen Nearit has been discovered in the ancient Egyptian burial ground Saqqara next to the pyramid of her husband, pharaoh Teti. Source: https://www.livescience.com/queen-temple-book-of-dead-found-egypt.html
Radar scans hint at King Tut hidden chamber
A new radar survey of the young pharaoh’s tomb has revealed the possible existence of a hidden room. The idea that there could be a hidden chamber som… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334790/radar-scans-hint-at-king-tut-hidden-chamber…
Stunning Tutankhamun show brings pharaoh’s golden afterlife to London
From King Tutankhamun’s golden slippers to a silver trumpet – plus 60 objects never seen outside Egypt – catch a global exhibition of the boy-king’s funerary objects Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432520-400-stunning-tutankhamun-show-brings-pharaohs-golden-afterlife-to-london/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Lost 2,200-year-old temple discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient temple linked to the pharaoh Ptolemy IV. The ruined structure was unearthed quite by acciden… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331021/lost-2200-year-old-temple-discovered-in-egypt…
Did Egyptians Trigger a Mysterious Biblical Kingdom to Innovate 3,000 Years Ago?
An invasion by an Egyptian pharaoh may have triggered an ancient technological leap. Source: https://www.livescience.com/edomites-went-through-technological-leap.html
Egypt opens unusual ‘bent’ pyramid to visitors
The 4,600-year-old structure is thought to mark the transition between smooth and step-sided pyramids. Built for the pharaoh Sneferu, the ‘bent’ pyram… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329049/egypt-opens-unusual-bent-pyramid-to-visitors…
Thuban is a former Pole Star
Thuban was the Pole Star some 5,000 years ago, when the Egyptians were building the pyramids. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/thuban-past-north-star…
King Tut’s Sisters Took the Throne Before He Did, Controversial Claim Says
Archaeologists have known that a “mystery female pharaoh” ruled ancient Egypt before the renowned King Tutankhamun ascended the throne. Though they knew the royal name of this female king, her true identity has remained elusive. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65433-king-tut-sisters-pharaoh.html
Two-Queen Tag Team May Have Preceded King Tut
If the great (and not-so-great) pharaohs were alive today, they might object to the fact that Tutankhamun gets all of the fame, the best museum exhibits and a song by Steve Martin just because he lived fast, died young and no one looted his tomb. Well, get ready to add two more. A Canadian Egyptologist… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/two-queen-tag-team-may-have-preceded-king-tut/…