Recent Examples on the WebThe Czech Institute of Egyptology at Charles University in Prague has been conducting research at the site since 1960, leading to the discovery of nearly 200 tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom (between 2700 and 2180 BCE).—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 June 2024 New clues have surfaced as a result of Frédéric Payraudeau, an associate professor in Egyptology at Sorbonne University in Paris, reexamining a fragment of the granite sarcophagus and deciphering the hieroglyphs engraved on it.—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024 Four additional full-length albums followed (1990’s Goodbye Jumbo, 1993’s Bang!, 1997’s Egyptology and 2000’s Dumbing Up).—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 Salima Ikram, the head of the Egyptology unit at the American University in Cairo, is cautiously optimistic about the new project.—Julia Halperin, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024 In one episode, when a professor of Egyptology explains the process of mummification to her, Cunk swears that this is the same spa routine that Gwyneth Paltrow uses.—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2023 The researchers say the site is as old as the first millennium B.C.E., according to a Czech language statement from the Czech Institute of Egyptology (CIE) at Charles University in Prague.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023 Starting and ending in Cairo, every sailing comes accompanied by Viking’s resident Egyptologists—for onboard ancient Egyptology lectures and hyperlocal tours and experiences—and privileged access to some of the country’s most exquisite wonders like King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023 Joyce Tyldesley, a professor of Egyptology at the University of Manchester in England believes that Smenkhkara was a brother or half-brother of Tutankhamun.—Zach Zorich, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2022
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