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King Tut's dagger was 'made from a meteorite'

Edit CNN 02 Jun 2016
(CNN)New research shows that an iron dagger buried with King Tutankhamun was made from a meteorite. It even suggests the Egyptians knew what they were working with ... King Tut's knife ... Read More ... 11 photos. Africa's archaeological treasures ... Located a few 100 feet from the unfinished tomb of her husband, Pharaoh Neferefre (also known as Reneferef), her tomb is one of several significant historical finds in the country in recent months ... ....

Ancient Funerary Boat Found By Archaeologists Could Uncover Egyptian Secrets

Edit Inquisitr 02 Feb 2016
“The unearthed tomb is a part of a small cemetery to the south east of the pyramid complex of King Neferefre (Raneferef) which led the team to think that Queen Khentkaus could be the wife of Neferefre hence she was buried close to his funerary complex,” Barta said ... cemetery to the southeast of King Neferefre’s pyramid complex....

Climate change in ancient Egypt?

Edit Topix 02 Feb 2016
The recent discovery of Khentkaus III's tomb in Abusair, Egypt, fills in a "black patch" in the history of the Old Kingdom, according to dig leader Professor Miroslav Barta. Located a few 100 feet from the unfinished tomb of her husband, Pharaoh Neferefre , her tomb is one of several significant historical finds in the country in recent months ... ....

Ancient Egyptian Queen Khentkaus Warning Modern World About Impending Doomsday

Edit Inquisitr 01 Feb 2016
Here in the technological comfort of the modern world, a time 4,500 years in the past may not seem very relevant to daily life ... And it doesn’t have to end in doomsday ... The tomb was unearthed in Abu-Sir, southwest of Cairo, 650 feet away from her husband, Pharoah Neferefre, BBC reported at the time ... Before she was found, archaeologists had no idea who Pharoah Neferefre’s wife was, Agence-France Press stated....
photo: WN / Jacques Fritsch
Pyramids of Giza, Cairo.

Archaeologists Believe Newly Discovered Egyptian Queen's Story Foreshadows Our Future

Edit WorldNews.com 01 Feb 2016
An ancient, previously unknown Egyptian queen named Khentkaus III tomb is revealing a past that’s eerily similar to problems our modern-day civilizations are experiencing, according to published reports ... Archaeologist Professor Miroslav Barta believes her story is a foreshadowing of what’s going eventually happen to us ... The tomb was unearthed in Abu-Sir, southwest of Cairo, 650 feet away from her husband, Pharoah Neferefre....

Did ancient Egypt suffer from climate change?

Edit CNN 01 Feb 2016
Discovered in a necropolis in Abusir, southwest of Cairo, she lay 650 feet away from her husband, Pharaoh Neferefre (also known as Reneferef), who ruled some 4,500 years ago ... Despite holding the epithet "Queen Mother" -- known thanks to graffiti scrawled on the wall of her final resting place -- Neferefre's principal wife was hitherto unknown ... Inside the mummy's tomb. Read More ... New clues in hunt for Nefertiti's tomb ... 11 photos ... ....

The Surprising Tomb Of An Unknown Queen Was Just Discovered In Egypt

Edit Business Insider 07 Jan 2015
Jaromir Krejci, Archive of the Czech Institute of EgyptologyThe tomb was found to be that of the previously unknown Queen Khentakawess III, wife of Pharaoh Neferefre ... The monarch is believed to be the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre, also known as King Raneferef, who ruled approximately 4,500 years ago ... Pharaoh Neferefre's pyramid was never completed, possibly because his reign lasted only 2 to 3 years, ....

Tomb of Egyptian queen unearthed by archaeologists

Edit USA Today 06 Jan 2015
Researchers believe it belongs to the wife of Pharaoah Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago.        .  . ....

Khentakawess III: Archaeologists Discover Tomb Of Unknown Egyptian Queen

Edit The Inquisitr 05 Jan 2015
The specific period of Neferefre’s reign is unknown ... Neferefre’s “Unfinished Pyramid” was rediscovered in the early 1800’s, but the site was not closely examined until 1974 ... Researchers hope Khentakawess III’s tomb will provide clues about Pharaoh Neferefre’s short life ... relationship with Pharaoh Neferefre....

Tomb of mystery Egyptian queen discovered by archaeologists

Edit The Guardian 05 Jan 2015
Czech archaeologists uncover last resting place of Khentakawess, believed to be a previously unknown wife of Pharaoh Neferefre ... Another tomb, believed to belong to the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre, has been discovered there by Czech archaeologists ... Czech archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a previously unknown queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago, officials in Egypt said Sunday....

Archaeologists Unearth Tomb Of Unknown Egyptian Queen

Edit The Inquisitr 05 Jan 2015
Lead researcher of the Czech Institute of Egyptology mission, Miroslav Barta, said the tomb was found in Neferefre’s funeral complex, and dates from the middle of the Fifty Dynasty (2994-2345 BC) ... The tomb was found in Abu-Sir, south-west of Cairo, and is thought to belong to the wife or mother of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago....

Tomb of Pharaoh's unknown queen found in Egypt

Edit The Times of India 05 Jan 2015
Tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled the country 4,500 years ago has been discovered, Czech archaeologists said today ... The tomb was discovered in Pharaoh Neferefre's funeral complex....

Unknown Egyptian queen's tomb discovered

Edit The Siasat Daily 05 Jan 2015
A group of Czech archaeologists has unearthed the tomb of an unknown queen in Egypt, believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago ... where there are several pyramids dedicated to pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty, including Neferefre, Al Jazeera reported Monday....
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