More on the recent ship discovery.

The first remains of ancient Egyptian seagoing ships ever to be recovered have been found in two caves on Egypt's Red Sea coast, according to a team at Boston University in the US.

The team also found fragments of pottery at the site, which could help resolve controversies about the extent of ancient Egyptian trade voyages.   But details of the newly disclosed finds remain sketchy.

Kathryn Bard, who co-led the dig with Italian archaeologists in December 2004, has revealed to the Boston University weekly community newsletter that the team found a range of items - including timbers and riggings - inside the man-made caves, located at the coastal Pharaonic site of Wadi Gawasis...

[More]   New Scientist, UK, 23 March 2005.

Melissa Saad's sixth-grade classes at Mariner Middle School got up-close and personal with the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification this year.

As part of their social studies class, students mummified chickens.

"When you're dealing with such ancient history, it's hard for them to connect," Saad said.   "Their energy level is super high with this.   It has kept their interest in studying ancient Egypt going..."

[More]   The News-Press, Florida, USA, March 22, 2005.

...the Sun God Ra was the most universally worshipped king of the gods and all-father of creation. He commanded a chariot that rode across the sky during the day...

[More]   Science Blog, 18/03/2005, via ArchaeoBlog.

Skeletal remains held by the National Museum of Scotland have been identified as a lost Egyptian queen and her child.

The discovery has been made by scientists who used forensic investigative techniques to attempt to solve the mystery of the remains.

The bodies were acquired for the collection a year after being discovered by Sir Flinders Petrie in 1909 at Qurna, a village on the west bank of the Nile, which has been the focus of illegal excavations...

[More]   The Herald, Scotland, UK, March 22 2005, via Archaeologica.