Two more articles found via the HallOfMaat in German.

There is more information in these two articles. There are five sarcophagi decorated with colourful masks. Some ceramics have been found – 20 large clay pots.

Erstmals seit 1922 Grab im Tal der Könige entdeckt , Handelsblatt, Germany, February 08, 2006.

cf. Ägypten: Grab im Tal der Könige entdeckt , Die Presse, Germany, February 08, 2006.

A French expedition unearthed two Middle and Old Kingdom anchors made of stones and parts of ships dating back to over 4,000 B.C.

The findings are located at Ain Sukhna in a copper mine at Al-Jalala Mountain where a group of furnaces have been found.

Monuments unearthed at Ain Sukhna, State Information Service, Egypt, February 08, 2006.

An American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Wednesday.

An excavation team from the University of Memphis made the find Tuesday 5 metres from Tutankhamun's tomb while the mission was doing routine excavation work, said Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Some three metres beneath the ground, the tomb contained five human mummies with coloured funerary masks enclosed in sarcophagi and several large storage jars. The mummies date to the 18th dynasty (circa 1539-1292 BC).

Five mummies! Another 18th dynasty cache tomb perhaps?

Tomb discovered next to King Tut's Valley of the Kings burial site, DPA via Monster & Critics, UK, February 08, 2006.

cf. US dig uncovers King Tut's neighbours, Reuters via The Age, Australia, February 09, 2006.

As Chinese tourists flock to Egypt, the Egyptian government is taking steps to make sure the economic powerhouse and soon-to-be political heavyweight becomes one of our best friends.

A series of terrorist attacks at home and abroad, economic slumps in Europe and North America and spiralling airline prices propelled by the rising cost of fuel caused Egypt to fall short of the anticipated 9 million tourists by a half a million in 2005. European and American markets were the worst hit, and the effect on Egypt's tourist economy could have been much worse if someone hadn't picked up the slack.

That someone turned out to be China, which produced 10 percent of Egypt's visitors last year...

Out of the Red, Egypt Today, Egypt, Volume 27, Issue 02, February 2006.