Sharon Nichols' KV63 dig blog has been updated with several posts.

Egyptomania, Sharon Nichols, 2006.

The KV63 website itself has been updated with two new posts from Dr. Otto Schaden.

Otto's Dig Diary, Dr. Otto Schaden, Amenmesse Project, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 2006.

Aayko Eyma's Egyptologists' Electronic Forum has the transcript of an interview with Roxanne Wilson an artist / recorder with the Tomb of Amenmesse Project.

Q&A SESSION WITH ROXANNE WILSON ABOUT KV-63, Aayko Eyma, Egyptologists' Electronic Forum, February 27, 2006.

Dr. Nicholas Reeves has further qualified his position regarding recent allegations in a posting on the Amarna Royal Tombs Project website.

I’ll begin by addressing suggestions that ARTP is currently claiming the discovery of the new tomb for itself. I should like to reassure Dr Hawass, Dr Bianchi and the public at large that this is not the case – though in the immediate aftermath of the discovery there was obvious disappointment felt by me, by the members of my team and by our supporters. Here was a tomb whose position we had located in the course of our 2000 radar survey, situated squarely on what as recently as 2002 was our concession; a feature we had every hope of investigating ourselves in due course. But it was Dr Otto Schaden who physically uncovered it and confirmed its character. Under those circumstances there can be no question that the credit for actual discovery should go to him and to the University of Memphis. It was they who were permitted to dig the shaft; it is they who are now excavating the burial chamber. And of course, as Dr Bob reminds us, who digs where and when are matters entirely in the gift of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...

Amarna Royal Tombs Project, Dr. Nicholas Reeves, UK, February 28, 2006.

During the past two decades, Sudan has earned notoriety for the 21-year war between the north and the south.

But Sudan is also a leading archive of unexplored human history and civilisation rivalling that of ancient Egypt.

Indeed, archeologists are still seeking to determine whether the Meroitic civilisation — whose pyramids, tombs and temples still stand in northern Sudan — are older than the famous Egyptian pyramids. Archeologists are yet to reach a consensus as to which of the two civilisations came first.

The Meroitic civilisation, under the Kush kingdom, was considered one of the most distinguished in Africa, and a legacy of pyramids, palaces and temples.

But the ruins of the Meroitic period — scattered in many areas of the Northern State — have all along been considered "inferior" to those of their Egyptian neighbour and have neither attracted serious study nor attention...

How Egyptian civilisation flowed down the Nile, The East African Magazine, Nation Media Group, Kenya, February 27, 2006.

International intrigue and the smile of a 3,000 year-old mummy are at the center of controversy at the St. Louis Art Museum.

The Egyptian government says a precious artifact here in St. Louis was stolen.

At the St. Louis Art Museum, behind the gaze of centurions and maidens, are antiquity smiles. The complexion of a young woman named Ka Nefer Nefer is recorded in this 3200-year-old mummy's mask, discovered near the pyramids of Egypt in 1952.

Her woven wig and piercing eyes molded of glass tell Dr. Sid Goldstein, Ph.D., Curator of Ancient and Islamic Art, that she served King Ramases II well...

Mummy Mask Sparks Controversy At American Art Museum, First Coast News, Florida, USA, February 27, 2006.

cf. Oh Mummy!, WLTX News19, South Carolina, USA, February 28, 2006.

Both stories contain a link to the same video coverage from News Channel 5.

The Pharaohs keep lobbing them over and he just keep knocking them out of the park. Its what he does.

The man just uncovered another ancient Pharaohs temple the size of a small city in downtown Cairo. A Sun Temple; of course you would think the district they found it in, Ain Shams (literally meaning “eye of the sun”), was a hint...

Hats of to the Egyptian Indiana Jones, Karim Elsahy, One Arab World, February 27, 2006.

Although the Greeks invented the Olympics, the ancient Egyptians were no couch potatoes in athletic feats.

Pharaoh Amenhotep II — an accomplished horse rider, runner and archer — bragged that he was the greatest sportsman of all time and made sure royal sculptors captured his massive biceps and pecs.

The granite colossus of the 15th-century B.C. ruler is just one of the ancient marvels that Turin's Egyptian Museum offers to visitors looking for something different in this northern city and the surrounding Alpine slopes.

The Museo Egizio claims one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities outside Cairo. Just in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics, which began 10 days ago, it opened a new pride-and-joy gallery set up by Dante Ferretti, Oscar-winning art director for "The Aviator."

The new exhibit gives visitors a who's who of ancient Egypt through 56 monumental statues, bathed in soft light and reflected in ghostly images by opaque mirrors.

Statues such as Amenhotep II's were usually placed around temples, highlighting the ancient Egyptians' concern with securing a place in the afterlife...

Ancient Egyptians at home in Turin, The Charleston Post and Courier, South Carolina, USA, February 26, 2006.

Yahoo! Have uploaded a photo gallery to illustrate the Rameses II Sun Temple discovery at Heliopolis yesterday and today's announcement of an ‘American Archaeology’ exhibition in Cairo.

Yahoo! News Photos: Anthropology & Archaeology, Yahoo! News, USA, March 01, 2006.

LOL! Sorry, had to laugh as I noticed that Yahoo! Had cheekily put a registered trademark symbol after Zahi's name.

Caribbean residents have until April 23, 2006 to take advantage of one of the many special airfares currently on offer to South Florida and take a once-in-a-generation opportunity to visit the King Tutankhamun Exhibition at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.

No other cultural exhibit has piqued curiosity in quite the same way as The Treasures of Tutankhamun the last time they came to America from 1976-1979. During that period, nearly eight million visitors viewed the rare artefacts during sold-out tours at each museum where they appeared.

Drawing record crowds and critical praise, and unleashing a consumer phenomenon that included jewellery, clothing, dance moves, and even hairstyles, Tut’s impact on the art world, and most of all, individual sensibilities, is immeasurable...

King Tut: Still a superstar after 3,300 years, Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands, February 28, 2006.

An exhibition displaying 50 pieces of Egyptian artefacts excavated with contributions from US archaeologists opened Tuesday in Cairo.

Entitled American Contribution to Egyptian Archaeology, the exhibition shows various Egyptian monuments discovered in sites in southern Egypt, especially at Giza, Abydos and Luxor.

The exhibition is a reflection of the joint US-Egyptian excavation teams and the US contribution to Egyptian archaeology throughout the first half of the 20th century, its organizers said...

Exhibition of US role in Egyptian archaeology opens in Cairo, dpa via WGMS Radio, District of Columbia, USA, February 28, 2006.

... Nefer's mask was purchased by the museum in 1998 for nearly a half a million dollars, but now the Egyptian government wants it back.

"About 10 days ago, we received a letter from Dr. Zahi Hawass, who is head of the Supreme Council on Egyptian Requisition, that the mask, which is in the museum's collection, is stolen from Egypt," says Brent Benjamin, Director of the St. Louis Art Museum. "That's a very serious charge," says Benjamin.

Benjamin says he has sent Egyptian officials proof that the mask was carefully researched before the purchase...

St. Louis Art Museum Embroiled In Mummy Controversy, KSDK NewsChannel 5, Missouri, USA, February 27, 2006.

cf. Who owns the past?, St. Louis Today, Missouri, USA, February 25, 2006.