Experts examining new images of one of the Hancock Museum’s oldest residents, the mummy Bakt Hor Nekht, have started to reveal some of their findings.

The 3000 year old mummy, dating from 1070 – 712 BC, was examined during a recent Computerised Tomography (CT) scan at Newcastle General Hospital on Thursday August 31 [2006].

X-rays were beamed through the mummy at regular intervals while moving 360 degrees to create a remarkably precise three-dimensional image...

Hancock Museum Mummy Begins to Reveal its X-Ray Secrets, 24-Hour Museum, UK, September 12, 2006.

An undisturbed royal tomb has been detected deeply buried in the Valley of the Kings, a British Egyptologist claims. The find, using remote-sensing equipment, lies only a few yards from the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922, and is likely to date to the same early New Kingdom period between 1550BC and 1300 BC, and perhaps even to Tutankhamun’s own 18th dynasty.

“From its location this tomb could prove to be a find of the greatest possible significance,” said Nicholas Reeves, director of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project. “Situated in a part of the Valley which was out of bounds to earlier excavators, moreover, the new find is almost certain to be undisturbed.”

Dr Reeves believes that the site, neighbouring tombs KV62, that of Tutankhamun, and KV63, the most recent discovery, is likely to represent another burial of the period after the reign of the “heretic” pharaoh Akhenaten. It may even be of those who once lived in his abandoned capital of Akhetaten at Tell el-Amarna...

From the void: a new tomb in Valley of the Kings?, Norman Hammond, The Times, UK, September 11, 2006.

No need to jump a jet to London to tour the British Museum's Egyptian art exhibit, which has the largest collection outside of Cairo, Egypt.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is the first stop of a five-city tour of an exhibit from The British Museum titled "Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art From The British Museum." The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is on the tour April 15 - July 8 [2007].

Hardy George, chief curator for the museum, said the items are representative of the rule of the pharaohs, from around 2686 B.C. to the fourth century A.D...

Egyptian art tour will stop in Raleigh, Judi Boland, AP via The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina, USA, September 10, 2006.

The British Museum’s Egyptian art exhibit, the largest collection outside Cairo, will make five stops in the United States.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is the first stop for the 85-piece "Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art From the British Museum." The exhibit, which opened yesterday, runs through Nov. 26 [2006].

Hardy George, chief curator for the museum, said the items are representative of the rule of the pharaohs, from about 2686 B.C. to the fourth century...

Egyptian artefacts to be seen in five U.S. cities, Judi Boland, AP via The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, USA, September 08, 2006.

An extraordinary project between the Egyptian government and IBM Corp has resulted in the creation of Eternal Egypt, an achievement that is providing worldwide access to more than 7,000 years of Egyptian history.

And now this initiative has made its way to our shores through the collaboration of IBM Malaysia and the National Science Centre.

For the first time ever, visitors can enter a virtual reconstruction of Tutankhamun’s tomb and see how it looks like on the day Howard Carter discovered it in 1922, or view the Lighthouse of Alexandria before it was destroyed in the 14th century.

Viewers can also examine the face of the Sphinx just as how it was 2,000 years ago.

The Eternal Egypt kiosk located at the National Science Centre gallery lets you explore Ancient Egypt by extending the three-dimensional (3-D) environments and rich data into a fully immersive, real-time experience...

Take a guided tour of Eternal Egypt, The New Straits Times, Malaysia, September 11, 2006.