A complete portico from the temple of Khnum was spotted during an underwater survey of the Nile River, along with other large objects that Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, thinks fell into the river during transport.

Even more information on the new investigation of the tomb of Seti I is available at National Geographic.  

Colossal statues of Amenhotep III will be re-erected at the site of his funerary temple in Thebes. Two sphinxes, 84 statues of Sekhmet, and a statue of Tiya, Amenhotep’s wife, have also been found.  

The new field of archaeoseismology will help scientists identify earthquake damage to an ancient site and put a date on it.  

The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, wants the University of Michigan to hand over its collection of tribal remains and artifacts for reburial.  

In California, development of a known archaeological site has turned up 87 sets of human remains and artifacts. American Indian officials have complained to state officials about the company’s alleged lack of documentation and unwillingness to rebury everything that has been unearthed. “This is so he can hurry up and get a burial and get the OK to finish building and selling homes to make a profit,” said Anthony Morales, who lodged a complaint.

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