Almost 3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt

[Ichingcarpenter]

CAIRO — Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said on Sunday.

The rare find was made accidentally by a team from Switzerland's Basel University headed by Elena Pauline-Grothe and Susanne Bickel in Karnak, near Luxor in Upper Egypt, the minister told the media in Cairo.
The woman, Nehmes Bastet, was a singer for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the Twenty-Second Dynasty (945-712 BC), according to an inscription on a wooden plaque found in the tomb.

She was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon, Ibrahim said.

The discovery is important because "it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the Twenty-Second Dynasty," he added.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcRBBhJ8Vs-gO_WJqOzHUOWqALFg?docId=CNG.c1184254edd383d7d2c924e809252cb5.2e1




The original Bangles

[yourout]

1. they look like Cher. And she is almost that old.

[Demeter]

3. Cher was the first thought that popped into my mind, too. And I like her!

"Ordinary" people. Bah!

[Mira]

19. LMAO n/t

[Bucky]

24. You're saying THIS looks like a mummy?

unwrapped maybe

[dipsydoodle]

37. All depends

on which preservation she's been using.

[Mojorabbit]

45. She has an awesome plastic surgeon. She looks just wonderful. nt

[dipsydoodle]

2. Maybe they'll find Wilson, Kepple and Betty

mummified doing the sand dance as well.

[Demeter]

4. That is a Scream!

I'd never seen that before. Thanks! It's a keeper!

[Beacool]

52. That was great. Thank you!!!

I had never heard of Wilson and Kepple. They were terrific.

[dipsydoodle]

53. Their's was a UK music hall act

Similar to what you call vaudeville. See here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall

They were still doing that act in the fifties on tv.

[Beacool]

55. Thank you, that was very informative.

I have seen old films of vaudeville and music hall acts, but I wasn't familiar with this duo. They were very good and seemed to have had a long run (they finally retired the act in 1963).

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Something is wrong with the Math on AFP's headline

I count around 1,100 or so years

[Codeine]

9. 900 years BC is about 2900 years ago. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. I was using the Mayan Long Count Calendar

when I did the math.....LOL

Anyway, I was trying to find more on this story and many news agencies reported it being 1,100 old but with the same dates said in this story. I had to do a double take..... but AFP was right.
http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=egyptian+singer&ncl=dmJdygAxh82kVHMIqoR-3sNoKvo9M

[Locrian]

6. pretty close!

[workinclasszero]

18. Oh way oh way oh....

&feature=related

[BlancheSplanchnik]

48. Heeeeeeeeee!

Thanks for the vid!
That song is too cute

[Beacool]

49. Thanks!!!

I enjoyed the video. They even had Gaddafi walking like an Egyptian. LOL!!!

[Charlemagne]

7. She was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon, Ibrahim said.

The discovery is important because "it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the Twenty-Second Dynasty,"

It says nothing about ordinary people. The daughter of the high priest would be firmly entranced in the 1%.

[alfredo]

30. Minister's kids tend to be rebellious and wild at heart. She probably sang punk or death metal.

[Charlemagne]

31. +1

[usrname]

42. Not death metal

Death Bronze.

[alfredo]

43. I stand corrected

[DeSwiss]

51. ''Minister's kids tend to be rebellious and wild at heart.''

- That's because we got to see the man behind the curtain. Everyday.......

[alfredo]

54. I had a friend who was the son of an evangelist.

To him it was show business, nothing more. Each summer he'd join them on the revival circuit. It gave him drinking money.

[Tx4obama]

8. Please forgive me ...

I've been drinking rum and coke all night and my eyes are a little bit blurry ... so I didn't read the whole article on your link ...

This reminded me of a photo that a VERY OLD Italian friend brought to one of the Italian language clubs that I am an organizer of.

The photo showed an ancient woman that was wearing a BIKINI more than 2000 year ago !!!

At the moment I can not remember if the image was from Italy or Greece but it did prove that 'bikinis' existed more than 2000 years ago

[trusty elf]

12. You're thinking of the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily.

[IMG][/IMG]

[Tx4obama]

13. YES! That is it :) n/t

[Tx4obama]

16. I should have remembered that it was in Sicily since my friend Giuseppe is from Sicilia :)

Joe (Giuseppe) is without a doubt the most informed person that I have every known regarding European and Italian history that I have ever met.
We've had an Italian language 'meetup' here in Houston now for almost ten years and I must say that its success is due in the most part to our friend Joe.

[Blacksheep214]

22. The physics of bouncing boobies

the discomfort and the means to control them.

The first Sports Bra!

[alfredo]

34. Oh wow, a pre production hacky sack.

[aka-chmeee]

36. You know, they were originally nude.......

John Ashcroft ordered them covered.

[dipsydoodle]

38. I think the clothes might have been added

in Victorian times or maybe as recently as last month in the USA.

[Tsiyu]

14. An old Astarte relic

exists, but she's only wearing the bikini bottom.

Haven't located it online but will post if'n I find it.

[Tx4obama]

15. Oh? I have not seen or heard of that one. If you find it then please do post it :) n/t

[1monster]

17. There is nothing new, Horatio, under the Sun...

[Bossy Monkey]

10. Thank goodness! Now the Super Bowl can have a halftime show. n/t

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

20. Was she

de-composing???

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. Singer buried in the Valley of the Kings; THIS Valley girl was no "ordinary individual"

"it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the Twenty-Second Dynasty,"

No it doesn't show that ordinary individuals were also buried in the Valley of the Kings.

It shows that celebrity worship in ancient Egypt was very like celebrity worship today!!

Now if her hair stylist was buried in the V of the K's, I'd say the 99% scored a victory!

[usrname]

44. Maybe Hollywood

can do a "Mummy" and "Valley Girl" mash-up movie.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

47. *snort*

[Blacksheep214]

23. Vallry Girl

Now that's funny!

[felix_numinous]

25. What an interesting article

Now I am researching ancient Egyptian music, instruments and singing, currently listening to this series:

So many interesting articles too:
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/music.htm

Thank you for sharing

[JDPriestly]

35. Interesting. Thanks.

[LongTomH]

26. Singer for the Supremes?

Oh wait, that's supreme deity. My bad!

[2banon]

27. How did they know she was a singer?

the article doesn't seem to explain that.

[tawadi]

28. An inscription on a wooden plaque

Probably from deciphering hieroglyphics.

[sakabatou]

32. Was she on Ra's Got Talent?

[tawadi]

33. That's it

[alfredo]

39. +1

[MilesColtrane]

29. The hieroglyphics show her asking for more of herself in the monitors.

[alfredo]

40. You can also see the look of envy from her backup singers.

[louis-t]

41. That's a show I'd pay to see.

[tabasco]

46. Great news.

Every time an undiscovered tomb is found, we learn more about this incredible civilization.

[Major Hogwash]

50. Amazing.

I wonder which one of the Republican candidates will come out against Ra and his followers in the next debate.

I can't watch any more of those GOP debates.
They make me sick.

[Evasporque]

56. She was winner in season one of Egyptian Idol.....

BWAAAAHHH!