Apries - Portuguese excavation in Egypt

The only Portuguese excavation in Egypt continues to work, since 2000. You can browse this on their blog:

http://www.apries.blogspot.com/

They have also a webpage:

http://home.utad.pt/~apries/index_port.html

The Oriental Institute at the Universidade Nova, Lisboa, Portugal where they are integrated:

The site is the location of the palace of Pharaoh Apries

(589 BC - 570 BC), of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt.

http://www.instituto-oriental.fcsh.unl.pt/pages/actividades.htmloriental.fcsh.unl.pt/pages/actividades.html

Some reports on their work (Portuguese):

2001: http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/africa/,7593461f-894e-48b8-bf7a-a84d07a6045a.html

Apr 2001: http://tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Interior.aspx?content_id=719662

Paying the 2008 season with personal funds: http://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=993101

Before the 2007 season: http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=3051&op=all

Oct 2007: http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia.aspx?channelid=00000013-0000-0000-0000-000000000013&contentid=00260747-3333-3333-3333-000000260747

The mummy of Apries