On September 24, 2007, it was announced that a team of Egyptian archaeologists led by Zahi Hawass, discovered eight baskets of 3,000 year old doum fruit in the treasury of Tutankhamun's tomb. Doum comes from a type of palm tree native to the Nile Valley. The doum fruit are traditionally offered at funerals.
Fifty clay pots bearing Tutankhamun's official seal were also discovered. According to Dr Hawas, the containers probably contained money that were destined to travel with the pharaoh to the afterlife. He said the containers will soon be opened. The objects were originally discovered, but not opened or removed from the tomb, by Howard Carter.
King Tutankhamun still rests in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, in a temperature-controlled glass case. On November 4, 2007, 85 years to the day since Howard Carter's discovery, the actual face of the 19-year-old pharaoh was put on view in his underground tomb at Luxor, when the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its golden sarcophagus for display in a climate-controlled glass box. This was done to prevent the heightened rate of decomposition caused by the humidity and warmth from tourists visiting the tomb.
Tutankhamun body has been shown in public form the 1st time in more than 3,000 years. This short clip was taken from BBC News 30th October 2007.
This was a test video shot by Bruce Hogan as part of another project, but one that required a bunch of Huscarls to turn up and have a bit of biff at dawn. Testing on the video included grading and 'ambience' to suit the subject matter, done in post-production.
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From the opening ceremony at the Lofotr Viking Festival in August 2009. Chieftain Olaf Tvennumbruni opening the 5th festival of Lofotr Viking Museum. Check out www.lofotr.no for more information.
Reconstruction of the largest chieftains farm ever found from the Viking Age - a 83 meter longhouse ! The museum also has viking ships, boathouse, smithy, archaeological exchibitions, handcrafts demonstration, viking food and live interpretation. Enjoy !
Gary Waidson demonstrating how the vikings made fire by striking a flint stone against a fire steel to produce sparks. The tricky part is then to catch the spark, cover it with fire catching material and the gently blow it until the fire is produced. Lofotr Viking Museum in the Lofoten Islands, Norway (2006).
Danish archeologist Søren Mainz demonstrating how the vikings made wood turned drinking bowls, on his reconstructed lathe based on drawings and archaoelogical material from Germany and Scandinavia.
Images taken by Dr. Capelotti of Norwegian fjords and burial mounds combined with views of Viking ships and artifacts at the Norwegian National and the Viking Ship museums in Oslo set the stage for a leap across the Atlantic to the archaeological site of L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern tip of Newfoundland, the only authenticated Viking site in the New World.
This channel is for students in the Anthropology and American Studies courses taught by Dr. P.J. Capelotti at Penn State Abington College in Abington, PA.
http://www.youtube.com/PSUAbingtonAnthy
Vikings in a meeting with a hilarious twist...
Director: Per Tomas Govertsen
In Northern Norway during the Iron-age, there were about 10-15 Chiefdoms, one of which was at Borg in Lofoten. This is the only place where a Chieftains farm is found. Excavations shows that it was established around 500 AD. Experience the reconstructed longhouse, craftsmen at work, join in the activities, row the Viking ship, see the smithy, an exhibition of original artefacts, animals of ancient breed, café and museum shop. Maybe even a Viking will appear?
