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Ramadan B. Hussein, the archaeologist who associated his name with a series of exceptional discoveries in Saqqara, Egypt, has passed away after a short severe illness. Ramadan Badry Hussein studied Egyptology at Cairo University before working for Egypt’s Antiquities’ public sector as an inspector in Saqqara and Giza. On 9 March, my close friend and colleague, the young, brilliant, and promising Egyptian archaeologist Ramadan Badri Hussein, passed away after a short illness in Germany. It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear Egyptian colleague Ramadan Badry Hussein (1971-2022), who was not only an excellent and talented Egyptologist, but first and foremost our very good friend. Dr. Ramadan B. Hussein passed away after an all too short battle with cancer on March 9th. He leaves behind his wife Angela, sons Yousef (Joey), Benjamin and daughter Martha. To those who knew Ramadan, he was a bright light of positivity. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anani has decided to publish a commemorative issue of the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ periodical in honour of Egyptian archaeologist Ramadan Badri Hussein, who passed away aged 50 early in March 2022, following a short but severe illness. Ramadan Badry Hussein studied Egyptology at Cairo University. He worked for Egypt's Antiquities public sector as an inspector in Saqqara and Giza. Since 2015, Dr. Hussein had been Project Director for the conservation, excavation and publication of the 26th Dynasty tombs. "The finding of this mask could be called a sensation," said archaeologist Ramadan Badry Hussein of the University of Tübingen, and head of the German-Egyptian team that made the discovery. Ramadan B. Hussein, the archaeologist who associated his name with a series of exceptional discoveries in Saqqara, Egypt, has passed away after a short severe illness. Ramadan Badry Hussein studied Egyptology at Cairo University before working for Egypt’s Antiquities’ public sector as an inspector in Saqqara and Giza. The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir has opened a three-month exhibition to celebrate the life and achievements of renowned Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Ramadan Badri Hussein. Dr. Hussein is particularly recognized for his leadership of the Egyptian German Archaeological Mission, which made groundbreaking discoveries in the Saqqara necropolis. Ramadan B. Hussein—In Memoriam. In March 2022, the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology of Brown University lost one of its most distinguished alumni, Dr. Ramadan Badry Hussein. His death also deprived Egypt, and Egyptology, of one of its premier Egyptologists, and his wife and family of a loving and devoted husband and father. Ramadan B. Hussein—In Memoriam In March 2022, the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology of Brown University lost one of its most distinguished alumni, Dr. Ramadan Badry Hussein. His death also deprived Egypt, and Egyptology, of one of its premier Egyptologists, and his wife and family of a loving and devoted husband and father. The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir has opened a three-month exhibition to celebrate the life and achievements of renowned Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Ramadan Badri Hussein. Dr. Hussein is particularly recognized for his leadership of the Egyptian German Archaeological Mission, which made groundbreaking discoveries in the Saqqara necropolis. On 9 March, my close friend and colleague, the young, brilliant, and promising Egyptian archaeologist Ramadan Badri Hussein, passed away after a short illness in Germany. We all are in a state of In the shadow of the world's oldest pyramids, a team of archaeologists led by Dr Ramadan Hussein have made the discovery of a lifetime - a fully intact burial complex buried deep beneath the sand. Packed with treasures and world firsts, the site has the potential to re-write the book on mummification, unlocking secrets forgotten since the age of the pharaohs. Now the team have to open every Tending to the Dead: Rites, Texts and Embalming Workshop at Saqqara. Ramadan Hussein Universität Tübingen. In the ancient Egyptians’ minds, death was a transitional stage toward immortality, and life after death was achievable through a set of rites that was performed for the deceased person. In July 2018, archaeologists unearthed a sprawling, ancient Egyptian “funeral home” beneath Saqqara. The trove of discoveries pointed toward a substantial funeral industry in ancient Egypt and has since allowed researchers to document evidence of this business for the first time. According to For the first time, archaeologists can study the workshop where ancient Egyptian embalmers mummified the dead. Price Database. 25 February 2025. Egyptologist Ramadan Hussein (left) and mummy Dr. Ramadan Hussein. You will never be forgotten. May you Rest In Peace Forever. Archaeologists Uncover Hundreds of Colorful Sarcophagi at Saqqara—and They' (Ramadan Hussein, Saqqara Saite Tombs Project) That changed when archaeologists discovered a unique series of rooms dating to the Saite-Persian period of the mid-first millennium B.C. In 2016, University of Tübingen archaeologist Ramadan Hussein, who died in the spring of 2022, identified shallow aboveground pits where the dead would have been covered in natron, a salt mixture used to dry out the body after death.
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