Summary Of New Discoveries In Ancient Egypt By Bryan Brown

To this day, there are still many mysteries about ancient Egypt for archaeologists to discover. In the article “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt” by Bryan Brown, the journalist writes about the discovery of 6 connected graves at the ancient graveyard, Abydos. In the excerpt from Curse of the Pharaohs, archaeologist Zahi Hawass writes about the discovery of 4 statues belonging to a man named Inty Shedu.

In the texts, both authors use descriptive writing with a positive connotation to convey the historical importance of the discoveries. In the article “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt,” the author Bryan Brown uses the word “startling” (233). Bryan Brown described the discovery as “startling” to show that the discovery was surprising. It

Zahi Hawass is a primary source. In the article “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt”, Bryan Brown quoted experts such as David O’Connor, Laurel Bestock, and Matthew Adams (234, 236). Bryan Brown is a journalist. He quoted experts to give his information validity. Bryan Brown quoted experts because the archaeologist made the discovery, not him. In the excerpt Curse of the Pharaohs, Zahi Hawass uses the words we, I, our, me, my, and us (243-247). All of these words are in first person point of view. Zahi Hawass was the archaeologist that found the statues. He was there, so his information is valid and can be trusted. Another difference between the article “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt” and the excerpt from Curse of the Pharaohs is that author Bryan Brown used punctuation emphasis to convey the historical importance of the discovery he wrote about. However, Zahi Hawass told an antidote about the announcement of his discovery to convey the historical importance of the discovery he wrote about. In “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt”, author Bryan Brown used an ‘!’ to emphasize a point. It states, “Some even brought their servants!” (233). The journalist emphasized the importance of the discovery by punctuating with an ‘!’. This shows that the discovery was surprising and important. If you want to emphasize something, you want it to pop out. In the excerpt from Curse of the Pharaohs, Zahi Hawass