Archaeologists Find New Ancient Egyptian Tomb

KarlMarx

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CAIRO, Egypt — American archaeologists have uncovered a pharaonic-era tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the first uncovered there since King Tutankhamun's in 1922, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

The 18th Dynasty tomb included five mummies in intact sarcophagi with colored funerary masks along with more than 20 large storage jars still with their with pharaonic seals intact, Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said in a statement Wednesday.

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The new tomb will be designated as "KV63" (for 63rd tomb catalogued in the Valley of the Kings). Most likely a non royal tomb intended for a single individual, but was later used to store the bodies of 4 others to safeguard them against tomb robbers.

Time of the initial burial is believed to be about the time of King Tutankhamun (aka King Tut).
 
KarlMarx said:
2_22_020906_egypt_tomb2.jpg





the remainder of the story can be read at....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184351,00.html

The new tomb will be designated as "KV63" (for 63rd tomb catalogued in the Valley of the Kings). Most likely a non royal tomb intended for a single individual, but was later used to store the bodies of 4 others to safeguard them against tomb robbers.

Time of the initial burial is believed to be about the time of King Tutankhamun (aka King Tut).


Cool, thanks! Up on the bulletin board tomorrow! :thup:
 

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