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A necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 BC) Kingdoms and the 22nd Dynasty (ca. 931-725 BC) has been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission sponsored by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). The necropolis lies in the southeastern part of the pyramid field of Illahun in Egypt’s Faiyum region.
A small part of the book I'm putting together deals with Egypt's pyramids, so routinely described as royal tombs by Egyptologists. Yet when I came to make a study of them, it became obvious to me...
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Thanks for the reply Ra-Mont, :) I read your link that Kevin gave you, but I am not sure what I am suppose to make of it or even how it supports your theory, maybe I have missed something?
Archaeologists unearth five ancient tombs on Luxor's west bank
Collection of tombs from Egypt's turbulent Third Intermediate Period are found in King Amenhotep II's funerary complex by Italian...
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I once saw an estimate that around 70% still lay undiscovered under the sand, but I reckon the future will be with the use of satelite imagery and Geophysics to locate and map the whole country then...
After a 10-year-break, Khafre's pyramid and 6 royal tombs open on Giza plateau
Following years of arduous efforts by scientists to rehabilitate Egypt's middle pyramid and tombs first discovered in...
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Always good news to see something new being opened, it may attract a few more visitors. I have never understood the logic of all those tour buses being allowed to park so near the the Great Pyramid,...
Queen Liz doesn't seem too bothered. She is such a deadpan though. Might have a superb sense of humour and really see the joke of it all..........hard to say.