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Friday, February 10, 2006

 

Intact tomb found in Egypt’s Valley of Kings

`The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut�s in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly centurylong belief that there�s nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egypt�s greatest pharaohs were buried.

The tomb�s spare appearance suggests it was not dug for a pharaoh, said U.S. archaeologist Kent Weeks, who was not involved in the University of Memphis team�s find but has seen photographs of the site. �It could be the tomb of a king�s wife or son, or of a priest or court official,� he told The Associated Press on Thursday.’




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