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Hephaestion
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posted 10 February 2006 08:58 AM      Profile for Hephaestion   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Tut-tut! The naysayers who claimed all the looting was finished were wrong...

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

Still unknown is who the tomb belonged to. American archeologist Kent Weeks, who was not involved in the discovery but has seen photographs of the tomb's interior, said its appearance suggested it did not belong to a king. "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.

No matter who is in the new tomb, its discovery shatters the nearly century-old perception that there was nothing left to discover in the Valley of the Kings, where it had long been believed that the 62 previously known tombs were all there was, said Weeks, who made the last major discovery in the valley.

"It clearly proves that the Valley of the Kings is still not exhausted," he said. "There are probably more tombs to be found in it."

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skeptikool
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posted 10 February 2006 09:59 PM      Profile for skeptikool        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
An interesting story. Just sent link to my grandson. When he, a 5-year-old, asked a librarian if she had anything on sarcophagi, she almost fell over. I couldn't even say the word.
He will be thrilled

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Raos
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posted 10 February 2006 10:11 PM      Profile for Raos     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm mostly impressed with his pluralization, but that definitely is an interesting discovery.
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skeptikool
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posted 11 February 2006 01:01 PM      Profile for skeptikool        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yes, Raos, you picked up on that. Where many children at that age can name many prehistoric animals, this boy's interest was in Egyptology - influenced, perhaps, by his mother (my daughter) who is a schoolteacher/librarian and gives him much encouragement.

On the topic, I learned today that these artifacts are estimated to be around 3,000 years old and that there was wood found in the tomb excellent condition. Quite amazing. And what an awesome and goose-pimpling experience. on breaking through, it must have been for the discoverers.


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Boarsbreath
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posted 11 February 2006 09:18 PM      Profile for Boarsbreath   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
And us. Is it finer to live now, with the most known so far, or to live at a time & place where the experience is of exciting discovery?
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Cueball
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posted 11 February 2006 10:39 PM      Profile for Cueball   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Is it a sign of the times that I read this thread title I thought it said: Egypt: New bomb found in Valley of the Kings?
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