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Hieroglyphic inscriptions are seen on the entrance of a recently discovered tomb in Saqqara
22 Dec 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Hieroglyphic inscriptions are seen on the entrance of a recently discovered tomb in Saqqara December 22, 2008. Egyptian archaeologists have found the tombs of two court officials, in charge of music and pyramid building, in a 4,000 year old cemetery from the reign of Pharaoh Unas. The tombs were found buried in the sands south of Cairo and could shed light on the fifth and the sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, said Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)
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