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Egypt archaeologists discover tombs dating back 2,000 years
Egypt’s antiquities ministry says that archaeologists have discovered three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period. The discovery was made in the Nile Valley province of Minya south of Cairo, in an area known as al-Kamin al-Sahrawi. Yesterday’s statement by the ministry says the unearthed sarcophagi and clay fragments suggest that …
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August 16, 2017 -
2,000-year-old tombs excavated in China
More than 20 funeral artefacts were unearthed during the excavation of two 2,000-year-old tombs in Hunan province of China, the media reported on Friday. The tombs, thought to be from either the late West Han (206 BC-24 AD) or early East Han (24-220 AD) dynasties, were discovered in November at a construction site in Huaihua …
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April 28, 2017