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Ancient tomb yields secrets to builders of Egyptian mosque PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 02 August 2004
August 3, 2004


Builders laying the foundations for a mosque in Cairo have found a tomb dating from the pharaonic period intact but submerged in ground water up to the ceiling of the tomb.

The tomb contains an unopened basalt sarcophagus, slivers of gold dedicated to the ancient gods Isis and Horus, and inscriptions showing the tomb belonged to a man called Ankh Khansu Derat Hor, the official news agency MENA said on Sunday.

It also has the four canopic jars in which ancient Egyptians tried to preserve the liver, stomach, lungs and intestines.

The head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said the tomb dated from the New Kingdom, which lasted from the 16th to the 11th century BC.

"The walls of the tomb are beautifully inscribed, with reliefs, so I think it could be an important person. The problem is the water table," Mr Hawass said.

Egyptian archaeologists were thinking of ways to move the whole tomb to higher ground, out of the water, he said.

At a separate site at the ancient town of Akhmim in southern Egypt, workers digging foundations for a religious school, found the remains of an ancient temple and pieces of a giant statue of the pharaoh Ramses II.

Ramses II, who ruled the country for much of the 13th century BC, was one of ancient Egypt's most prolific builders. The full statue would be 12 metres tall.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/02/1091432117915.html?oneclick=true
 
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