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Tombs Of Pyramid Builders Discovered

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January 11, 2010

in Archaeology

The location of the tombs, where workers who built the pyramids of Khufu (Cheops) and Khafre (Chephren) are buried, suggests they were not slaves.

The tombs, made from bricks of dried mud, date back 4,500 years.

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Underground Caverns Found Under Giza Pyramids

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An enormous system of caves, chambers and tunnels lies hidden beneath the Pyramids of Giza, according to a British explorer who claims to have found the lost underworld of the pharaohs.
Populated by bats and venomous spiders, the underground complex was found in the limestone bedrock beneath the pyramid field at Giza.

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Remains of an Entire Army Found in Desert

The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology’s biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.
Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness [...]

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Secret tunnels and ancient mysteries

When the famous explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in 1817, he knew that it represented a very developed example of a New Kingdom royal tomb.
Not only was it the longest, deepest and most completed tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings, but its walls were painted with [...]

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Uncover the ‘Secrets of Tomb 10A’

BOSTON – After 4,000 years in a tomb, Governor and Lady Djehutynakht are displaying their lavish ancient Egyptian lifestyle – and one of their mummified heads – in a spectacular exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Blasted open in 1915, their necropolis on the Nile contained the largest burial assemblage ever recovered from Egypt’s Middle [...]

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