egypt
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Big Mysterious Sarcophagus Opened, Sucks
It’s been quite the month for Indiana Jones-inspired madness, after a sealed 2000-year-old sarcophagus was discovered in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 1. Nobody knew what was inside, but some feared that the black granite coffin might be cursed. Those fears were put to rest on Thursday, when the sarcophagus was finally opened. It was full…
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Ancient Tomb Discovered In Egypt Believed To Be Over 4300 Years Old
To this day, Egyptian archaeologists continue to discover new tombs and relics, with the most recent being a 3500-year-old mummy just a couple of months ago. Now, the Egypt Antiquities Ministry has reveal another find — the 4300-year-old tomb of a powerful woman by the name of “Hetpet”.
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It’s A Quick (And Illegal) Climb To Get To The Top Of Giza’s Great Pyramid
Eighteen-year-old German tourist Andrej Ciesielski got a view that few people get to see – Egypt from the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It’s an illegal climb, and he was caught by police when he reached the bottom.
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There Are Strange Hot Spots On Giza’s Great Pyramid, And No One’s Quite Sure Why
Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few weeks after a team of scientists began a project using novel scanning techniques to analyse Egypt’s major pyramids, they have discovered strange temperature anomalies — but it’s still unclear what’s causing them.