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Egyptian Archaeologists Announce 'Beautiful' Mummy Found
Turkish Press ^ | Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Posted on 05/31/2005 4:28:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

VOA- Egyptian archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved mummy that ranks among the most beautiful ever discovered.

The more than 2,300-year-old unidentified mummy was found wearing a golden mask and covered Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said it "may be the most beautiful mummy ever found in Egypt."

The mummy was recently discovered buried in a six-meter-deep, sand-covered pit at Egypt's Saqqara Pyramids complex south of Cairo.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: ancientegypt; archaeology; clinton; egypt; epgypt; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; mummy
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Cue Clinton jokes...
1 posted on 05/31/2005 4:28:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SunkenCiv; blam; Fiddlstix

ping


2 posted on 05/31/2005 4:28:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway

Was there a stain on her sarcophagus?


3 posted on 05/31/2005 4:29:38 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: nickcarraway
"may be the most beautiful mummy ever found in Egypt."

That's no small honor, by the way.

4 posted on 05/31/2005 4:30:17 PM PDT by SIDENET ("Some people are desperate for whatever they're desperate for," - Bubba Fink)
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone thinks their mummy is the most beautiful.


5 posted on 05/31/2005 4:31:09 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("We, the people, are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts..." -Abraham Lincoln)
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To: nickcarraway

...Dang. You beat me to it.


6 posted on 05/31/2005 4:31:27 PM PDT by Humidston (Pubbies - GROW SOME!!!)
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"Hey . . . All - Right! I mean, if I was . . . you know . . .ha ha. . . not working so hard for those tsunami victims . . ha ha . .
7 posted on 05/31/2005 4:32:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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"Hey . . . All - Right! I mean, if I was . . . you know . . .ha ha. . . not working so hard for those tsunami victims . . ha ha . .
8 posted on 05/31/2005 4:33:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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9 posted on 05/31/2005 4:33:29 PM PDT by theophilusscribe
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To: nickcarraway
But is she well-preserved?
10 posted on 05/31/2005 4:33:36 PM PDT by VadeRetro ( Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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11 posted on 05/31/2005 4:35:47 PM PDT by theophilusscribe
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To: nickcarraway

I want my mummy.

12 posted on 05/31/2005 4:35:51 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Archaeologists discovered what could be the most finely decorated mummy ever found in Egypt, Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said on May 3 2005. Reuters

13 posted on 05/31/2005 4:39:36 PM PDT by theophilusscribe
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To: EternalVigilance
Everyone thinks their mummy is the most beautiful.

As opposed to many of us, who have a face only a mummy could love...

14 posted on 05/31/2005 4:49:29 PM PDT by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: nickcarraway
Thanks for the Ping J
15 posted on 05/31/2005 4:52:46 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: nickcarraway

The first Miss Universe.


16 posted on 05/31/2005 4:56:22 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: Darkchylde

ping


17 posted on 05/31/2005 5:08:34 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: martin_fierro

Camel Toe Alert!


18 posted on 05/31/2005 5:12:02 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if she's Caucasian like King Tut?


19 posted on 05/31/2005 5:15:15 PM PDT by blam
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Bubba alert.


20 posted on 05/31/2005 5:30:44 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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