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  • Graffiti Record Ancient Indian Travelers’ Visits to Egyptian Tombs

    03/14/2026 9:35:51 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | March 10, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    Live Science reports that about 30 inscriptions written in three ancient Indian languages have been studied in six different tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Ingo Strauch of the University of Lausanne said that these inscriptions have been dated to between the first and third centuries A.D., when Egypt was a province of the Roman Empire and a tourist destination. One inscription, written in Sanskrit, was left by a man named Indranandin, who identified himself as a messenger of King Kshaharata. "It is possible that Indranandin arrived by ship at Berenike [on the east coast of Egypt], perhaps together...