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  • Tomb Found in Egypt's Valley of Kings

    02/10/2006 7:21:28 AM PST · by Founding Father · 13 replies · 712+ views
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | February 10, 2006 | TANALEE SMITH
    LUXOR, Egypt — Through a partially opened underground door, Egyptian authorities gave a peek Friday into the first new tomb uncovered in the Valley of the Kings since that of King Tutankhamun in 1922. U.S. archaeologists said they discovered the tomb by accident while working on a nearby site. The tomb, which has five wooden sarcophagi with painted funeral masks, probably contains members of an 18th Dynasty pharaoh's court, Edwin Brock, co-director of the University of Memphis excavating team, told The Associated Press. So far, archaeologists have not entered the tomb, having only opened part of its four-foot-high door last...