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Jan 2 Blog

Funerary Temple Found in Saqqara

On January 17, 2021, the Egyptian archaeological mission announced the discovery in Saqqara of an Old Kingdom funerary temple. They also found a four-meter-long papyrus […]

Colorful illustrations visible on this 3,000 year old coffin.

Oct 31 Blog

Ancient Egyptian Mummies Found in the Valley of the Kings

By: Jonathan Laden

In the largest find of its type in a century, archaeologists uncovered thirty mummies in sealed coffins. They were found, in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile, by accident when an archaeologist noticed the head of one coffin sticking out from the sand.

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