Friday, March 17, 2006

MUMMIES YES, TOMB NO: The chamber in the Valley of the Kings seems not to be a tomb after all:
Pharaonic find was mummification room, not tomb

Mon Mar 13, 11:44 AM ET

CAIRO (Reuters) - A chamber discovered last month in the Valley of the Kings was a room used by the ancient Egyptians for mummifying pharaohs buried in the area, rather than a tomb, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday.

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