Saqqara

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  Shanghai Museum's 'Meow Night' Draws Crowds With Ancient Egyptian Cat Relics

  Shanghai Museum has pulled in crowds this summer for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics including cat statues and other feline imagery, which on Saturday nights allows up to 200 visitors to bring along their own four-legged friends.

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  Egypt Unearths Tombs, Mummification Workshops In Ancient Burial Ground

  Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry.

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  Excavations In Egypt Lead To 2,500 Year Old Mummies Being Discovered

  In the ancient city of Saqqara in Egypt, archaeologists have unearthed 2,500-year-old coffins and bronze statues after excavation. The findings even include 150 bronze idols of Egyptian gods.

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  Treasure Chest of Ancient Mummies, Bronze Statuettes Discovered in Egyptian Necropolis

  Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed enormous collection of rare artefacts from the Saqqara Necropolis on Monday. The team disclosed a stockpile of ornately decorated coffins or sarcophagi, sealed with mummies, along with a number of bronze statuettes.

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  5 Ancient Pharaonic Tombs Unveiled In Egypt's Saqqara Necropolis

  Egypt unveiled Saturday five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of landmark discoveries in the area.

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  Egypt Unveils Ancient Treasures That "Rewrite History"

  Egypt on Sunday unveiled ancient treasures found at the Saqqara archaeological site near Cairo, including sarcophagi over 3,000 years old, a discovery that "rewrites history", according to famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass.

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  Viral Video: Ancient Mummy Coffin, Sealed 2,500 Years Ago, Opened In Egypt

  Archaeologists in Egypt have opened an ancient mummy coffin in front of a live audience. On Saturday, dozens of people watched and filmed as archaeologists unsealed the first of 59 sealed sarcophagi found earlier this year in Saqqara.

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  Mummified Lion Cubs, Cats, Crocodiles Unveiled In Egypt

  Egypt on Saturday unveiled a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies decorated with hieroglyphics at the Saqqara necropolis near the Giza pyramids in Cairo.

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  Egypt Unearths 4,400-Year-Old Tomb Of Top Ancient Priest

  Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of the capital Cairo, authorities said on Saturday. "Today we are announcing the last discovery of the year 2018, it's a new discovery, it's a private tomb," antiquities minister Khaled el-Enany said.

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  Cat Mummies, Animal Statues Discovered In Stone Tombs In Egypt

  Seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, have been discovered at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in Saqqara, south of the Egyptian capital, archaeology officials announced Saturday.

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  Egypt Uncovers 2000-Year-Old Mummy Burial Site Near Great Pyramids

  Egyptian archaeologists revealed on Saturday the details of an ancient burial shaft and a mummification workshop that were discovered 30 meters underground, near the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.