Intact tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

[Bunny]

This is pretty cool, although a part of me thinks that they should just let these mummies and antiquities rest in peace.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060209/sc_nm/science_egypt_mummies_dc

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An American team has found what appears to be an intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first found in the valley since that of Tutankhamun in 1922, one of the archaeologists said on Thursday.

The tomb contains five or six mummies in intact sarcophagi from the late 18th dynasty, about the same period as Tutankhamun, but the archaeologists have not yet had the time or the access to identify them, the archaeologist added.

The 18th dynasty ruled Egypt from 1567 BC to 1320 BC, a period during which the country's power reached a peak.

The Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt contains the tombs of most of the pharaohs of the time but the archaeologist said the mummies in the newly found tomb need not be royal.
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[Strong Atheist]

1. Wow! LBN stuff! nt.

[myrna minx]

2. This is really exciting. Wow...to

find a sealed tomb in situ is quite a find. :bounce:

[Coventina]

3. Great news! But I'm not clicking on a yahoo link. They sell people out

to the Chinese gov't.

Bastards!

Here's a CNN link:

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/02/09/egypt.mummies.reut/

on edit: spelling & added link

[crispini]

4. WOW!

Oh, that's badass. I wish I were there. How cool would that be!