Archaeologists Find Ancient Egyptian Burial Chamber -- Again
Egypt's antiquities chief says archaeologists have unearthed a 2,800-year-old burial chamber that boasts brightly painted astrological scenes at a site believed to house the tombs of ancient Egyptian nobles.
Zahi Hawass says in a Wednesday statement the chamber belonged to a priest named Karakhamun, whose tomb was first discovered in the 19th century but soon after disappeared under the desert sands. He says an Egyptian-American team stumbled on the burial chamber while doing restoration work at the site on the west bank of Luxor in southern Egypt.
The leader of the expedition, Dr. Elena Pischikova, explained that the tomb was originally discovered in the 19th century, though it was in an unstable condition. It continued to deteriorate, and only parts of it were accessible to visitors in the early 1970s before collapsing completely and being swallowed up by the sands....
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Zahi Hawass says in a Wednesday statement the chamber belonged to a priest named Karakhamun, whose tomb was first discovered in the 19th century but soon after disappeared under the desert sands. He says an Egyptian-American team stumbled on the burial chamber while doing restoration work at the site on the west bank of Luxor in southern Egypt.
The leader of the expedition, Dr. Elena Pischikova, explained that the tomb was originally discovered in the 19th century, though it was in an unstable condition. It continued to deteriorate, and only parts of it were accessible to visitors in the early 1970s before collapsing completely and being swallowed up by the sands....