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Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said a Spanish archaeological team has unearthed a wooden Sarcophagus that dates back to the Middle Kingdom (2134-1998) B.C at the area of Zira Abulnaga of Luxor's western bank. . . .

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif agreed to staging an exhibition displaying Egyptian antiquities in eight European and American cities on March 9, 2008 through December 2012 under the rubric Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs.

On his part, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said the exhibition will last for four years starting next month from the Vienna-based Art history Museum.

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