Tuesday, April 27, 2004

More on the Saqqara Mummies - over 50 of them

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1082999521852B221&set_id=1
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4837894/
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994926
Egyptians had used the network of shafts and corridors over several centuries, starting from the 26th dynasty (664-525 B.C.) and continuing into the Ptolemaic period, which ended with the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC (from the MSN website).

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