Dream

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Archaeologists hail 'dream discovery' as sarcophagus is unearthed ... (The Guardian)

The coffin of Ptah-em-wia has been found in its underground burial chamber at Saqqara, and features in a TV documentary.

This Egyptian team has added yet another important chapter to the history of the site.” Noting that a piece of the lid had been broken off, indicating that ancient tomb robbers had stolen burial treasures, he said: “These tombs [were] so frequently raided by tomb raiders that there was no guarantee that anything exciting would be down there. Sometimes the sarcophagus is for a different person of a later period, when the tomb was used in later periods. At the bottom, she was astonished to find the sarcophagus. Ola El Aguizy, emeritus professor of the faculty of archaeology at Cairo University, discovered it in Saqqara, an ancient necropolis about 20 miles south of Cairo. It has lain within a burial chamber, undisturbed, for thousands of years.

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Dream discovery: Egyptian professor discovers new ancient ... (Al Mayadeen English)

Professor Ola Al Aguizy uncovers an ancient sarcophagus whose owner was close to King Rasmus II.

This Egyptian team has added yet another important chapter to the history of the site," said Peter De Manuelian, a professor of Egyptology at Harvard University. Sometimes the sarcophagus is for a different person of a later period, when the tomb was used in later periods. “There’s a long history of western archaeologists doing this work. But this time it is not the case," Al Aguizy told The Observer. An Egyptian sarcophagus that has laid peacefully for thousands of years has been discovered, emerging from beneath the sands in Cairo. After that, El Aguizy squeezed herself into the bucket and slowly descended down to the bottom.

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