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Tango01 | 18 Jan 2017 9:37 p.m. PST |
…Pharaonic Tombs in Egypt. "The newly discovered wall is thought to indicate the architectural support for the known tombs of the first upper terrace, including those of Harkhuf and Heqaib, who were governors of Elephantine Island during the Old Kingdom. "Owing to the landscape of Qubbet el-Hawa, the support wall helped to secure the hillside, and thus lower lying tombs, which were accessible by a causeway leading to a second terrace," said Dr. Martin Bommas of the University of Birmingham, director of the QHRP. "The findings are dramatically altering our understanding of the funerary landscape in this area during the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period in 2278-2184 BC," added Carl Graves, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, UK…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Timbo W | 19 Jan 2017 2:10 a.m. PST |
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