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May 11, 2018

General's tomb found near Cairo

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian archeologists say they have discovered a tomb of a “great army general” under Ramses II at the Saqqara burial complex near Cairo.

The antiquities ministry says in a Tuesday statement that the general, named “Iwrhya,” was found in the New Kingdom necropolis, and had yet to be fully excavated but contained lots of material testifying to the high status of its owner and his family.


 
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