PHYS.ORG Archaeologists uncovered an ancient tomb

CONTEXT:

  • In Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient tomb with mummies believed to date
  • back about 2,000 years in the southern city of Aswan.
  • The tomb is from the Greco-Roman period, which began with Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.
  • Archaeologists found artefacts, including decorated masks, statuettes, vases, coffin fragments and cartonnages- chunks of linen or papyrus glued together.
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