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Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboonsAstonishing Artifacts An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant.
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discoverA papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water ritualsThe temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.
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Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in LuxorA stone slab depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius was found during restoration work at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor.
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Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old KingdomAstonishing Artifacts This rare example of an ancient Egyptian beaded dress was likely crafted specifically for a woman's funeral.
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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years agoAncient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 yearsA rock shelter with rock art and inscriptions spanning millennia has been discovered in Egypt.
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Sandals of Tutankhamun: 3,300-year-old footwear that let King Tut walk all over his enemiesAmong the sandals discovered in Tut's tomb is a pair whose insoles were decorated with images of the boy king's enemies.
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5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai PeninsulaArchaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.
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