A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta. A symbol indicates pharaoh Shoshenq III (830 to 791 BC).

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A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta. A symbol indicates pharaoh Shoshenq III (830 to 791 BC).

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ArchaeologyEnglish · 3 months ago

Treasure trove found in Egyptian tomb solves long-standing mystery of who was buried there

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The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the sarcophagus.

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