FOUND IN EGYPT
PRE-PYRAMID TOMB.
THIRD DYNASTY RELIC.# ROOMS YET UNEXPLORED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.40 p.m. to-day. CAIRO, March 31. Cecil Firth, who is excavating at- Bokhara, ha.s discovered a most remarkable pre-pyramid tomb. It belongs to the Third Dynasty, and contains remarkable portraits of King Zoser, the builder of the steppe pyramid. The low relief sculpture is the finest _vet discovered. A number of other rooms remain to be explored,.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 April 1927, Page 9
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72FOUND IN EGYPT Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 April 1927, Page 9
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