Ahamenes' Tomb?
i (Received 10 aun.) jj • LONDON, January Cl. ■ The Cairo correspondent of the j “Daily Telegraph” cays a tomb l has been found at Sakkara, 1 which may prove to be the origJ inal burial place Ahamenes, I Hirst King of the First Dynasty J of the historical Kings of Egypt. I Which he founded. ! Historians variously place the I date of his death at 5546 ail’d 3500 • B.C. A small tomb was disi covered at Abydcs years ago, ■ which previously was regarded I as a royal necropolis of the First ■ Dynasty. i The Sakkara tomb has been s rifled, but it contains alabaster i vases. i
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Northern Advocate, 7 January 1938, Page 6
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