EXPLORATION IN EGYPT.
SENSATIONAL DISCOVEKY. TOMB OF FOURTH DYNASTY. FATHER OF PYRAMID BUILDER. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. ■ (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Mar. 10. The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Express reports a sensational discovery, rivalling that of Tutankhamen's tomb. A party of excavators from Harvard University found at Gi/.a, on the right bank of the Nile, a shaft filled with cement. They dug down 80 feet and unearthed the tomb of King Snefru, of the fourth Dynasty, father of King Cheops, the builder of the great Pyramid. The tomb is intact, aty! contains objects of the greatest value.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18964, 11 March 1925, Page 9
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