EGYPTIAN TOMB
TREASURES FOUND INTACT A MEAL FOR TTIE DEAD jCOnlted Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright) CAIRO, Dec. 25 A British archaeologist. Mr Walter Finery, excavating in a cemetery at a depth of 30ft. in the neighbourhood of the Step Pyramid, discovered the only Egyptian tomb that has so far been found intact with its treasures. The tomb belonged, to a nobleman of the Second Dynasty (4M4-4212 8.G.). Even the meal of fish, meat, game and cakes provided on alabaster plates for the dead was still recognisable in spite of the passage of 60u0 years*
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20689, 27 December 1938, Page 8
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95EGYPTIAN TOMB Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20689, 27 December 1938, Page 8
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