Gold Treasure Trove Found in Untouched Graves of Ancient Egyptian Necropolis
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Image caption: Some of the gold foil icons discovered in Tel el-Deir. Image courtesy of Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities / Facebook. Article by Michelle Starr. Science Alert – August 5, 2024.
An extremely rare discovery has just been made in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Tel el-Deir in Damietta. There, excavations have revealed dozens of burials that have been untouched for millennia; mudbrick chambers that still contained the precious treasures with which the dead had been interred more than 2,500 years ago. […]
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