A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that has also solved a long-running mystery.
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Archaeologists have long relied on fragments of evidence to reconstruct the most dramatic episodes of ancient politics, and the latest debate centers on whether a set of small figurines hints at a ...
The missing body of Shoshenq III, the sixth of 11 known pharaohs from ancient Egypt’s 22nd dynasty (945–716 B.C.E.), has unexpectedly turned up in the Tanis tomb of his predecessor, Osorkon II. In a ...
A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that experts say has also solved a "long-standing ...
Archaeologists working in the ancient Egyptian city of Tanis have revealed a funerary mystery: hundreds of figurines with the name of an unexpected pharaoh. A French archaeological mission headed by ...
The funerary figurines discovered inside a tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis - Copyright MFFT - EPHE/PSL/AFP Simone NANNUCCI The funerary figurines ...
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