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Egyptologists had lost interest in the site of tomb 5, which had been
explored and looted decades ago. Therefore, they wanted to give way to
a parking lot. However, no one would have ever known the treasure that
lay only 200 ft. from King Tut’s resting place which was beyond a few
rubble strewn rooms that previous excavators had u ....
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.... proves that Greek and Roman travelers
stopped here to gaze at the wall paintings and hieroglyphics that were
already old long before the birth of Christ. Archaeologists have been
coming for centuries too. Napoleon brought his own team of excavators
when he invaded in 1798, and a series of expeditions in 19th and early
20th centuries uncovered one tomb after another. A total of 61 burial
spots had been found by the time the British explorer Howard Carter
opened the treasure-laden tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.
Britain’s James Burton had burrowed into the s ....
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