Builders have discovered a intact tomb while working on a mosque outside of Cairo:
Builders laying the foundations for a mosque in northeast Cairo found a tomb dating from the Pharaonic period intact but submerged in ground water up to the ceiling of the tomb, official sources said Sunday.
The tomb contains an unopened basalt sarcophagus, slivers of gold dedicated to the ancient Egyptian gods Isis and Horus, and inscriptions showing the tomb belonged to a man called Ankh Khansu Derat Hor, the official news agency MENA said.
Their dating, "New Kingdom, which lasted from the 16th to the 11th century B.C", would place it at it roughly during the time of the Exodus to just before David's reign. Another fascinating find.
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