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Japan guards the emperors' secrets
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EMPEROR Nintoku, the 16th ruler of Japan, was plainly a
remarkable fellow. There was his conception, for a start: according
to the ancient records, his father, Emperor Ojin, was a sprightly
90 years old when his son was born. On the day of the child's
birth, a mystic owl flew into the room and observed the delivery.
Over an 87-year reign, Nintoku proved himself a wise and
magnanimous leader who built canals and ports, promoted rice
farming and reformed taxation. In 399 AD he died, at the hear...
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Seven tombs uncovered in Egypt
The Scotsman
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The Boston Globe
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KENNER LEAGUE; Hoyas' Dia Leads Tombs To Championship With 23
The Washington Post
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NET: Tombs to play final Sydney match
AAP Sports News (Australia)
; AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-26-1999 NET: Tombs to play final Sydney match By Melissa Woods SYDNEY, May 26 AAP - Sydney fans will get one last ...
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Syrian sinkholes yield ancient tombs.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; PHILADELPHIA _ It all began when a Syrian farmer complained that his irrigation water from the Euphrates River was disappearing into mysterious sinkholes that had suddenly opened up in the sun-baked earth. Slowly, Richard L. Zettler, a University of Pennsylvania archaeologist working near the site,
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Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes. (Reviews of Books).
The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes. By SIGRID HODEL-HOENES; translated by DAVID WARBURTON. Ithaca: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000. Pp. xii + 329, illus. $49.95. The private rock tombs of ancient Thebes comprise an important corpus for the study of
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NET: Tombs says farewell
AAP Sports News (Australia)
; AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-21-1999 NET: Tombs says farewell SYDNEY, May 21 AAP - Sydney Sandpipers centre court sensation, Carissa Tombs finished ...
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Regulate land use for tombs
China Daily
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Tombs offer clues to ancient mystery
China Daily
; XI'AN: Chinese archaeologists hope to discover additional important relics from recently uncovered Western Zhou (1046-771 BC) cemetery to confirm existing findings and reveal new clues about the ancient dynasty. The excavation on No 32 and No 18 tombs of the cemetery that was discovered earlier
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