Hidden tomb unearthed between Giza pyramids

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 3, 2004 | Copyright information

Hidden tomb unearthed between Giza pyramids

From Journal Sentinel wire reports

Friday, September 3, 2004

Cairo, Egypt -- Egypt's antiquities chief Thursday revealed a 2,500-year-old hidden tomb under the shadow of one of Giza's three giant pyramids, containing 400 pinkie-finger-sized statues and six coffin-sized niches carved into granite rock.

Zahi Hawass, the director of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said archaeologists had been working for three months ...

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