 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Tomb found in Valley of Kings
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CAIRO, Egypt -- The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of
the Kings since King Tut's in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with
mummies, breaking the nearly centurylong belief that there's nothing
more to find in the valley where some of Egypt's greatest pharaohs
were buried.
The tomb's spare appearance suggests it was not dug for a pharaoh,
said U.S. archaeologist Kent Weeks, who was not involved in the
University of Memphis team's find but has seen photographs of the
site. "It could be the tomb of a king's wife or son, or of a priest
or court official," he told The Associated Press on ...
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