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ARCHAEOLOGY: EGYPT'S LATE PERIOD WOODEN COFFINS DISCOVERED
27.06.2008

CAIRO - A group of colored wooden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Late Period, the 6th century BC, have been unearthed, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said. "The sarcophagi, of some priests and senior employees, were discovered during the Cairo University's Archeology College mission in the area of Saqqara, near the upward path leading to the pyramid of King Unas," said Hosni. Unas (also Wenis, Oenas, Unis, or Ounas) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and one of the rulers of the Old Kingdom. His reign has been dated as falling between 2375 BC and 2345 BC ... mehr

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