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EGYPT: ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO SURVEY NILE FOR SUNKEN TREASURES
07.04.2008

CAIRO - An Egyptian archaeological team will survey the Nile river between Luxor and Aswan in search for any sunken treasures within the coming few months, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny announced. The team, using the latest techniques, will search for any statues and obelisks that might have fallen during transportation from granite quarries in Luxor where they are cut and shaped before being shipped to Luxor, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said ... mehr

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