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ARCHAEOLOGY: EGYPT; PART OF KHNUM TEMPLE UNEARTHED
03.04.2008

(ANSAmed) - CAIRO - Part of Khnum temple in Elephantine Island to the second side of 'Cataract' Hotel in Aswan city was discovered 40 meters deep under the Nile water, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Zahi Hawass said today. The Egyptian archaeological mission also unearthed part of a church and two granite columns, Hawass said during a cultural salon at the Cairo Opera House. Hawass said that the Egyptian archaeological mission, formed by Culture Minister Farouk Hosny to excavate tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, would soon announce the discovery of a new tomb in the coming excavation season ... mehr

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