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Egyptologists unearth 3,400-year-old statue of King Tut's grandfather near Luxor temple
archaeologists in Luxor have unveiled their latest find: part of a 3,400-year-old statue of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, believed to be the grandfather of the young King Tutankhamun. Egypt's ...
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Ancient Roman residences with 'pigeon towers' discovered in Luxor, Egypt
The team found that when the Romans took over Luxor, they started raising pigeons by erecting pigeon towers containing pots that the pigeons could use as nests, the statement said. Pigeons are the ...
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In Photos: Egypt reopens Carter House in Luxor marking 100 years since discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb
The newly re-restored Carter House on the West Bank in Luxor reopened on Friday to mark the centenary of the greatest archaeological find ever made: the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by ...
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King Tut's grandfather's statue head surfaces in Luxor
CAIRO (Reuters) - A colossal 3000-year-old red granite head of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been discovered in Luxor ... the teenage-king who was born of an incestuous ...
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BODY OF EGYPTIAN KING IS UNEARTHED; James Dennis of Baltimore Finds the Tomb of Mentuhotep I. at Luxor. HE LIVED IN B.C. 2700 Date of Reign Now Fixed-Tomb 1,000 Years Older ...
CAIRO, April 13. -- James Dennis of Baltimore, associate director of the excavations at Luxor, reports finding, besides fragments of the body of King Mentuhotep I. a number of models of sacred ...