Egypt - Tunnelling away
Created: Jun 30, 2010,
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Following three years of excavations inside the tomb of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Seti I, excavators have found that the mysterious tunnel cut into the bedrock ( a 136-metre section which was partially excavated in 1960 ) is much longer than first believed. It ends with a second staircase, reports Nevine El-Aref.
An excavation team, headed by Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has uncovered a further portion of the tunnel. It is 25.6 metres long and 2.6 metres wide and ends with a 54-step descending stairway.
Al-Ahram Weekly
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An excavation team, headed by Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has uncovered a further portion of the tunnel. It is 25.6 metres long and 2.6 metres wide and ends with a 54-step descending stairway.
Al-Ahram Weekly
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