Archaeologists find 3,500 year old golden jewelry in Egyptian tomb.Byline: ANI Washington, March 12 (ANI): Archaeologists in Egypt have found ancient golden jewelry in the tomb of a senior official who died about 3,500 years ago. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by the Voice of America, ancient golden jewelry found in a pharaonic era tomb thought to belong to a senior official under Egypt's most powerful queen Hatshepsut, on the west bank of the Nile river Nile River Arabic Bahr al-Nil River, eastern and northeastern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream (which flows into Lake Victoria) to the Mediterranean Sea. in Luxor, Egypt. Culture and antiquities officials said that an excavation team found five golden earrings and two rings in the tomb of the state treasurer who served during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. The walls of his burial chamber are decorated with texts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Archaeologists made the discovery while digging in Luxor, along the banks of the Nile River. Luxor is one of Egypt's most popular tourist sites. It is famous for the Valley of the Kings, which contains several pharaohs' tombs. Earlier this month, Egyptian officials announced that Egyptian and European archaeologists in Luxor had discovered two statues of an ancient pharaoh. According to Egypt's archaeology chief Zahi Hawass, those statues were of King Amenhotep III, who also ruled about 3,500 years ago. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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