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Egypt’s Aswan has thrown up 30 more tombs, holding 30-40 mummies each

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The burial ground which spans 2,70,000 feet and sheltered tombs ascending up to 10 terraces. PIC/NY POST

The burial ground which spans 2,70,000 feet and sheltered tombs ascending up to 10 terraces. PIC/NY POST

Egypt’s City of the Dead, Aswan, is a gift that keeps giving—if you are an archaeologist. A team recently uncovered more than 36 tombs from an ancient cemetery that had 300 documented tombs so far. And each tomb is said to hold 30 to 40 mummified bodies each. Five years of digging at the site that was once located on the hill near the modern Mausoleum of Aga Khan III, brought up burial grounds spanning 2,70,000 sqft and with tombs ascending up to 10 terraces.  The team of international researchers estimated the site had been in use for around 900 years, between 6 BCE and 9 CE.

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