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FOCUS: Extraordinary find in Deir el Bahari

23.07.2020 20:00
A  recent find in Deir el Bahari , near the Temple of Queen Hatchepsut, where a  Polish archeological mission is conducting a dig, uncovered a  stone chest which contained several packages. 
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The Cliff Mission, headed by professor Andrzej Niwinski,   was to carry out an Egyptological examination of the cliff ledge situated above the temples of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III and to detect all the traces of human activity. During the works the team came upon a most unexpected find from 3,500 years ago
The discovery was made in March 2019 but has only recently been made public. The archaeologists say that the discovery of an intact tomb of King Tuthmose II is “very close”. 

In FOCUS professor  Andrzej Niwinski talks about the sensational discovery ..