In the Cairo Museums Basement
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In the Cairo Museums Basement


The Cairo museum is cataloging their basement collections and are finding caches of artifacts. Hopefully they will find the mummies of King's Rameses I or Pinudgem I or perhaps the mummy found in the sarcophagus of King Unas at Sakkara.

http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/egypt-discovers-artifacts-in-museum-basement-2009072432288.html




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