The Archive · 1938

Discoveries of Second Egyptian Dynasty

Cairo, Jan. 21.

The discovery of a 5,000 year-old tomb of the Second Dynasty has been rade by the British archucologist, 'Mr. Walter Emery, at Sakkara, 0 village of Exypt, near the Nile, 14 miles south-west' of Cairo.

The interior of the tomb revealed 4 crumbled coffin which Mfr. Emery reconstructed with the aid of wax. Exquisite uncracked copper "and alabaster bowls were also found.

The elitire discovery presented a scene in the history of the Dynasty, perfectly preserved below the level of the desert sands.

Sakkara is famous for its pyramids and its great necropolis—Reuter.

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