Egypt State Information Service- Culture - Sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senosert II discovered
 
Tuesday, Septemper 02, 2008

Sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senosert II discovered

Egyptian archeologists have discovered the graveyard and sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senosert II.

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas has allocated an additional LE50,000 to conduct more excavations at the governorate of Fayoum where the new ancient monuments had been discovered.

The Egyptian archeologists operating in the area further found out skeletons and some tombs dating back to the Greco and Romanian epochs.


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