"When experts astonishingly uncover an undisturbed tomb decorated in gold leaf, it could be the answer to the 2,000-year-old mystery of Cleopatra’s final resting place."Ĭleopatra VII was born in 70 or 69 BC and ruled Egypt as co-regent for almost 30 years.įollowing her death, Egypt was annexed by its Roman rulers, effectively ending the 3,000-year-old Ancient Egyptian Empire. The bodies of ancient mummified crocodiles with no heads have been discovered in an undisturbed Egyptian tomb. Digs this summer revealed a rock-cut chamber tomb with burials on two levels, the oldest. The Ancient Egytpian empire fell due to a mix of factors, including wars with other empires and a 100-year period of drought and starvation Greece recovered many finds from the United States and tombs that had remained untouched were excavated.The golden treasures inside belonged to Hetepheres, a queen of Egypt's Old Kingdom. The Egyptians believed in life after death, and important people's corpses were mummified to preserve their bodies for the afterlife The trove of sarcophagi was uncovered last week during an excavation in the Saqqara necropolis, an ancient burial ground about 20 miles south of Cairo, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. This Egyptian queen's tomb lay untouched for more than 4,000 years Shortly after the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb, another intact royal burial was foundthis time in the shadow of the Great Pyramid at Giza.Pharaohs built huge elaborate tombs to be buried in, some of which were pyramids – at the time among the largest buildings in the world.Religion and the afterlife were a huge part of Ancient Egyptian culture.The Egyptians were ruled by kings and queens called pharaohs.They invented a solar calendar, and one of the world's earliest writing systems: The hieroglyph.The Ancient Egyptians were experts at farming and construction.It lasted for about 3,000 years and saw the building of complex cities centuries ahead of their time – as well as the famous Great Pyramids.The tombs are over 5,000-years-old and were discovered where the Nile River drains. The civilisation began about 5,000 years ago when ancient humans began building villages along the River Nile Archaeologists have uncovered predynastic tombs that date back to before the times of Egypts pharaohs.The Ancient Egyptians were an advanced civilisation who at one point owned a huge portion of the globe.
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