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Trove of 225 'Exceptional' Egyptian Figurines Solves Long-Standing Mystery Science Alert - December 8, 2025
A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that has also solved a long-running mystery. Finding figurines in place inside a royal tomb has not happened in the Tanis necropolis since 1946. Such a find has also never happened before further south in Egypt's Valley of the Kings near modern Luxor - apart from the tomb of the famous boy king Tutankhamun in 1922 - because most such sites have been looted throughout history, he added.
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A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state PhysOrg - July 10, 2025
The late 4th millennium BC was a key period in Egyptian history which saw the beginning of political unification across Egypt, ultimately leading to the formation of the Egyptian state by the first pharaoh, Narmer, about 3100 BC. However, little is known about how this pivotal process in prehistory took place. The late 4th millennium BC was a key period in Egyptian history which saw the beginning of political unification across Egypt, ultimately leading to the formation of the Egyptian state by the first pharaoh, Narmer, about 3100 BC., little is known about how this pivotal process in prehistory took place.
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