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Egypt archaeologists find ancient writer's tomb

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AP Cairo
Last Updated : Apr 19 2014 | 8:22 PM IST
Egypt's minister of antiquities says a team of Spanish archaeologists has discovered two tombs in the southern part of the country, one of them belonging to a writer and containing a trove of artifacts including reed pens and a bronze inkwell.
Mohammed Ibrahim said that the writing utensils were found next to a mummy, which is well preserved, and that the discovery was made in collaboration Egyptian archeologists.
He said the writer belonged to the pharaohs' priest class, and would have had a "great impact on the intellectual and cultural life of the era."
The tombs date to roughly 600 BC, the last era of Egypt's pharaonic dynasties.

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First Published: Apr 19 2014 | 8:22 PM IST

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