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Khufu era foundation blocks discovered in Matariya

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has recently unearthed the foundation blocks of the Temple of the Sun at the open-air museum of Matariya, in Cairo’s Heliopolis. The uncovered foundations date back to the reign of the pharaoh Khufu. “For the first-time fragments of the Fourth Dynasty …

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Engraving in Minya quarries could reveal how ancient Egyptians moved stone blocks for pyramids

Ahram Online  A French-British archaeological mission from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology and the UK’s Liverpool University have discovered ancient engravings alabaster quarries in Tel El-Amarna that could help reveal how ancient Egyptians managed to move stone blocks from alabaster quarries during the Khufu period. Dr Mostafa Waziri, the …

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