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Coincidence, Animals behind Pharaonic Tombs Discovery


Mon 08 Apr 2019 | 07:16 AM
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By: Ali Abu-Dashish, Ahmed Yasser

CAIRO, Apr 7 (SEE)- Coincidence not only play a role in many modern medical treatments, but it has been an important factor in archaeological discoveries. Also, Animals have played a major part in these findings, according to a new report.

The report includes the most important archaeological finds discovered by chance such as Kom Shakafa tombs on September 28, 1900, and the reason for discovery the "donkey" owned by Mr. Mansour, after falling in the main hole for the cemetery at a depth of 12 meters. Later people discovered it in the region during the search for the donkey and found these wonderful graves.

In 1900, Howard "Carter" discovered a stairway leading to a cemetery, began excavating it and discovered "Montuhotep II" tomb.

The statue is now found in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It was wrapped in linen. When the linen was removed, it was found that the statue was painted in black. The experts later discovered it as a mummy and not a red sandstone statue, representing the pharaoh sitting.

On November 4, 1922, Carter unveiled an important archaeological discovery of the 12th century- the discovery of golden Pharaoh King Tutankhamun tomb which was intact. This discovery came due to the fall of "donkey" belonging to a boy known as Hussein Abdel Rasoul.

On the same day, the donkey entered the valley carrying the water and the boy followed him. The donkey moved away from the place where the workers were working away from the dust. It stopped in a shadowy place while Abdel Rasoul was trying to pave the ground for the tractor. The first stairs of the valley were found and that led Howard Carter to uncover the tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor.

In the summer of 1997, Sheikh Abd El-Muqeem, the guard of Great Alexander Temple, was preparing to return to his home after his work end. He found golden faces looking at him; that marked the beginning of the discovery of the golden mummies valley in oases.

In the Giza pyramids, the foot of a horse that had faltered marked the initial discovery of workers tombs.