Egypt’s 'Indiana Jones' says new theory on King Tut’s tomb is wrong - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmed Hidji

Ahmed Hidji

Apr 4, 2016

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt Zahi Hawass speaks to the media inside a newly discovered tomb near the Giza pyramids October 19, 2010. The tomb dates back to the Fifth Dynasty of 2,514 to 2,374 B.C. and belonged to the priest Rwd-ka who conducted prayer rituals before statues of a departed pharaoh. RETUERS/ Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTXTL4H — Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt Zahi Hawass speaks to the media inside a newly discovered tomb near the Giza pyramids, Oct. 19, 2010. — RETUERS/Goran Tomasevic

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British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939) (R).

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