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1. Tomb of Mummified Mayor Revealed
   By Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer - Tuesday, May 23, 2000; 2:37 p.m. EDT
   
   
2. Experts fascinated by mass find of mummies, Electronic Telegraph, 26 August 1999
   ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Egypt have begun to release details of one of the most remarkable discoveries of the century.
   
   
3. Egypt split over Rosetta Stone celebrations, Electronic Telegraph, Thursday 15 July 1999
   
   
4. Mummy Burial Grounds Found in Egypt
   AP-NY-06-11-99 1450EDT

   CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered an early Greco-Roman burial ground in western Egypt believed to contain at least 10,000 mummies, the largest such find to date.

   Researchers in Egypt's Western Desert have so far unearthed 200 mummies, including some of the wealthy and powerful of 3,000 years ago, Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported Friday, quoting Zahi Hawass, head of the 12-member discovery team.

   The burial ground, within the city of Bawiti, 185 miles southwest of Cairo, has been renamed ``Valley of the Mummies,'' the news agency said.

   Fifty mummies were found in each of four rooms. They included wealthy people and some rulers, Gaballah Ali Gaballah, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told MENA.

   Some of the mummies had golden masks, others were covered with plaster or resting in pottery coffins.

   The cemetery is four miles long, and Hawass told MENA that it took four years to uncover the first 200 mummies. Work will continue until the rest are uncovered, he said.

   Mohammed al-Saghir, head of Pharaonic antiquities in Egypt, confirmed the discovery for The Associated Press, but said he had no details.
   
   

5. Al-Ahram Weekly Interview With Dr. Zahi Hawass
   Al-Ahram Weekly - 14 April 1999
   Read this recent hard hitting interview with Dr. Hawass concerning the conservation and management project for Giza Plateau.
   
   
6. Stonehenge of the Sahara
   ABCNEWS.com - April 1, 1998
   The monoliths of Nabta just might be the precursors of the pyramids of Giza.
   
   
7. CNN - Archaeologists unseal 2,500-year-old tomb of palace chief - February 27, 1998
   CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Delicately brushing away the dust and then hoisting off a heavy limestone cover, Egyptian archaeologists on Friday uncovered the mummified body of a Pharaonic palace chief who died more than 2,400 years ago.
   
   
8. CNN - More than 60 dead in Egyptian tourist attack - November 17, 1997
   CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- The Egyptian Cabinet held an emergency session on Monday after at least 64 people were shot dead and 25 others wounded at the world famous temple site of Luxor. State television blamed the attack on "terrorist elements," a term it normally uses to describe Muslim extremists trying to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak.
   
   
9. King Tut 3,300 years later: The boy pharaoh still intrigues Associated Press, 10/11/97
   CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Seventy-five years ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter pushed open the massive stone door leading to the tomb of King Tut, the boy pharaoh, and found a hoard of gold.
   
   
10. Mummies help unwrap the history of disease Electronic Telegraph, Friday 13 June 1997
    ANCIENT Egyptians were not bothered by modern scourges such as cancer and TB, but were afflicted by a wide variety of parasites, scientists said yesterday. Researchers examining 4,000-year-old mummies have found few signs of cancer, syphilis, tuberculosis or even tooth decay.
    
    
11. The sounds of ancient Egypt CNN - May 11, 1997
    CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Violinist believes music is key to understanding how pharaohs spoke
    
    
12. Pyramid is discovered near Cairo Electronic Telegraph, Tuesday 29 April 1997
    A FRENCH archaeological team in Egypt has uncovered the incomplete base of a pyramid, built for an unknown queen, they say dates back to about 2300 BC, Egyptian newspapers reported yesterday.
    
    
13. CNN - A spiritual journey to Egypt - Apr. 6, 1997
    GIZA, Egypt (CNN) -- Tourism in Egypt has entered a new age - - almost literally. People who believe in the power of pyramids, crystals and meditation, sometimes known as "new agers," are flocking to Egypt in record numbers to visit a site they consider a source of great mysticism and energy.
    
    
14. BUILDERS OF THE PYRAMIDS Jan./Feb. 1997 issue of ARCHAEOLOGY.
    For centuries adventurers, scholars, and tourists have been drawn to the wonders of Giza--the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the Sphinx, and tombs of Old Kingdom nobles (2551-2152 B.C.). But what of the workers and artisans who built these great monuments?
    
    
15. Tombs of the unknown workers CNN News - August 11, 1996
    GIZA, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptians are fast solving an age-old mystery: Who built the great pyramids of Giza, and how did they do it?
    
    
16. Egyptologists stumble upon huge Ramses II statue CNN News - August 5, 1996
    GIZA PLATEAU, Egypt (CNN) -- Archaeologists last week unearthed a unique 3.5-ton pink granite statue believed to portray Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most illustrious pharaohs.
    
    
17. Scientists discover secret of ancient bread Electronic Telegraph, 29 July 1996
    
    
18. Mummy's curse powerless against theft CNN News - June 18, 1996
    CAIRO (CNN) -- In Cairo's famed Khan El-Khalili bazaar, merchants hawk the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt.
    
    
19. A new plateau of pyramids soon to be open to tourists CNN News - February 15, 1996
    DASHUR, Egypt (CNN) -- In Egypt's pyramid-studded landscape, there is a new gem on the tourist horizon: A plateau of giant pyramids which will soon be open to visitors for the first time.

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