Monday, May 31, 2010

Ancient Egyptian mayor?s ?lost tomb? found

The tomb of Ptahmes, the mayor of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, includes this unfinished funeral painting.Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the desert sand since 19th-century treasure hunters first carted off some of its decorative wall panels.


Full story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37430742/ns/technology_and_science-science/

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