This year alone, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of: • 8 mummies from the Ptolemaic Dynasty • A stone sphinx • A sophisticated ramp network • Evidence that cheese was in the ancient Egyptian diet • The world's oldest tattoos

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This year alone, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of: • 8 mummies from the Ptolemaic Dynasty • A stone sphinx • A sophisticated ramp network • Evidence that cheese was in the ancient Egyptian diet • The world's oldest tattoos (link: https://cnn.it/2EDCm8s) cnn.it/2EDCm8s

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Jan 13

This colossal marble statue dating from the 1st century AD is an allegory of the Nile and its floods. The sphinx, on the right, evokes ancient Egypt.

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Jan 27

This strange Sphinx with four female heads, was found in Egypt.Kunsthistorishes Museum, Vienna.*

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