Discovery made after tomb raid
The arrest of tomb robbers led archeologists to the graves of three royal dentists, hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in the shadow of Egypt’s most ancient pyramid, officials said.
The thieves launched their own dig two months ago but were caught, Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters.
That led archeologists to the three tombs, one of which included an inscription warning that anyone who violated the sanctity of the grave would be eaten by a crocodile and a snake, Hawass said.
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