(http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=boyle8774CA32-2176-78BB-2590-1A0C63695510.jpg&width=600)Egypt Ministry of AntiquitiesA worker studies one of the funerary jars found inside a recently discovered burial chamber in Luxor.By Alan Boyle
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Archaeologists say they have discovered a string of 3,000-year-old rock tombs in the Egyptian city of Luxor, containing the remains of wooden coffins, skeletons, furniture and canopic jars.
The tombs were dug within the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who reigned from 1427 to 1401 B.C. during Egypt's 18th Dynasty. However, the newfound tombs appear to be part of a more recent cemetery. In Thursday's announcement of the discovery (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ministry-of-Antiquities-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1/172009302844728), Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said they date back to the beginning of a transitional period that lasted from 1075 to 664 B.C.
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