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Theo Farrant

3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb with vivid afterlife paintings uncovered near Luxor

Dutch archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown 3,000-year-old tomb near Luxor, Egypt, revealing vivid wall paintings and inscriptions that identify its owner as a man named Paser.

Announced recently by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), the discovery was made in the Sheikh Abd El-Qurna necropolis on Luxor's West Bank, part of the UNESCO-listed Theban Necropolis, one of ancient Egypt's most important burial grounds for priests and high-ranking officials.

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