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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

Mystery as 4,000 year-old pharaonic painting disappears from ‘cursed’ tomb in Egypt

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious circumstances.

The limestone relief appeared to have been cut out of the wall of the ‘cursed’ ancient tomb of Khentika in the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo, according to local media.

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