spanish archeologists have 1 a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of luxor, egypt's 2 minister said thursday. 4 accused nine people including three germans of 5 stone samples from pyramids.
埃及文物部长穆罕默德·易卜拉欣2月13日表示,西班牙考古学家在埃及古城卢克索发掘出一具3600年前的木乃伊。同日,埃及检方指控9人走私金字塔石刻样本,其中包括3名德国人。
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this photo released on thursday, feb. 13, 2014 by egypt's supreme council of antiquities
in a statement, mohammed ibrahim said the rare find in a preserved wooden
sarcophagus(石棺) dates back to 1600 bc, when the pharaonic 17th dynasty
7.
he said the mummy appears to belong to a high official. the sarcophagus is
8 with
9(象形文字) and decorated with
10 of birds' feathers.
the exact identity of the well-preserved mummy will now be studied, ibrahim said, adding that it was discovered by a spanish mission in
11 with the egyptian antiquities
12.
antiquities department head ali al-asfar said the two-meter sarcophagus still bears its original coloring and writings.
meanwhile, egypt's top
3 referred three germans to criminal court on charges of smuggling and damaging antiquities and six egyptians for
13 as their accessories.
hisham barakat said authorities issued arrest warrants for the
14 german thieves, who fled to their country after the incident. he said authorities would communicate with germany to restore the pieces they say were taken last april under the
15 of use for research.
the egyptian
16 are already in
17.
barakat says the germans, along with their egyptian guides, entered the famed pyramids of giza with permits to visit but not
18, and left with samples of stone from the ramparts of two tombs and the burial room of king khufu.
egyptian archaeologist monica hanna says the german researchers wanted to use the samples prove their hypothesis in a documentary they later filmed, which says that the pyramids were built by a people that pre-dates the ancient egyptians.
the online documentary, removed in the wake of the
19, showed one researcher inside the inner
20 of the khufu pyramid, taking samples from the king's cartouche.
egypt has experienced a security vacuum since its 2011 uprising. thousands of artifacts have been stolen.