Friday, 29th June 2007 (3720 views)

Archaeologists from Bulgaria have unearthed ancient gold jewellery in a stone sarcophagus in a mound near to Stronyo, it has been revealed.

Sofia news agency claims that cremated bones belonging to a woman who was buried in the first or second century, while archaeologist Daniela Agre told the news agency that this would be typical for wealthy families in the Roman era.

The Associated Press recently reported that an Egyptian mummy from the 15th century was recently named as Queen Hatshepsut following the discovery of a tooth in a relic box.

"Hatshepsut is an individual who has a unique place in Egypt's history. To have her identified is on the same magnitude as King Tut's discovery," molecular biologist Paul Evans, of Brigham Young University in Utah told the news source.

Nebkheperure Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh whose intact tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.

Among the treasures salvaged from the tomb was the boy-king's solid gold funeral mask.

 

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