Word: naga
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bitter experiences," continued Dr. Reisner, "was with a tomb of the Sixth Dynasty at Naga-ed-der back in 1902. We had discovered a grave some 4000 years old. One half of it had caved in but the other part was intact. Clearing away the intact end, we found it to be the opening of a long passageway leading down into the hillside. It was filled with clean, chipped limestone and by this and other indications we knew that the tomb had not been opened from the day it had been sealed some 4000 years ago. The passage was cleared...