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China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-23 07:47
'Tombs point to bigger city'
Egypt's top archaeologist says two pharaonic tombs discovered this year at Saqqara indicate the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought.
Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass says the tombs are more than 4,000 years old and were built for high officials who served the pharaohs.
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