World's Oldest Sun Dial Dug Up in Kings' Valley, Upper Egypt
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[quote]Mar. 14, 2013 — During archaeological excavations in the Kings' Valley in Upper Egypt a team of researchers from the University of Basel found one of the world's oldest ancient Egyptian sun dials. The team of the Egyptological Seminar under the direction of Prof. Susanne Bickel made the significant discovery while clearing the entrance to one of the tombs.
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Ancient artifacts don't always look like you hoped...
Its clearly an early attempt at the game Twister.
[QUOTE=Siduron;39969383]Ancient artifacts don't always look like you hoped...[/QUOTE]
The first thing you get told when you start any kind of archaeological course is 'its not Indiana Jones don't get your hopes up'.
I only found like 4 golden idols last year it fucking sucked.
Going into this thread hoping for giant golden statues with magical scepters, getting what I made in grade 1 with clay.
But seriously, this is pretty beast.
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