Abd El Naby, guard of Temple of Philae looks on beside Egyptian hieroglyphs carved for "Hapi" God of the Nile are seen on the wall in Aswan, Egypt February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A cat walks beside Egyptian hieroglyphs carved for "Hapi" God of the Nile on the wall at Temple of Philae in Aswan, Egypt February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A wall of a chamber of the tomb of Mehu is seen after it was opened for the public at Saqqara area near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A wall of a chamber of the tomb of Mehu is seen after it was opened for the public at Saqqara area near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A wall of a chamber of the tomb of Mehu is seen after it was opened for the public at Saqqara area near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A wall of a chamber of the tomb of Mehu is seen after it was opened for the public at Saqqara area near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A wall of a chamber of the tomb of Mehu is seen after it was opened for the public at Saqqara area near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A coffin lid decorated with hieroglyphs is seen on display during a media preview for the exhibit "Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs" at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, California September 10, 2015. The exhibit opens to the public on September 18. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

A woman wearing a full veil (niqab) queues near a hieroglyphic mural outside a polling centre as she waits to vote during the final stage of a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in El Dokki district of greater Giza, south of Cairo, December 22, 2012. Egyptians voted on a constitution drafted by Islamists on Saturday in a second round of balloting expected to approve the charter that opponents say will create deeper turmoil in Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

A worker checks Egyptian hieroglyphs carved onto the walls the "Akhethotep & Ptahhotep" tomb, near the Saqqara or "Step" Pyramid, south of Cairo, September 20, 2012. Egypt's antiquities authority reopened the "Serapeum" and "Akhethotep & Ptahhotep" tombs on Thursday, after the ancient tombs had undergone ten years of renovations, with an estimated cost of 2 million dollars. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY)

Art Collector Jean-Claude Gandur poses in the installation of the ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian collection of the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art in Geneva April 21, 2011. The collection includes a number of high quality Egyptian artifacts among the finest outside of museums including hieroglyphic-inscribed reliefs and wooden sarcophagi. Picture taken April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY)

A security guard points to a hieroglyphic painting as tourists walk inside the Luxor Temple in Luxor city, around 650 km (404 miles) south of Cairo, December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY)

A worker casts a shadow on the newly discovered tomb of Egypt's Queen Behenu in Saqqara, 30 km (20 miles) south of Cairo March 11, 2010. Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber near her pyramid in Saqqara. Philippe Collombert, who headed the French mission that excavated Behenu's remains, said the team found her sarcophagus within the sprawling necropolis of Pepi I at Saqqara. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A blind person examines an artifact at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo December 16, 2009, as part of a program which teaches blind visitors about its unique collection of ancient Egyptian aftifacts. REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH EDUCATION)

A tourist stands in Karnak Temple in Luxor, southern Egypt, November 9, 2009. The Karnak temple complex dates from before 2000 BC and is dedicated mainly to Amon Ra. It is the largest temple in the world.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Reliefs are seen on one of the walls in the Temple of Horus in Edfu, southern Egypt, November 8, 2009. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between third and first centuries BC and is one of the best preserved in Egypt. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A tourist walks in the Temple of Horus in Edfu, southern Egypt, November 8, 2009. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between third and first centuries BC and is one of the best preserved in Egypt. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Tourists listen to a tour guide in the Temple of Horus in Edfu, southern Egypt, November 8, 2009. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between third and first centuries BC and is one of the best preserved in Egypt. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Tourists walk in Kom Ombo Temple, southern Egypt, November 7, 2009. The temple, which dates from about 180 B.C. during the Ptolemaic era with additions made during the Roman period, stands right on the bank of the Nile between Edfu and Aswan.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Tourists examine part of the Kom Ombo Temple, southern Egypt, November 7, 2009. The temple, which dates from about 180 B.C. during the Ptolemaic era with additions made during the Roman period, stands right on the bank of the Nile between Edfu and Aswan.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

An Egyptian takes photographs at Kom Ombo Temple, southern Egypt, November 7, 2009. The temple dates from about 180 B.C. during the Ptolemaic era, with additions made during the Roman period, and stands right on the bank of the Nile between Edfu and Aswan.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT TRAVEL SOCIETY)

Tourists examine hieroglyphics in the Philae temple complex near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan November 7, 2009. The earliest remains of the temple date from the reign of Nectanebo I in the third century BC and are now one of Egypt's legendary tourist attractions. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT SOCIETY)

Wooden cuboids with hieroglyphs are artistically arranged at the Chinese pavilion during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 13, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

Wooden cuboids with hieroglyphs are artistically arranged at the Chinese pavilion during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 13, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

Wooden cuboids with hieroglyphs are artistically arranged at the Chinese pavilion during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 13, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

A man walks in front of a booth with Chinese hieroglyphs during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 12, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

A worker stands on a ladder at a booth with Chinese hieroglyphs during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 12, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

Workers stand on a ladder at a booth with Chinese hieroglyphs during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 12, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

Workers stand on a ladder at a booth with Chinese hieroglyphs during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair October 12, 2009. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on China's literature will run from the 14th till 18th of October, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele (GERMANY BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

The owner of a copper handicrafts' shop holds a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama and a rendering of Obama's name in hieroglyphs in Cairo June 1, 2009, which he intends to turn into commemorative t-shirts ahead of Obama's planned June 4 speech to address the Muslim world during his visit to Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT POLITICS SOCIETY)

A tourist visits Fiela Temple in Aswan April 26, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT SOCIETY)

A guard (R) sits inside Fiela Temple in Aswan April 26, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT SOCIETY)

A guide and a tourist look at hieroglyphics on the wall in Fiela Temple in Aswan April 26, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT SOCIETY)

Hieroglyphic inscriptions are seen on a wall in a recently discovered tomb in Saqqara, December 22, 2008. Egyptian archaeologists have found the tombs of two court officials, in charge of music and pyramid building, in a 4,000 year old cemetery from the reign of Pharaoh Unas. The tombs were found buried in the sands south of Cairo and could shed light on the fifth and the sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, said Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Hieroglyphic inscriptions are seen on the entrance of a recently discovered tomb in Saqqara December 22, 2008. Egyptian archaeologists have found the tombs of two court officials, in charge of music and pyramid building, in a 4,000 year old cemetery from the reign of Pharaoh Unas. The tombs were found buried in the sands south of Cairo and could shed light on the fifth and the sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, said Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)

Tourists examine the walls inside the tomb of Ramses IV in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, December 5, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT)

An Egyptian tour guide explains hieroglyphics on a wall in the Temple of Hatshepsut outside Luxor December 5, 2008. Hatshepsut was the longest-reigning of ancient Egypt's few female pharaohs, ruling from 1473-1458 BC. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT)

A local Egyptian man, employed as a guardian to help oversee the site, points at the hieroglyphics in Ramses II memorial temple in Luxor December 4, 2008. Ramses II was a 19th dynasty pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt for 67 years during the 13th century B.C. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT)

A local Egyptian man, employed as a guardian to help oversee the site, stands in Ramses II memorial temple in Luxor December 4, 2008. Ramses II was a 19th dynasty pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt for 67 years during the 13th century B.C. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT)

A visitor walks past a statue of the head of Ramses II, king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 B.C., at the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes November 3, 2007. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

Visitors look at a detailed copy of a Mayan hieroglyphic text known as the Dresden codex in Guatemala City October 22, 2007. The original document, which dates from the 13th century, turned up in Dresden, Germany in 1739 where it is currently held in the Sachsische Landesbibliothek. The Dresden codex is one of three Mayan codices to have survived the book burnings by the Spanish clergy during the 16th century. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA)

Mayan leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchu (L) takes a look at a detailed copy of a Mayan hieroglyphic text known as the Dresden codex in Guatemala City October 22, 2007. The original document, which dates from the 13th century, turned up in Dresden, Germany in 1739 where it is currently held in the Sachsische Landesbibliothek. The Dresden codex is one of three Mayan codices to have survived the book burnings by the Spanish clergy during the 16th century. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA)

Mayan leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchu (L) takes a look at a detailed copy of a Mayan hieroglyphic text known as the Dresden codex in Guatemala City October 22, 2007. The original document, which dates from the 13th century, turned up in Dresden, Germany in 1739 where it is currently held in the Sachsische Landesbibliothek. The Dresden codex is one of three Mayan codices to have survived the book burnings by the Spanish clergy during the 16th century. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA)

A detail of the Sarcophagus Reused by Pharaoh Psusennes I is seen at the temporary exhibition 'Isis and the feathered serpent' in Monterrey, September 21, 2007. Ancient Mexicans and Egyptians, who never met and lived centuries and thousands of miles apart, both worshiped feathered-serpent deities, built pyramids and developed a 365-day calendar, a new exhibition shows. Picture taken September 21, 2007. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)

A man walks inside the temple of Abu Simbel at sunrise Febuary 22, 2007. Pharoah Ramses II angled the temple so that the inner sanctum lights up twice a year: one on the anniversary of his rise to the throne and once on his birthday. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT)

A detail of hieroglyphics inside the newly opened tomb of a dentist who served the nobility in the 5th Dynasty, at Saqqara pyramids in Cairo, October 22 2006. REUTERS/Tara Todras-Whitehill (REUTERS)

A Japanese soccer fan with hieroglyphs reading: 'Hurrah Japan!' painted on her face cheers Japanese team prior to a friendly match against Malta at LTU Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany June 4, 2006 in preparation for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006. WORLD CUP 2006 PREVIEW REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama (GERMANY)

Egyptian antiquities expert Mohammed Yousef examines a wall engraved
with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered 4,800-year-old tomb near
Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological team uncovered the tomb
three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th
Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin Abdel Naby REUTERS

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A view of a wall engraved with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered
4,800-year-old tomb near Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological
team uncovered the tomb three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient
priest from the 6th Dynasty. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/ Aladin Abdel Naby

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AN ANCIENT SKULL RESTS IN FRONT OF A SLAB ENGRAVED WITH HIEROGLYPHICS
IN A NEWLY DISCOVERED 4,800-YEAR-OLD TOMB NEAR SAKKARA.

Egyptian antiquities expert Mohammed Yousef examines a wall engraved
with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered 4,800-year-old tomb near
Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological team uncovered the tomb
three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th
Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin Abdel Naby REUTERS

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Egyptian antiquities expert Mohammed Yousef examines a wall engraved
with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered 4,800-year-old tomb near
Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological team uncovered the tomb
three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th
Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin Abdel Naby REUTERS

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Egyptian antiquities expert Mohammed Yousef examines a wall engraved
with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered 4,800-year-old tomb near
Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological team uncovered the tomb
three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th
Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin Abdel Naby REUTERS

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Egyptian antiquities expert, Mohammed Yousef, examines a wall engraved
with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered 4,800-year-old tomb near
Sakkara April 22, 2003. A French archaeological team uncovered the tomb
three weeks ago. The tomb belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th
Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin Abdel Naby

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A view of a wall engraved with hieroglyphics in a newly discovered
4,800-year-old tomb near Sakkara in Egypt April 22, 2003. A French
archaeological team uncovered the tomb three weeks ago. The tomb
belongs to an ancient priest from the 6th Dynasty. REUTERS / Aladin
Abdel Naby REUTERS

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AN ANCIENT SKULL RESTS IN FRONT OF A SLAB ENGRAVED WITH HIEROGLYPHICS
IN A NEWLY DISCOVERED 4,800-YEAR-OLD TOMB NEAR SAKKARA.

A small pyramedion with hieroglyphic inscriptions on display in a new
gallery at the Cairo museum December 12, 2002. Egypt has blown the dust
from 250 ancient artefacts locked in the basement of the Egyptian
museum in Cairo and store rooms across the country to show off some of
its wealth of hidden treasures in display launched today on the
centennial of the museum. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

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AN EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES WORKER BRUSHES HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS ON THE
ENTRANCE OF A 4,500-YEAR-OLD TOMB RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEAR THE GIZA
PYRAMIDS.


An Egyptian antiquities worker brushes hieroglyphic inscriptions on the
entrance of a 4,500-year-old tomb recently discovered near the Giza
pyramids June 17, 2002. The tomb was found in the cemetery for workers
and artists who built the pyramids and archaeologists believe they may
find the oldest mummy in that burial site by the pyramids.
REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

Zahi Hawass, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt,
explains the importance of hieroglyphic inscriptions on the entrance of
a 4,500-year-old tomb recently discovered near the Giza pyramids June
17, 2002. The tomb was found in the cemetery for workers and artists
who built the pyramids and archaeologists believe they may find the
oldest mummy in that burial site. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

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The shadow of the hand of an Egyptian antiquities expert inspects part
of a 3,500-year-old temple wall with hieroglyphic inscriptions June 6,
2002. Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered seven tombs, near the
4,800-year-old step pyramid of Sakkara, belonging to high officials and
priests dating from the same dynasty. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Aladin Abdel
Naby

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