Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years

Researchers in Spain have examined one chamber in an ancient Egyptian tomb to trace its use over time, per Phys.org. The study, published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, focused on chamber three of tomb TT two-oh-nine in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor, analyzing how this burial space was reused from its construction during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty through the Ptolemaic period.

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