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The location of Alexander the Great's tomb in Alexandria, Egypt, has been unknown since the 4th century AD. Several recent attempts to find it have included an excavation in downtown Alexandria by the Polish Center of Archaeology and one at the Mosque of Nebi Daniel by Mohammed Abduk Aziz of Al Azhar University. Less scientific credibility has been accorded to efforts by Liani Souvaltzi of the Institute of Hellenistic Studies to locate the tomb in the Siwa Oasis and to retired waiter Stellio Komotsos, reputed to have assembled the largest collection of documents related to the tomb.
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Evidence from a cemetery for workers and artisans at Giza, Egypt, indicates that the Pyramids were built by peasants rather than slaves. Part-time peasant labor was conscripted on a rotating basis, with skilled craftsmen supervising. The cemetery, located south of the Wall of the Crow, is separated into two parts. The lower part contains around 600 workers' graves and 30 larger tombs, which may have been for overseers. The upper level has more elaborate tombs for higher-status artisans and administrators. Forty-three of these tombs have been found so far.
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An editor recounts his cruise along Lake Nasser aboard the MSS Nubian Sea and the archaeological sites he visited. He provides a description and short history of each Nubian site toured. He also discusses the movement of the various monuments from their original locations to where they reside today. This movement was in response to flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam damming the Nile River in 1971.
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