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To: Alighieri who wrote (314241)	12/6/2006 2:11:59 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584894

Egyptians find 4,000-year-old mummy By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago CAIRO, Egypt - Archeologists discovered the mummified remains of a doctor they believe lived more than 4,000 years ago and who was buried along with metal surgical tools. Egypt's official Middle East News Agency quoted Zap Haws, chief of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, as saying Tuesday that archaeologists discovered the mummy in Saqqara, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Cairo as they were cleaning a nearby archaeological site. Hawass said the doctor, named Qar, lived under the sixth dynasty from about B.C. 2350 to B.C. 2180 and that the upper part of the tomb was discovered in 2000 while the sarcophagus was found during more recent cleaning work. "The lid of the wooden casket had excellent and well-preserved decorations ... and the mummy's linen wrappings and the funerary drawings are still in their original condition," Hawass said. He said the mask covering the face of the mummy was in a very well preserved despite slight damage to the mouth area. Bronze surgical instruments, earthenware containers bearing the doctor's name, a round limestone offering table and 22 bronze statues of gods were also discovered, Hawass said.