Rising from the dead

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Four intact -- and splendid -- sarcophagi were unearthed in the Saqqara necropolis by a Japanese excavation mission this week. Deeper in the desert, around ancient Memphis, the bases of three limestone papyrus columns and one fluted half-column -- belonging to an Amarna tomb -- already jut from the sand. The discoveries, made by an archaelogical team from Leiden University and Museum, are expected to reveal much detail about Ancient Egypt's 12th and 13th dynasties of the Middle Kingdom