King Senebkay found 3,650 years later. Wonder how many other forgotten pharaohs remain buried, waiting for someone to find them?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-just-unearthed-previously-unknown-pharaohs-tomb-and-remains-180949397/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=01212014&utm_content=smartnewsegypttomb1
There’s a saying history is written by the victors. In the case of Egypt, the victors occasionally removed all evidence of the losers. It did not always work, but it can be very difficult to find evidence in cases like King Senebkay. Above article links to this article http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mystery-pharaoh-his-tomb-identified-egypt-2D11934339
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