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Other important expeditions which are daily revealing new archaeological wonders include:
1) The ancient capitals of Ethiopia, on the upper Nile, excavated by Dr. George A. Reisner for Harvard University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Here have been found a temple of Ammon, and tombs and relics of Piankhy the Great and other Ethiopian rulers dating from 900-600 B.C.
2) Under A. M. Lythgoe, scientists from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (which supports the Carter-Carnarvon researches), are excavating in the area of Thebes, on the opposite side of the Nile from the...
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