The writing's on the wall in medieval crypt that holds 7 male mummies

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 12:41 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A 900-year-old medieval crypt, containing seven naturally mummified bodies and walls covered with inscriptions, has been excavated in a monastery at Old Dongola, the capital of a lost medieval kingdom that flourished in the Nile Valley.

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