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Centre du patrimoine mondial - UNESCO. En 1979, le Comité a décidé d’inscrire le Lac d’Ohrid sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial au titre du critère naturel (iii) . # : Comme pour 19 biens naturels et mixtes inscrits pour leur valeur géologique avant 1994, la numérotation des critères de ce bien a été modifiée. Voir Décision 30.COM 8D.1. Modélisation 3D en archéologie et patrimoine. Archaeologists find remains of previously unknown pharaoh in Egypt. The 3,600-year-old remains of a forgotten pharaoh unearthed this month in southern Egypt may be the first of several significant discoveries in a previously ignored burial ground that rivals the Valley of the Kings, the find's lead archaeologist said on Wednesday.

Archaeologists find remains of previously unknown pharaoh in Egypt

The discovery of King Senebkay is the first firm evidence of a pharaonic dynasty whose existence archaeologists had suspected but never proved. About 20 previously undiscovered pharaohs may lie near Senebkay's tomb, explained Josef Wegner, the dig's head archaeologist. "It's emerging as something like a Valley of the Kings," he added, referring to the famous ancient site in Luxor, southern Egypt, where Tutankhamun is buried.

"We had just thought there would be a handful of king's tombs," added Wegner, who has researched in the area of Abydos – an ancient city that stood 300 miles south of modern-day Cairo – for more than two decades. "Now we're looking at probably 20 pharaohs. Les Laboratoires d’Archéologie de l’Université Laval - Accueil. Archéologie, Histoire et Histoire de l'art. Anthropologie Ethnologie Archéologie.