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A long-lost Egyptian artefact has been found in a cigar box in Aberdeen - and it is hoped it could shed new light on the Great Pyramid.
The chance discovery was made by a member of staff at the University of Aberdeen during a collection review.
The small fragment of 5,000-year-old wood - which is now in several pieces - is said to be hugely significant .
The engineer Waynman Dixon originally discovered it among items inside the pyramid s Queens Chamber in 1872.
The piece of cedar - which it is believed may have been used during the pyramid s construction - was donated to the university in 1946 but then could not be located.
Great Pyramid relic found in cigar box at university in Scotland
One of only three objects ever recovered from inside Egypt s Great Pyramid, wooden artefact may shed new light on ancient structure, says University of Aberdeen
Ancient cedar wood, now fragmented into pieces, is one of only three relics ever recovered from inside Great Pyramid (University of Aberdeen) By Published date: 16 December 2020 17:52 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago
A lost artefact from the Great Pyramid of Giza that had been missing for more than 70 years was found in a cigar box at the University of Aberdeen by an Egyptian curatorial assistant.
Lost Great Pyramid of Giza artefact found in cigar box
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A lost artefact from the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, has been found in a chance discovery at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
Curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany, originally from Egypt, was reviewing items in the university’s Asia collection when she came across a cigar box marked with her country’s former flag.
Inside, she found several wooden splinters that she then identified as a fragment of wood from the Great Pyramid, which had been missing for more than a century.