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Re:Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad' by UberFly on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:37AM (#48218718)
Within the rock construction are wood beams, mortar and charcoal that are all datable.
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Re:Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad' by dmos62 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:52AM (#48218836)
I stand corrected.
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Re:Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad' by card_zero on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:40AM (#48219164)
There's also optically stimulated luminescence which can tell you when a rock was buried! I don't know that it's ever been used on a pyramid, but it exists.
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