In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

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Thutmose II was the fourth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. This discovery is the first of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamen’s ...

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