Graveyard Smash - It was a Dark and Stormy Month
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Three Facts About Sicara Necropolis
Achaeologists discovered the buried remains of funeral gardens where, among shrubs and small trees, there were also a series of miniature pyramids that acted as grave markers for the dead. This is an ancient egyptian thing, correct? Yes? Late ancient egypt. I don't remember anything related to death being a factor in your funeral rites in any way, at least according to your elephentary school science," he said. "I'm pretty sure that they believed that there was an underworld and that it was physically underground"
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