- The Queen Attends Pyramid Meeting
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- Queen Margrethe has been briefed, being
one of the first, on a new, sensational grave find in the area between
two of the pyramids of Egypt.
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- It happened when, as a private individual,
she appeared in Dansk Industri's pyramid-shaped glass hall, at a lecture
held by Dr. Zahi Hawass, the world's leading egyptologist and head of the
Giza excavations.
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- Zahi Hawass is on a Scandinavian tour
and was so inspired by Margrethe's presence that he revealed a sensational
archaeological find which will be published in the Egyptian press no sooner
than in a couple of months.
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- Between the Sphinx and the Khefren pyramid
Hawass and his staff have discovered a hitherto unknown subterranean shaft,
reaching a depth of 29 meters [96 feet, approximately]. In the bottom of
the shaft they found a stone sarcophagus surrounded by water. If Hawass's
theory holds, he has found the grave of Osiris, the god of death.
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- Amateur Archaeologist
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- The Queen was listening enthusiastically
from the first row. Since 1962, when she was a young crown princess and
tried her hand in Egypt as an amateur archaeologist, she has had an ardent
interest in the pyramids of Egypt.
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- "The finds he was describing were
so great that his voice was almost tearful," one listener said.
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- Inviting the Queen
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- Zahi Hawass ended his lecture by discreetly
inviting the Queen to visit his excavations in Giza, as Prince Henrik did
last year.
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- "I hope he'll bring his wife next
time," he said.
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- Sren Haslund-Christensen, the Lord Chamberlain,
tells EkstraBladet, that the Queen is not on her way to Egypt, though.
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- "Not for the time being. The Queen
has a lot of other things to do. His invitation was an instance of courtesy,"
the Queen's spokesman said.
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