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were undamaged, and funerary wreaths lay atop the sarcophagus. There was tremendous media attention, and he invited high state officials, journalists, reporters and film teams to the opening. But on opening the sarcophagus, it proved to be empty. "They dig for three years and find nothing," one
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Egyptian Museum's depository. But it was too late. The perpetual harassment was too much, and Goneim was either murdered or drowned himself in the
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Zakaria Goneim was the cousin of the
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newspaper reported. There was consequent popular disappointment, although the discovery was still an important one for
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