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| | Bambooweb: Meroe |
 | | The ruins were examined in 1844 by Carl Lepsius, who brought many plans, sketches and copies, besides actual antiquities, to Berlin. |
 | | Further excavations were carried on by Reginald Wingate, governor of the Sudan, who made paths to and between the pyramids, and sank shafts, etc. It was found that the pyramids were regularly built over sepulchral chambers, containing the remains of bodies either burned or buried without being mummified. |
 | | The most interesting objects found were the reliefs on the chapel walls, already described by Lepsius, and containing the names with representations of queens and some kings, with some chapters of the Book of the Dead; some steles with inscriptions in the Meroitic language, and some vessels of metal and earthenware. |
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