Cemeteries Around the World: Tomb of Alexandria
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Deep in the heart of historic Alexandria, Egypt, a tomb lay hidden for centuries, until, as stories claim, an unsuspecting donkey hauling a cart full of stone misstepped and fell into a hole in the ground. On 28 September 1900, if the story is true, the donkey made one of the biggest archaeological discoveries in history.