dolomite stone vases found beneath a collapsed wall in Khasekhemwy's tomb. each vase has a lid of sheet gold tied on with fine gold wire and secured with small clay seals. Abydos, Egypt, Tomb of Khasekhemwy, Second Dynasty. Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC;) was

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