[Archport] Spain, Egypt to investigate shipwreck with the mummy of a pharaoh

[Alexandre <no.arame@gmail.com>]

CAIRO, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Spain and Egypt will start a project later
this year to investigate the 19th century sinking of a ship that some
believe contained the mummy of a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, news agency
MENA said.

MENA cited Egyptian Ambassador to Spain Yasser Murad as saying the
countries would first hold consultations and compare historical records,
and attempt to establish the location of the shipwreck.

Khafre, who ruled Egypt more than 2,500 years ago, is known for building
the second largest of the three great pyramids at Giza, and may have
overseen the creation of the nearby Sphinx.

A ship carrying ancient artifacts from Egypt to Britain that sank off
the Spanish coast in the first half of the 19th century is believed by
some Egyptologists to have contained Khafre's mummy.