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This traveler from India graffitied his name on five ancient tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings 2,000 years ago

Some 2,000 years ago, a man from India named Cikai Korran scratched his name in several places inside rocky tombs in Egypt’s ...
Ancient Origins

Ancient Indian Tourists to Egypt's Valley of the Kings Revealed by Graffiti

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable testament to ancient global connections in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings. Around 30 inscriptions written in ancient Indian languages have been identified ...
The Art Newspaper

2,000-year-old inscriptions found in Valley of the Kings offer fresh insight into Indian presence in Ancient Egypt

The recent discovery in the Valley of the Kings of nearly 30 inscriptions in ancient Indian languages, across six tombs, provides new evidence for the presence of Indians in Egypt between the first ...
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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago

Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.