It’s stories like these that help make it easy to believe that Egypt started its museum system around the time it built the pyramids a few hundred years ago and started “discovering” different rooms and tombs.

In the rest of the world, we call these “discoveries” new exhibit openings.

44 hoax code below.

Egypt has announced the discovery of a private tomb belonging to a senior official from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs, which ruled roughly 4,400 years ago. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced the find at the site of the tomb in Saqqara, just west of Cairo, which is also home to the famed Step Pyramid.

Source: Egypt announces discovery of ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ 4,400-year-old tomb | The Star

In Toronto, they’ve “discovered” they can afford a permanent mirror exhibit – for $2 million. Link

Wonder how much it cost to create the phony tomb.