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The tomb of a "great army general" under Ramesses II has been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists at the Saqqara burial complex near Cairo. In a statement made on Tuesday, the Ministry of Antiquities said that the general, named "Iwrhya," was found in the New Kingdom necropolis. Though yet to be fully excavated, it contained a lot of material revealing the high status of its owner and his family. Dr. Ola El-Aguizy, head of the mission and Professor of Egyptology at Cairo…