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A handout picture taken on January 1, 2014 and released by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities on January 6, 2014 shows 60-ton quartzite Sarcophagus chamber of King Sobekhotep I in south Abydos in Upper Egypt. A US team in Egypt has identified the tomb of pharaoh Sobekhotep I, believed to be the founder of the 13th dynasty 3,800 years ago, the antiquities minister said. AFP PHOTO / SCA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF ANTIQUITIES” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==