Portal:Ancient Egypt/Did you know/12
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- ... that 995 graffiti from the Greco-Roman period (pictured) can be seen in the tomb of Ramesses VI, left by pilgrims. They include "I visited and I did not like anything except the sarcophagus!", "I admired!" and "I cannot read the hieroglyphs!"
- ... that Pharaoh Ramesses II had about 100 children, and that some of his children were also his grandchildren because he married his own daughters?
- ... that the Coptic language, the last stage of the Ancient Egyptian language, remains in daily use as the liturgical language of Coptic Christians?