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that famous Egyptologist Howard Carter s gravestone has a quote from the Wishing Cup of Tutankhamun, an artifact that he discovered. It reads May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness.

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Fun Fact: that famous Egyptologist Howard Carter’s gravestone has a quote from the Wishing Cup of Tutankhamun, an artifact that he discovered. It reads “May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness.”

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