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Byline: TOM HOLLAND

The Tomb Of Agamemnon

Cathy Gere

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The poster over Agent Mulder's desk in The X Files read: ' I want to believe.'

It was a slogan that many archaeologists in the 19th Century might have used, too. The object of their quest was not, of course, flying saucers but rather hard, physical evidence for the historical truth of the Bible.

This proved more difficult to find than had been expected. Not a trace of Moses was ever dug up in the sands of Egypt; Solomon's glorious capital proved to have been a pokey, ...

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