Phrase and Clause Examination

Phrases:

Ancient Egyptian tomb - Noun phrase

Discovered - Verb phrase

Archelogist in Egypt - Noun phrase

Sinking water levels around the Giza Pyramids in Cairo - Gerund phrase

The head of the archeological team, Zahi Hawass - Noun phrase

The symbolic tomb - Adjective phrase

Ruler of the underworld - Noun phrase

'has also unearthed' - Verb phrase

'have revealed' - Verb phrase

Clauses:

Archeologists in Egypt say - Independent clause

Sinking water levels around the Giza Pyramids in Cairo have revealed a shrine of the ancient god, Osiris - Noun clause

The head of the archeological team, Zahi Hawass, said - Independent clause

That the symbolic tomb was about thirty-meters deep and had a granite sorraphogus which dated back to 500 BC - Noun clause

Which dated back to 500 BC - Adjective clause

Osiris was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt - Independent clause

Who, according to mythology, was murdered by his brother Seth and brought back to life as ruler of the underworld - Adjective clause

The excavation has also unearthed three-thousand-year-old bones and pottery - Independent Clause


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