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Archaeologists find Ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to "Commander of Foreign Mercenaries"
HeritageDaily ^ | July 26, 2022 | Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University

Posted on 07/29/2022 10:11:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A team of archaeologists from the Czech institute of Egyptology have unearthed a tomb in the Abusir necropolis, near to modern-day Cairo, Egypt. The tomb belongs to an Egyptian dignitary named Wahibre-mery-Neith, who lived during the 26th or 27th Dynasty (5th century BC)...

The site was first excavated in 2021, where archaeologists found the largest ancient embalming cache in Egypt, containing 370 pottery storage jars that held materials used in the mummification of Wahibre-mery-Neith...

At the bottom of the shaft the researchers found a double sarcophagus situated directly on a filling of sand, but discovered that the tomb had already been robbed in late antiquity during the 4th to 5th century AD (indicated by two early Coptic vessels found in the main shaft).

The outer sarcophagus is made of two massive blocks of white limestone that contains an inner sarcophagus made of basalt and is inscribed with the Book of the Dead, chapter 72...

The space inside the inner basalt sarcophagus was found almost completely empty, except for a finely carved but uninscribed heart scarab, and an amulet in a shape of a headrest.

At the east of the shaft, several items were excavated intact and in situ: two wooden boxes with altogether 402 faience shabtis, a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices intended to act as servants or minions for the deceased.

The team also found two uninscribed alabaster canopic jars, a faience model of an offering table, ten model cups and a limestone ostracon inscribed with religious texts written in black ink and hieratic script...

(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 19thdynasty; 26thdynasty; 27thdynasty; catastrophism; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; latekingdom; newkingdom; wahibremeryneith
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To: GingisK; Cincinnatus.45-70
My pleasure.

21 posted on 07/30/2022 11:20:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: GingisK
I'm talking about the straight lines and the cavity carved in the lower half. The straight lines look like seal groves.
22 posted on 07/31/2022 7:11:13 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

They do! That an impressive hunk of handiwork.


23 posted on 08/01/2022 6:18:24 AM PDT by GingisK
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