Posted on 07/09/2008 10:01:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient wooden coffins in what appears to be a royal burial ground near the necropolis of Abydos in southern Egypt, the state-run MENA news agency reported on Saturday.
The agency said that the discovery, made by a team from the Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities, could be dated back to the Old Kingdom (3,000 B.C.) -- the golden age of pyramid building in ancient times.
The team "has found what could be a royal complex of 13 tombs of different shapes and sizes that could have belonged to high officials from that period or people who contributed to building these tombs," MENA said.
The agency said that human bones were found inside the coffins, although it did not specify how many coffins were discovered.
Objects made out of ivory similar to pieces used for playing chess were also found. MENA said only one other similar board game has been found in Egypt and that was among the fabled treasures of the legendary boy king Tutankhamun.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's intact tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922 near Luxor in southern Egypt caused an international sensation because of the value and quality of its contents.
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Egypt archaeologists find ancient painted coffins
Google/AFP | June 26, 2008 | AFP
Posted on 06/30/2008 8:16:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Egypt uncovers ‘missing’ pyramid of a pharaoh
(Menkauhor, obscure ruler over 4000 years ago)
AP on Yahoo | 6/5/08 | Katarina Kratovac - ap
Posted on 06/05/2008 9:09:00 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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As of press time, Helen Thomas could not be reached for comment.
No wonder the head was recarved.
Whoops.
Don’t worry about it. Some things are just too obvious...lol...
It’s alway the noses! Gravity plays hell.
Good one! LOL
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