Posted on 03/01/2009 12:55:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Japanese archaeologists working in Egypt have found four wooden sarcophaguses and associated grave goods which could date back up to 3,300 years, the Egyptian government said on Thursday.
The team from Waseda University in Tokyo discovered the anthropomorphic sarcophaguses in a tomb in the Sakkara necropolis, about 25 km (15 miles) south of Cairo, the Supreme Council for Antiquities said in a statement.
Sakkara, the burial ground for the ancient city of Memphis, remains one of the richest sources of Egyptian antiquities. Archaeologists say much remains buried in the sands.
The tomb also contained three wooden Canopic jars, in which ancient Egyptians tried to preserve internal organs, and four boxes for ushabti figures, the miniature statues of servants to serve the dead person in the afterlife, the statement said.
The sarcophaguses did not contain mummies because the tomb was robbed in ancient times but have the original black and yellow paintwork showing ancient Egyptian gods, it said.
One of the ushabti boxes is in excellent condition and was unopened but most of the 38 wooden figurines inside were broken. It belonged to a man by the name of Tut Bashu, who was the original owner of one of the coffins.
Another sarcophagus belonged to someone called Ari Saraa. The statement gave no further details of the dead people but said the burials dated from the Ramesside period or the Late Dynastic Period -- anywhere between about 1300 and 330 BC.
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Archaeologists Find Rare Wooden Statue In Egypt
Reuters | 2-19-2007
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Archaeologists find Akhenaten-era tomb
(as a result of Dutch team excavation in the Sakkara area)
Reuters on Yahoo | 2/14/07 | Reuters
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Archaeologist sheds light on pyramid origin
CNN | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 Posted: 4:12 PM EST | Editorial Staff
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A thousand year time span. That makes the date pretty much useless.
I wonder what kind of wood they used?
I’d guess sycamore..........
It says clearly in the RFP - bronze!
“one wood sarcophagi / cannot get on a bus...”
Ancient tomb rediscovered under sands of Egypt
ap via Breitbart | Mar 1, 2009 | n/a
Posted on 03/01/2009 1:06:35 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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Human Remains In Ancient Jar A Mystery
Discovery.com | 1-26-2007 | Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 01/26/2007 2:38:22 PM PST by blam
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“These coffins were found in the tombs of senior officials of the 18th and 19th dynasties,” near Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, the director of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Thursday. “Some coloured unopened coffins dating back to the sixth century BC were found as well as some coffins dating back to the time of Ramses II,” who ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC, he said... The Saqqara burial grounds which date back to 2,700 BC and are dominated by the massive bulk of King Zoser’s step pyramid — the first ever built — were in continuous use until the Roman period, three millenniums later.
I thought it would be coffini.
:’)
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