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DEAD COOL Ancient tomb of Egyptian King Djoser opened 4,500 YEARS after burial – revealing stunning chambers
The Sun UK ^ | 15 September 2021 | Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter

Posted on 09/25/2021 11:54:29 PM PDT by blueplum

THE TOMB of an ancient Egyptian king who lived around 4,500 years ago has been restored and opened to the public.

King Djoser's death thousands of years ago was honoured by the building of the stunning South Tomb but his body remains in the nearby Step Pyramid....

....Guests enter through a large rectangular entrance and then down 98 feet to a labyrinth of corridors below.

There is a burial chamber in the tomb but it is seen as too small to have been anything more than symbolic....

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: 2nddynasty; djoser; egypt; egyptology; godsgravesglyphs; history; kingdjoser; oldkingdom; saqqara; tomb
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a few pictures at link
1 posted on 09/25/2021 11:54:29 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Some believe that Imhotep was Joseph, the son of Isaac.


2 posted on 09/26/2021 12:04:11 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: blueplum
The bee hieroglyph in one of the pics put me in mind of this...

Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt

Check out the clay pipes still in use as hives.

3 posted on 09/26/2021 12:28:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Jonty30

No


4 posted on 09/26/2021 12:35:03 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: blueplum


I like that Egyptians had electric lights installed on the floors of their tombs. That way, when you wandered around as a mummy, you wouldn't get lost in the dark among the many corridors. Though I suppose after a few thousand years of this, you'd know them pretty well anyway.
5 posted on 09/26/2021 12:37:49 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: blueplum

Djoser the Djoserian?


6 posted on 09/26/2021 12:50:06 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Telepathic Intruder

And those lights have been burning for thousands of years.
Just think of all that energy!
This is probably what started global warming.


7 posted on 09/26/2021 12:51:30 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Mr Radical

What a Djoser! Is he vaxxed?


8 posted on 09/26/2021 1:06:47 AM PDT by Theophilus (Dems fear fear. Christians fear God. )
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Actually those are LEDs

The change over to LED at Luray Caverns in Virginia made a big difference. Quite stunning.


9 posted on 09/26/2021 1:14:54 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Shower apples


10 posted on 09/26/2021 1:21:23 AM PDT by Texaspeptoman (Even cannibals... get fed up with people sometimes.)
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To: Nifster

Maybe.

I saw a video from a young scholar where he was able to show that Jewish scholars added 30 years to each of the Patriarchs when they had children, because they objected to Jesus being the Christ. When you correct for those thirty years of the Patriarchs, the Egyptian timeline and the Bible time lines aligns.

I wish I could find that video. It was very convincing to me.


11 posted on 09/26/2021 1:32:40 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Try again…….

Djoser apples in the shadows


12 posted on 09/26/2021 1:35:04 AM PDT by Texaspeptoman (Even cannibals... get fed up with people sometimes.)
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To: Jonty30

That sounds fascinating Jonty30.

I dimly remember some TV show from my youth where a scholar showed that one of those two timelines was out of whack, with archeological evidence to support his claim.

If I ever find that show I will ping you.


13 posted on 09/26/2021 1:51:59 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

I made a thread about it, because found the video.


14 posted on 09/26/2021 1:54:23 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: Jonty30

I made a mistake in my claim. They added 100 years, not thirty.


15 posted on 09/26/2021 1:56:36 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: blueplum

bfl


16 posted on 09/26/2021 2:39:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Telepathic Intruder

I’m puzzled, wondering just who changed the light bulbs.


17 posted on 09/26/2021 3:49:13 AM PDT by V K Lee (Resist, we will! Remember, we must!)
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i’m surprised how good of a shape all of those steel I-beams are after thousands of years ... it’s almost as if they’d just been painted a few weeks earlier ...


18 posted on 09/26/2021 4:02:10 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Djoser the Djoserian?


He was a Apis Bull worshiper and his name was later corrupted into Bulldozer ...


19 posted on 09/26/2021 5:02:51 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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i’m surprised how good of a shape all of those steel I-beams are after thousands of years ... it’s almost as if they’d just been painted a few weeks earlier ...


The steel beams were installed in modern times to hold up the crumbling stone.


20 posted on 09/26/2021 5:05:46 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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