Posted on 05/06/2019 6:04:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A 4,500-year-old cemetery has been discovered southeast of the famous Giza Pyramids, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced this morning (May 4).
Several tombs and burials were discovered in the cemetery, with one of the oldest tombs holding the remains of two individuals one named "Behnui-Ka" and another named "Nwi." Their sarcophagi were found intact and their remains are likely inside; however, no information on them has been released. Analysis of the tomb's artifacts and hieroglyphic inscriptions revealed that the two men lived almost 4,500 years ago, during what historians often call the Fifth Dynasty, a time after the Giza Pyramids had been built.
According to those inscriptions, Behnui-Ka was a priest and judge who held a number of titles, including a lengthy one that calls him "the purifier of kings: Khafre, Userkaf and Niuserre." Khafre was a pharaoh who ordered the construction of one of the Giza Pyramids, while Userkaf and Niuserre were pharaohs who ruled Egypt during the Fifth Dynasty.
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Well, this sucks. I thought I’d never see those two again!
How does one ‘hide’ a cemetery for 4500 years?...................
Cancel the lawn service
That area has been one of the most searched for millennia. Grave robbers, conquerors, archaeologists, et al and they just now find it?
Egyptians must be pretty damn good at hiding stuff!.........................
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The pyramids discovered a 4,500 year old cemetery? That is what the headlines said!! Who wrote the headlines? A moron?
Thanks BenLurkin.
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Moslems: We must stay alert, because the Moslems might suddenly jump in and claim that the two 4,000 year old men were Moslems. Mirse
Yeah..... I thought everything for miles around the pyramids had already been dug up.
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