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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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07/29/2022 10:11:56 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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07/29/2022 10:12:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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07/29/2022 10:14:36 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
That looks like an ancient CT scanner.
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07/29/2022 10:43:24 PM PDT
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laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: SunkenCiv
So they didn’t find $hit.
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07/30/2022 12:02:41 AM PDT
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NavyShoe
To: NavyShoe
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07/30/2022 12:04:31 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SunkenCiv
The precision of the stone cuts look like something out of a machine shop.
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07/30/2022 12:49:47 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: laplata; SunkenCiv
Looks like a toilet seat.
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07/30/2022 12:54:16 AM PDT
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octex
To: laplata
That looks like an ancient CT scanner.Maybe that’s where the idea came from. 🤗🤭
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07/30/2022 1:27:17 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: octex
Looks like a toilet seat.For a giant? (Genesis 6?) 😀🤭😂
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07/30/2022 1:30:06 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: octex
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07/30/2022 3:50:17 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Mark17
That’s probably how the giants got, uh, wiped out...
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07/30/2022 3:51:03 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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07/30/2022 5:03:34 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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07/30/2022 5:05:52 AM PDT
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Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
To: Mark17
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07/30/2022 6:33:00 AM PDT
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laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: octex
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07/30/2022 6:33:50 AM PDT
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laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: SunkenCiv
That’s probably how the giants got, uh, wiped out...LOL. Sounds about as good as any. 👍
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07/30/2022 6:51:39 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: SunkenCiv
Now that is just cool! I love these finds on ancient stuff.
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07/30/2022 6:55:38 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: fella
It appears that the end of the sarcophagus was broken off with hammer blows. Rock usually cleaves straight and clean.
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07/30/2022 6:57:32 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: SunkenCiv
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07/30/2022 8:25:44 AM PDT
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Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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