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Egyptian archaeologists discovered 16 meters long ancient papyrus with spells from the Book of the Dead
Arkeonews ^ | January 19, 2023 | Leman Altuntas

Posted on 01/20/2023 10:09:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Saqqara region have unearthed a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus for the first time in a century...

Scientists initially believed the ancient scroll measured only nine meters, but after it had been fully restored and translated, it became clear that it actually measured 16 meters!

...Waziri added that the papyrus was restored in the restoration laboratory of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and has been dubbed the "Waziri Papyrus".

This papyrus is the first one ever to be discovered by an Egyptian and is named after an Egyptian...

The discovery of a 16-meter-long papyrus containing Book of the Dead spells could shed new light on ancient Egyptian beliefs about the transition to another realm.

(Excerpt) Read more at arkeonews.net ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bookofthedead; egypt; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; papyrus; saqqara; waziripapyrus
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Cover Photo: This is not the discovered papyrus, just an illustration of what it may look like!
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1 posted on 01/20/2023 10:09:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Almost as many ! as an Archie comic book.

2 posted on 01/20/2023 10:10:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Whatever you do, don’t read it aloud.


3 posted on 01/20/2023 10:11:18 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

klaatu barada nikto


4 posted on 01/20/2023 10:13:53 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: BenLurkin

I won’t even read aloud from the Book of the Physically Ill.


5 posted on 01/20/2023 10:16:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder why the Egyptians were so obssesed with the afterlife?


6 posted on 01/20/2023 10:42:21 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

You would be too if the average lifespan was 30 years old


7 posted on 01/21/2023 12:46:31 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: SunkenCiv

bookmark


8 posted on 01/21/2023 1:08:03 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: SunkenCiv

Book of the Dead

Saint Stephen!!!


9 posted on 01/21/2023 2:34:51 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Beowulf9

You mean, the same way people are now? :^)


10 posted on 01/21/2023 6:22:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Love this stuff…


11 posted on 01/21/2023 6:33:05 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

And for 99.9% of the people, a very hard 30 years. Death and the afterlife offer peace and tranquility…

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling thru this world of woe
Yet there’s no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go


12 posted on 01/21/2023 6:39:40 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: BenLurkin

Whatever you do, don’t read it aloud...

If you do Imhotep will emerge from his sarcophagus and you will be driven insane, as he goes off on search of Princess Ahnk-sa-namin.


13 posted on 01/21/2023 7:00:41 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: SunkenCiv
They will use it to revive Arnold Vosloo's career.

And that could mean the end of the world as we know it (especially if Brendan Fraser comes back with him).

14 posted on 01/21/2023 7:10:36 AM PST by x
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To: BenLurkin

“Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine”


15 posted on 01/21/2023 7:11:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Waziri added that the papyrus was restored in the restoration laboratory of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and has been dubbed the "Waziri Papyrus".

Their offices are so messy.

They have papers and papyruses up the Waziri.

16 posted on 01/21/2023 7:12:30 AM PST by x
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To: SunkenCiv

Dig down deep enough, you’ll find China!

/Seriously, we (humans) have been here for thousands of years, so, sure, technology rises and falls, civilatize and fall...


17 posted on 01/21/2023 7:55:14 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew that in 2022 "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: SunkenCiv

18 posted on 01/21/2023 9:25:01 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv
Scientists initially believed the ancient scroll measured only nine meters, but after it had been fully restored and translated, it became clear that it actually measured 16 meters!

Prophet Jeremiah, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

19 posted on 01/21/2023 9:30:27 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Beowulf9

Heh heh...

Tut must have really ticked ‘em off...


20 posted on 01/21/2023 9:47:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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