Egypt archaeologists find sarcophagi near pyramids

Pharmboy, oops, I mean Yahoo! ^ | June 25, 2006 | Reuters

[SunkenCiv]

...The sarcophagi, found about a kilometer (0.6 miles) south of the pyramids in Giza, dated to the late 26th dynasty, or about 2,500 years old, council chief Zahi Hawass said in a report by the state MENA news agency.

Hieroglyphs referring to the ancient Egyptian gods Osiris, god of the dead, and the sun-god Ra were painted on the larger sarcophagus, which measured about 2 meters (6 ft 6.74 in) tall, 70 cm wide and 60 cm deep and was painted red, blue and green, the report said.

The name of sarcophagus' owner, Neb Ra Khatow, and ritual incantations to the gods were also painted on the sarcophagus.

The second sarcophagus had a more human form and was found inside the first. Hawass said it was in good condition, and that a wreath made of plants encircled the mummy inside.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Great. Now I've got Allen Sherman's "One Hippopotami" going through my head, I guess because of "sarcophagi". That's a new one...

[mtbopfuyn]

Ack, no pictures. So, did it just wander out into the desert by itself or do they think robbers might have dropped it there or what? Ya know, as interesting as this all is, I've been hoping one of these days a mummy suddenly would sit up and shake it's bandaged hand at these guys and tell them to leave him alone.

[Pro-Bush]

Of course, Zahi Hawass

[Graymatter]

A paramecium
Is not a pair...
A parallelogram
Is just...a crazy...squaaaare!

[Pharmboy]

HAHA...thanks for your attribution. This one is another trifecta, hitting all the Gs in GGG.

[blam]

"Hieroglyphs referring to the ancient Egyptian gods Osiris, god of the dead, and the sun-god Ra were painted on the larger sarcophagus, which measured about 2 meters (6 ft 6.74 in) tall, 70 cm wide and 60 cm deep and was painted red, blue and green, the report said."

A tall guy.

[JohnnyZ]

Have they tested to see if it still has its regenerative powers?



I call first dibs!

[SunkenCiv]

A few years back there was another New Kingdom era pit tomb found at Giza; that one was said (by Hawass) to be a symbolic tomb of Osiris. I think the traditional burial spot for Osiris was actually in Lebanon...

[SunkenCiv]

Nobody knows just what
a paraphernalia is...

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, the trifecta... of course, that always makes me think of George Costanza...

[SunkenCiv]

Red, blue, and green... hmm...

http://www.photius.com/flags/horizontal_blue_red_green_stripes.html

[Graymatter]

My Son the Nut! :)

[Khurkris]

"Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Neb.
An E-Gyp-tian barely kept his camel fed.
The one day he was fishin' in the Nile,
He caught a big catfish and he cooked it Giza style..."



my sincerest apologies all around...Just couldn't let that Neb name get by me...

[Anne of DC]

About post #15

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

You owe me a keyboard now ;o)

[SunkenCiv]

"we'd really like to thank Khurkris for kindly droppin' in..." ;')

[Khurkris]

Thank you..Thank you...I'll be here all week.
Remember to tip your servers and also remember...the more you drink, the better I sound...the more I drink, the better you look...Thank you thank you....thank very much...

Giza...pyr-a-mids...sar-cof-fa-gi....sand.