Posted on 01/11/2008 8:48:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv
..."There are not so many finds of this type. Such finds, intact burial sites from the Old Kingdom from the 3rd millennium are very rare and they give very good insight into the behaviour and habits of Egyptians at that time. The burial chamber was found completely intact, that means the same state as when it was first sealed 4,500 years ago." In the four-by-two metre chamber experts found a sarcophagus with the skeletal remains of a priest who lived in the time of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Named Neferinpu, he was a member of the Egyptian middle-upper class. Also uncovered in his death chamber were the remains of relatives, as well as jewellery, ornaments and burial artefacts which survived the ravages of time... Neferinpu, who was 50 when he died...
(Excerpt) Read more at radio.cz ...
OK,
I’m adding this to my “to do list”
(Find a tomb, excavate it, count all the stuff found)
Here’s a little Czechs mix:
The missing sun temples! (Where are they?)
Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt) | 2 - 8 January 2003 | Jill Kamil
Posted on 01/03/2003 6:59:47 PM EST by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/816502/posts
Czech archaeologists may uncover royal palace in Egypt
Czech News Agency | April 26, 2006 | unattributed
Posted on 04/28/2006 9:15:48 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1623110/posts
Unearthing Egypt’s Greatest Temple
Smithsonian magazine | October 2007 | Andew Lawler
Posted on 11/01/2007 12:33:14 PM EDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919561/posts
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Be sure you make a list and Czech it twice.
Oh GROAN~! ;)
One of my best friends emigrated here from Prague; she finds that joke equally groan-inducing. :)
:) I can believe that.
AWESOME!!!!
The Old Kingdom - the time of the pyramid builders - is my favorite period of ancient Egyptian history. Just to see the name of someone who lived 4,500 years ago is incredible.
"Czech the cat dear. She was dragging it around."
I’m going to avoid trotting out my old “people who study mummies aren’t wrapped too tight” joke. Oops.
There has GOT to be an emoticon for slapping someone silly!!!
Heh heh!
Oh, I’ve got one, but I’m keeping it secret, just ‘encase’.
Sarcophagus I said anything...
These archaeologists also found Old Kingdom-era jars filled with food for the afterlife. One of them had the same kind of beans found in similar jars in tombs dating from the New Kingdom. I guess Egyptian rulers of all ancient eras had the toot in common.
LOL! Cute.
Rare middle-class tomb found from ancient Egypt
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