Posted on 02/09/2009 7:15:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered dozens of mummies and several stone and wood sarcophagi south of Cairo in a pharaonic tomb estimated to be 4,300 years old, the ministry of culture said on Monday.
The find was made at Gisr al-Moudir, west of Egypt's first ever pyramid at Saqqara, the step pyramid of Djoser built by architect Imhotep in around 2,700 BC, the ministry said in a statement.
"The tomb dates from the era of the VIth dynasty of the Old Kingdom, about 4,300 years ago," Egypt's antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said.
"Thirty mummies and skeletons were discovered, including a wooden sarcophagus that has been sealed since the pharaonic era in the burial chamber at a depth of 11 meters (36 feet)."
Four other stone sarcophagi and another wooden one were also found in the tomb. Twenty of the mummies were stored in niches.
The mud-brick tomb commemorates a priest who was also a choir leader, Hawass said.
Another 11-meter shaft leading to the burial chamber, but built much later in around 640 BC, was also discovered.
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I just watched a documentary about Roman mummies, and the methods used to preserve them. Very good!
Sounds like he took the whole choir with him.
This is neat stuff. Also, Hussein might be able to have one of the mummies become his next spokesman. It would be easily as informative as the current question dodger and prevaricator.
Born in Arizona-moved to Babylonia
King Tut.
Because the Jews didn't spend every hour of every day doing nothing but blaming the Pharaohs of Egypt a thousand years ago for their own shortcomings.
Come to think of it, this would be good advice for every inner-city youth who is fixated on "The Man."
Even with the EPA amd other meddling Government agencies, we are spoiled here in the New World by all the open space. Back in the Old World you can't dig a vegetable garden without turning up thousand-year-old pottery.
cool ,, the ‘Mummy’ lode
Mummy told us there’d be days like this.
I have this weird feelin’ that I ain’t heard nothin’ yet. ;’)
They also didn’t plaster pictures of Moses all over their homes, or even “develop” a graven image of their deity.
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