Egypt unveils pharaonic 'brain drain' bed

Philipines Inquirer ^ | March 19, 2009 | Agence France-Presse

[SunkenCiv]

Egyptian antiquities authorities on Thursday revealed an ancient pharaonic embalming bed unearthed from a mysterious tomb near Luxor used to prepare bodies for mummification more than 3,000 years ago. The wooden bed was painstakingly restored after being discovered in pieces in the KV-63 tomb in southern Egypt's famous Valley of the Kings, next to Tutankhamun's tomb, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement. The bed, featuring carved heads of a lion and a lioness at its foot, slopes downwards five centimeters (two inches) from head to toe to help drain bodies being prepared for mummification... Antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement that the 170-cm- (68-inch-) long bed had been reconstructed from pieces of wood found scattered around tomb KV-63. Luxor antiquities director Mansour Bouriq told AFP that unlike most beds found in tombs, this one was not ceremonial but actually used for embalming... Tomb KV-63 was discovered by Egyptian and US archaeologists in 2006, the first to be found in the area in more than 80 years. It is believed to date from the 8th dynasty (1570-1304 BC), although there was no mummy found inside to enable the tomb to be dated more precisely.

[SunkenCiv]

8th Dynasty?!? Clearly they should have said "18th Dynasty"!

[SunkenCiv]

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[BenLurkin]

Unngh!

[SunkenCiv]

• US dig uncovers King Tut's neighbours

  02/08/2006 10:48:04 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 63 replies · 1,116+ views

  The Age | February 9, 2006 - 2:26AM

  AN American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities have announced. An excavation team from the University of Memphis made the find five metres from Tutankhamun's tomb, while the mission was doing routine excavation work, said Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Some three metres beneath the ground, the tomb contained five human mummies with coloured funerary masks enclosed in sarcophagi and several large storage jars. The mummies date to the 18th dynasty (circa 1539-1292 BC).

• Mystery tomb could hold Tutankhamen's widow

  06/02/2006 4:46:30 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 54 replies · 1,704+ views

  The Daily Telegraph | 6/2/06 | The Daily Telegraph

  LONDON: It has been 84 years since Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings revealed its last great riches -- the fabulous gold of Tutankhamen's tomb. Now archaeologists believe they have stumbled across one final secret: The mummified remains of the boy king's widow buried 3000 years ago. In a mysterious shaft less than 15m from Tutankhamen's burial ground, US archaeologists found seven coffins. They believe one they have not yet been able to open may contain the remains of Queen Ankhesenpaaten. The tomb -- found by accident by Memphis University team leader Dr Otto Schaden -- contained seven coffins stacked...

• Mummy dearest: riddle wrapped in a mystery [Nefertiti, Maya, Ankhesenpamon?] [ KV-63 ]

  06/07/2006 9:31:03 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies · 435+ views

  Washington Times / AFP | June 7, 2006 | Alain Navarro

  Could the small tomb, designated KV63, hold a royal mummy, perhaps that of Tutankhamen's widow or even his mother? ...Otto Schaden, the man who found them, leads the American team. He believes they may have located the mummy of Tutankhamen's widow, Ankhesenamen, after traces of her name were found on the seal of one urn. The secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, thinks the final coffins may contain the remains of the pharaoh's mother, whose identity is unknown, and not the wife of Tutankhamen, the boy king who died at age 18.

• Another new tomb in the Valley of the Kings: 'KV64'

  08/04/2006 6:20:31 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 3 replies · 334+ views

  Valley of the Kings Foundation | 31 July 2006 | Nicholas Reeves

  Over the summer I have given much thought to the current state of play in the Valley, to the threat of further uncontrolled excavation and to a peculiar dilemma I find myself in: for the prospect of yet more tombs is based upon rather more than mere academic hypothesis. Just as ARTP's radar survey of the central Valley first highlighted KV63 in 2000, so our project discovered clear evidence also for the existence and location of what appears to be a second new burial, 'KV64' - the tomb to which KV63 quite likely relates... Because of the intensity of interest...

[Ken H]

You'd have to be out of your skull to want this!

[SunkenCiv]

[ancient Egyptian coffin lids creaks open, and one of ‘Civ’s favorite jokes hobbles out]

People who study mummies aren’t wrapped too tight.

[uglybiker]

As if one wasn't enough.

[JoeProBono]

Pharaonic embalming bed discovered

[Salamander]

“Bodies had their organs removed as soon as possible after death, including the brain which was thrown away as it was thought to serve no purpose in the afterlife.”

Kinda like Democrats?

/Bob Hope rimshot

[kalee]

http://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/0395284252/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238033963&sr=8-1

Sorry, but sometimes when I read archeological pontifications I think of this book and I have to share it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

You ain’t lyin’! :’)

[wildbill]

Some things from the ancient Egyptian culture are practiced to this day.

Did you know it was the old mummy masters that began the practice of wrapping their athletes ankhles?