Archeologists discover Mythical Tomb of Osiris, God of the Dead, in Egypt

Ancient Origins ^ | Saturday, January 3, 2015 | April Holloway

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...in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt...

According to the Spanish news agency EFE, the tomb embodies all the features of the tomb of Osiris, as told in ancient Egyptian legends, and is a smaller version of the design of the Osireion, built under Egyptian pharaoh Seti I in the city of Abydos, Luxor. Researchers believe the tomb complex dates back to the 25th dynasty (760-656 BC) or 26th dynasty (672-525 BC), based on a comparison to similar tombs that contain Osirian elements.

The complex consists of a large hall supported by five pillars. RTVE describes the structure as having a staircase from the north wall of the main room, leading down to the funerary complex, where there is a carving of Osiris, god of the dead, in the middle of a central vaulted temple.

To the west of the central temple is a funerary room with the reliefs of demons holding knives. The leader of the Spanish-Italian team that uncovered the tomb, Dr. María Milagros Álvarez Sosa, told EFE that the demons are there to protect the body of the deceased.

Opposite the statue of Osiris is a staircase with a 29.5 foot (9 meter) shaft leading to another chamber. Inside this chamber is a second shaft that descends 19.6 feet (6 meters) into two more rooms, which are currently full of debris...

Part of the tomb was initially discovered by archaeologist Philippe Virey in the 1880s and some attempts were made to sketch out the main structure in the 20th century. However, it was not until recently that the full extent of the structure was discovered through excavations. The funerary complex will continue to be explored and the chambers cleared of debris in the Autumn of this year.

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Photo credit: MinProject (Archaeological Mission Canaria-Toscana).

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Drawing of the tomb's architecture made by Raffaella Carrera, MinProject (Archaeological Mission Canaria-Toscana).

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One of *those* topics, but just barely. :')

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[Sacajaweau]

"Mythical" tomb??

What am I missing??

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Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1320504/posts
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

[SunkenCiv]

The photos are mythical too, silly. ;’)

Osiris is fictional, basically, so this tomb is really a sort of cenotaph, but was built as a shrine to an Egyptian deity.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Archeologists discover Mythical Tomb of Osiris, God of the Dead

So, the god of the dead really is ... DEAD ??!

[PIF]

Nice find, too bad ‘Osiris’ “died” thousands of years before ... One thing it is not, is an actual tomb for the real person named Osiris ...

[Sacajaweau]

guess I needed the /s

[SunkenCiv]

Canarian-Tuscan Archaeological Mission > The Tomb
http://www.min-project.com/en-gb/thetomb.aspx

http://www.min-project.com/en-gb/min.aspx
http://www.min-project.com/portals/0/Archeological-Mission-Min-Project/Vista-min.jpg

http://www.min-project.com/ExcavationDiary/TabId/108/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/42/Deep-into-the-tomb.aspx

[Conan the Librarian]

Yep, O’Neil and Teal’c took him out good.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, if he wasn’t before...

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http://www.tmpbibliography.com/resources/bibliography_5nv_tombs_of_the_nobles_tt109_min.html

Bibliography for TT 109: Min.

(Mn.w) Reign of Thutmosis III; Shaykh ‘Abd al Qurnah. Map V, D-4, i, 8.

Kampp, Frederike. Die thebanischen Nekropole: Zum Wandel des Grabgedankens von der XVIII. bis zur XX. Dynastie (= Theben, 13). 2 vols. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Phillip von Zabern, 1966. Pp. 389-390, figs. 275-277.

Porter, Bertha and Rosalind Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Text, Reliefs, and Paintings. I, 1. The Theban Necropolis: Private Tombs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Pp. 226-227.

Virey, Philippe. Le tombeau d’un Seigneur de Thini dans la necropole de Thebes. RecTrav 9 (1887): 27-32. See esp. p. 28.

Virey, Philippe. Sept tombeaux thebains (= MMAF 2). Cairo, 1889. Pp. 362-370.

Wasmuth, Melanie. Innovation und Extravaganzen: Ein Beitrag zur Architektur des thebanischen Beamtengraber der 18. Dynastie (= BAR International Series, 1165). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 2003. P. 113.

© 1997-2008 Theban Mapping Project.

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http://www.thecairopost.com/news/132170/topnews/tomb-of-osiris-discovered-in-luxor

[snip] The tomb was found inside the unfinished tomb of ‘Kampp -327.’ [/snip]

http://www.tmpbibliography.com/

Kampp has recently added several hundred tombs to the TT inventory, assigning numbers to them that are enclosed in dashes, such as -232- or -345-, which are not to be confused with TT 232 or TT 345. We have not listed Kampp’s tombs here, since very few of them are to be found in any bibliographic reference other than Kampp’s.

[minnesota_bound]

The goddess may have looked like this.....

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http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/atlas/index_kv.asp

[Hot Tabasco]

Whatever you do, DON’T open the door!

[sten]

or this

[a fool in paradise]

One of *those* topics, but just barely. :')

A near myth?