3,400-Year-Old Necropolis Found in Egypt

Discovery News ^ | March 30, 2016 | Rossella Lorenzi

[SunkenCiv]

A remarkable 3,400-year-old necropolis has been discovered at an Egyptian quarry site, the Ministry of Antiquities announced on Wednesday.

Consisting of dozens of rock-cut tombs, the New Kingdom necropolis was found at Gebel el Sisila, a site north of Aswan known for its stone quarries on both sides of the Nile. Blocks used in building almost all of ancient Egypt’s great temples were cut from there...

The shrine is a small rock-cut sanctuary featuring two open chambers facing the river and an inner doorway crowned with the winged solar disc. The burials, meanwhile, consist of one to two undecorated rock-cut chambers, with one or more crypts cut into the bed rock floors.

In some cases the archaeologists found remains of the original lids.

Generally accessed via a series of steps that descend into a rough-cut squared chamber, the tombs feature entrances consisting of a square aperture that incorporate a vertical slot to either door. This would have facilitated a heavy, vertically-closing type of closure...

Since the burials are quite elaborate in their style, Nilsson and Ward speculate they are not tombs for the quarry workers, but were rather assigned to people of higher rank...

Indeed, fragments of painted mud-plaster — possibly remains of decorated coffins — pieces of mummy wrappings and various beads and amulets, suggest the burials were designed for individuals of considerable status.

The archaeologists also unearthed a reversible seal ring, which depicts the cartouche of Pharaoh Thuthmosis III “Men-kheper-re” and a scarab also bearing the pharaoh’s name.

Remains of New Kingdom funerary ware included storage vessels, beer jugs, and a selection of votive vessels.

[SunkenCiv]

One of the rock-cut tombs of the necropolis found at Gebel el Sisila. [THE GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT 2016]

[80skid]

3400 years just like that dated, still no cause of death on Scalia.

[chit*chat]

Too cool bump

[fidelis]

Very cool. To put it into perspective, 3400 years ago is roughly the time of Moses and the Exodus.

[Jack Hammer]

Strangely enough, they opened one of the tombs and found John McCain sitting inside reading a political journal.

[Phinneous]

Lol.

[Texas Fossil]

John McCain can read?

God help US.

[SunkenCiv]

To put that into perspective, the 18th Dynasty was around much later than the Biblical Moses; the last of the Hyksos kings was captured by King Saul, who was going to spare his life, and the grouchy old prophet Samuel took a knife and killed the unarmed prisoner. In Egypt he was known as Apop II, in the OT as Agog II.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Turns out this is sort of one of *those* topics.

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[varon]

Strangely enough, they opened one of the tombs and found John McCain sitting inside reading a political journal.

Coffee...........nose..........keyboard

[stockpirate]

They already told us, don’t you trust them?

[stockpirate]

To put this into perspective in Turkey they found a large site dated around 10,000 years ago, someresearch puts the Sphinx at about that time also.

[wildbill]

I find it very strange that archeologists make such a big deal out of finding new burial sites worldwide—when it should be obvious that folks have been burying their dead from time immemorial.

And ‘important finds’ of seeds in a pot that show the diet and the funeral rites aren’t particularly surprising or enlightening.

Now if they found the 3400 y.o equivilent of an Altari, TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 then that would be really interestting and worthy of mention.

[blam]

"To put this into perspective in Turkey they found a large site dated around 10,000 years ago, someresearch puts the Sphinx at about that time also."

Both items you mentioned are here:

REDATING THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA

The 10,000 Year Old Culture Of Gobekli Tepe –

[stockpirate]

Thx for the links.