Image credits: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Posted on 09/14/2020 11:06:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A team of archeologists recently found 13 Egyptian coffins that have been sealed for over 2,500 years.
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently shared some news on their Facebook page, explaining that archaeologists uncovered an unexpected cache -- or more specifically, a well -- of more than 13 sealed wooden coffins that are believed to be as old as 2,500 years in the Saqqara Necropolis in Egypt.
They report that, according to preliminary studies, these coffins are sealed off and haven't been opened since their initial burial a couple of millennia ago. It is important to mention that this is a rare occurrence because it is often the case that burials are looted by the time they are found thousands of years later.
This is good news because ancient Egyptian coffins are often looted and disturbed, hindering scientific progress.
It is also believed that these 13 wooden coffins are most likely only some of many more to be found inside the sides of the walls of the cache. The expedition found three sealed-up niches where they are expecting to find additional coffins.
The burial location is south of Cairo, on the outskirts of the metropolis, and is believed to be a part of the necropolis for Memphis, the capital city of ancient Egypt. The coffins were found 11 meters, or 36 feet, underground.
At the moment, the identities and the trades of these particular inhabitants of the coffins, and the overall numbers, are not yet clear, but excavations and studies will continue in hopes of answering these questions.
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Thanks Red Badger for the link.
Don’t read the scroll out loud!!
Let’s see who could be in those coffins:
* Helen Thomas
* Judge Crater
* Al Capone’s treasure trove
* Chucky Schumer - I WISH
* Nancy Pelosi - I WISH. She sure looks like she’s been dead for 2,000 years or more
* Dan Rather - Oh do I wish. Betrayed us in Nam. May he rot in Hell even while he is still alive.
* Bill Ayers - Another wish I want to come true
* Hillary Rotting Clinton - she’s about 2,000 years old and smells that way
* George Soros - should have been buried alive as a KAPO during WW2, the Nazi-helping traitor.
They are still registered Democrats?
Oooohh....reminds me to watch The Mummy 2017 again. Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe absolutely rock that flick!
Ive seen this movie,,,It doesnt end well,,,,
especially in 2020.
Wow. Another “I Learn Something New Every Day” moment! How interesting!! Thanks!
‘Face
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I heard it sucked. Worth watching? The Brendan Frasier one was great. So was the Karloff one.
Don’t let Bubba Clinton anywhere near these coffins.
I have to say, I enjoy this kind of thing, but when I went to Alexandria, Egypt back in 1977 which was my first real exposure to any kind of Egyptology type of thing...we took a trip to the pyramids, IIRC it was something like a three hour drive through the desert, though I could be wrong in remembering.
I do remember seeing gun emplacements or SAM sites out there in the desert on the journey...:)
The Pyramids were...big. This was when you could still climb on them, so I wanted to see how high I could go, and I’ll tell you, it didn’t take long before I realized just how dangerous it was and I chickened out.
I realized that, even at the level I was at, slipping on those crumbly, grit covered stones would be a nasty trip down, because you weren’t going to catch yourself.
I heard that a someone got killed doing it, and they banned climbing on the pyramids after that. It made sense to me. Why allow it anyway?
I sat on a camel for a picture, and then the camel’s owner, who took my picture, wanted more money to let me down, so I said screw that and jumped off...I realized just how high you sit on a camel! Nasty creatures.
But when we went to the big museum that housed all the artifacts...I nearly became nauseous from the sheer volume, rooms and rooms and rooms of artifacts. It made my eyes glassy in a very short period of time.
It reminded me of the people who tour Europe on buses and say “If I see ONE MORE CATHEDRAL...”
What’s the over under, in terms of time, on it being ok to raid graves? Whatever it is someons’s going to be very busy someday in Calvary in Queens, NY. There are 3 million people buried there.
Coffins 2,500 years old = a period of Egyptian decline, not greatness.
Jimmy Hoffa
If you dont really like it in the first 10 minutes, can it.
“Ive seen this movie,,,It doesnt end well,,,,”
Seriesly, I got a little shiver when I read the title...and I like history.
Which is among the many reasons I will be cremated....
Klattuu Baradis Necktie?
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