Posted on 06/06/2022 9:54:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Egyptian archaeologists have revealed another massive haul of priceless artifacts from the Saqqara Necropolis, a bountiful site near Cairo that likely still holds untold secrets. On display Monday were dozens of newly-discovered, beautifully decorated coffins or sarcophagi, still sealed up with their owners mummified inside, along with dozens of bronze statues.
Monday's big reveal, with artifacts lined up in front of Saqqara's Step Pyramid of Djoser for journalists to admire, was the fifth by the archaeologists working at the site since 2018, and there are still many years of work left to carry out there.
The latest discoveries, including about 250 still-sealed sarcophagi, came from the "Cemetery of Sacred Animals" at Saqqara, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told CBS News. There have now been more than 450 decorated, sealed coffins containing mummies in good condition discovered at the cemetery, all of them dating back some 2,500 years.
The cemetery site at Saqqara was previously called "Bubasteion," a reference to the ancient Egyptian goddess Bast, who was worshiped in the form of a cat. Many of the statues initially discovered there depicted the goddess. In 2019, however, the site was renamed the Cemetery of Sacred Animals after archaeologists discovered other mummified animals and statues of other Egyptian deities there, Dr. Mohamed Al Saidi, the mission's director, told CBS News.
The artifacts displayed on Monday included about 150 bronze statues of Egyptian deities of different sizes, including some portraying the gods Anubis, Osiris, Nefertem, Isis, and Hathor.
"Today's discovery confirms that the temple wasn't exclusively for cats, but for other Egyptian deities too," Al Saidi told CBS News.
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Sarcophogi, or coffins, still sealed and containing the good-condition mummified remains of ancient Egyptians, are seen on display at the Saqqara Necropolis near Cairo, in Egypt, in a photo provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, May 30, 2022EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES
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Yeah, right, not exclusively about cats. Everything is about cats.
Let me tell you ‘bout my buddy, he’s three thousand years old
He’s wrapped in bandages and covered in moldy debris
My undead mummy and me, hmm-hmm
If a bully ever tries to poke me in the eye
I’ll introduce him to my decomposing guy and he’ll flee
From my undead mummy and me
All the kids at school are gonna have a conniption
When they get a load of my funky Egyptian MC
My undead mummy and me, yeah
- Phineas and Ferb
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Wow!! Those are in excellent condition. Thanks for sharing SunkenCiv!!
I’m going to put a curse on anyone digging me up.
The living exhibiting fascination with the dead, interesting. Trajectory of all life is terminal, so perhaps preoccupation with historic proof of universal inevitability makes some sense.
Wow, did you watch the video of the celebration and transportation of the mummies to the new museum south of Cairo? What a dazzling display. It was very well done.
The Egyptian President standing at attention and the commentator remarking that he takes pride in the nation’s history got my attention. You sure wouldn’t find any Democrat in the USA taking such pride in our history!
Those may be dead male slaveowners!
Shame!
I bet the mummies all vote for democRATs...more than once to make up for lost time.
They finally found 250 people that actually voted for Bidung
Of course, the ancient Egyptians were not Arabs like the current rulers of Egypt.
It’s that dry air and dry soil that does it. :^)
The way the current Egyptians handle this is, is to claim that there was no slavery in ancient Egypt.
:^)
What movie is that from?
Egyptian ‘slaves’ were not chattel slaves like in the modern world, but rather willing workers as that was the best pay in town working on monuments - they got food, medical, housing, and pay.
If he really took pride in his nation's history, he'd fire Zahi Hawass and reevaluate Hawass' heavily biased history of Egypt.
I see a lot of mummies, are there any daddies?
Okay. I know...
5.56mm
Impressive!
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