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250 mummies in coffins among latest discoveries from Egypt's Saqqara treasure trove
CBS News ^ | May 30, 2022 | Ahmed Shawkat

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; bubasteion; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; latekingdom; mummies; newkingdom; saqqara
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To: M Kehoe

Mummy told me there’d be days like this.


21 posted on 06/06/2022 12:18:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: PIF

Could you give a source for your statement that Egyptian slaves were not chattel slaves? I know the myth of Charlton Heston overseeing the Jewish slaves as they build the pyramids is nonsense. They were in actuality paid workers and craftsmen. But were actual slaves as you state? Thanks


22 posted on 06/06/2022 12:20:32 PM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: sunny bonobo

No I cannot, no a personal search engine or librarian. There are many sources out there - read up on Egyptian history - not the Bible or Hollywood, but actual historical works.


23 posted on 06/06/2022 12:27:26 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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24 posted on 06/06/2022 1:33:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: PIF

There were definitely chattel slaves in Ancient Egypt!
Like Josef.
In general see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Egypt#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20types%20of,people%20of%20various%20social%20ranks.

Building pyramids may not be slave job, but that does not matter.


25 posted on 06/06/2022 1:40:56 PM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: PIF

Yes, Egypt had slavery—But working on Tombs and monuments was an honor and a plum job. You got: 1. Meat every day (most Egyptians got in twice a month), 2. All the beer you could drink. 3. Best medical coverage in the ancient world. 4. Exemption from taxes for a year. 5. Housing. and here is the kicker—6. Eternal Life! In the land to come! This was open to both men and woman (Yes, men hauled the rocks but who made the beer and cooked all the food? Washed all the clothes? Women and it took an army of them. If the priests and rulers were pleased they got “gifts.” No—this was a good gig.


26 posted on 06/06/2022 1:55:47 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: AZJeep

Do you even know what a chattel save is? With the lame wiki reference, you prove you do not know.


27 posted on 06/06/2022 2:31:35 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Cecil B DeMillle’s “The Ten Commandments”


28 posted on 06/06/2022 2:54:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Cecil B DeMillle’s “The Ten Commandments” 😂 😂 😂 😂
29 posted on 06/06/2022 4:41:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv

I read that in the late 1800s people would grind up mummies and stir the powder into their food and eat it. But then, in the 1920s radium was sold as a miracle drug.


30 posted on 06/06/2022 5:10:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The rhino gets hunted for its horn for quack use as a fake viagra, so, superstition ain’t dead yet. :^)


31 posted on 06/06/2022 5:48:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They are always finding ‘mummies’ but where are the ‘dummies’?


32 posted on 06/06/2022 6:15:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

Where *aren’t* they? ;^)


33 posted on 06/06/2022 6:33:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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