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Archaeologist Hails Possibly 'Oldest' Mummy Yet Found in Egypt
Channel News Asia ^ | 26 Jan 2023

Posted on 01/26/2023 6:07:52 PM PST by nickcarraway

Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing what may be the oldest and "most complete" mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader said on Thursday (Jan 26.

The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft in a recently uncovered group of fifth and sixth dynasty tombs near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, director of the team, told reporters.

The mummy, of a man named Hekashepes, was in a limestone sarcophagus that had been sealed in mortar.

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


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; archaeology; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; hekashepes; mummies; mummy; notapharaoh; oldkingdom; saqqara

1 posted on 01/26/2023 6:07:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

My mummy still drives her dynasty...


2 posted on 01/26/2023 6:12:13 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: nickcarraway

You can’t say mummy!

Racist, bigot, sexist, homophobe!

“British museums don’t want us to use the term “mummy” anymore because it’s offensive to dead people or something”

https://notthebee.com/article/this-british-museum-doesnt-want-us-to-use-the-term-mummy-anymore-because-its-offensive-to-dead-people-or-something


3 posted on 01/26/2023 6:13:36 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Adder

Thankfully, brendon fraser is still to fat to activate curse.


4 posted on 01/26/2023 6:13:46 PM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict At Large)
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To: Adder

They found Helen Thomas.


5 posted on 01/26/2023 6:14:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Which of the 600+ genders was it? 🙄


6 posted on 01/26/2023 6:18:16 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: nickcarraway

“...found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft...”
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They sure went to a lot of trouble to try to hide those guys.


7 posted on 01/26/2023 6:23:36 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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167-C421-D-36-B9-4942-9-DCB-068-D816176-D6
8 posted on 01/26/2023 6:55:47 PM PST by dznutz
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To: nickcarraway

Pelosi is vacationing in Egypt?


9 posted on 01/26/2023 7:25:01 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: dznutz

🤣🤣🤣🤣


10 posted on 01/26/2023 7:25:54 PM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: nickcarraway
I want photos.

SHOW ME THE MUMMY!

11 posted on 01/26/2023 7:49:12 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: WKUHilltopper

9. If not Pelosi or Thomas, try Sheila Jackson-Lee, Maxine Waters ( my money’s on that communist hag), Barbara Lee, Joy Reid, Joy Behar, Gov. Hockpuie of NY or Rosie O’’Donnell,or all of the above.


12 posted on 01/27/2023 12:10:38 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb... The 4,300-year-old mummy... of a man named Hekashepes...
So, not a pharaoh -- merely from the pharaonic era, still a rarity to find one that old. Thanks nickcarraway.

13 posted on 01/30/2023 1:35:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: nickcarraway

I’d be interested in genetic analysis of the mummy. Finally put to rest the “Egyptians were BLACK” theory.


14 posted on 01/30/2023 1:46:07 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sorry, I don’t trust Zahi Hawass, and want a second o[inion from a British or French Egyptologist.


15 posted on 01/30/2023 8:09:08 PM PST by nwrep
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