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Archaeologists Left Speechless After Unsealing 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Pyramid
The Daily Galaxy ^
| July 17, 2025
| Juliette Dubois
Posted on 07/17/2025 10:16:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Dr. Naunton and his team found a passage leading down to a central chamber. But despite the anticipation of treasure or ancient artifacts, what they found inside took them completely by surprise. The tomb, sealed for nearly 4,000 years, was not as pristine as they had hoped. The chamber was in disarray, showing clear signs of having been disturbed -- but there was no sign of forced entry. That was the first twist in the tale.
The seal on the tomb had clearly remained intact, so the question loomed: how had the contents been disrupted? Archaeologists soon concluded that this wasn't the work of modern looters. Instead, it seemed the tomb had been looted long before it was sealed forever. Dr. Naunton described the scene as an "ancient crime scene," suggesting that the looting might have occurred during the burial process itself.
The real bombshell came when the identity of the tomb's occupant was revealed. Using advanced scanning technology, the archaeologists were able to reconstruct damaged hieroglyphs on a canopic chest. It turned out that the tomb belonged to none other than Princess Hatshepsut, a royal figure from Egypt's 13th Dynasty. Now, Hatshepsut is a name familiar to historians -- but this was not the same Hatshepsut who later became one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs...
This Hatshepsut, whose name had never appeared in historical records, was a completely different individual. Her very existence had been lost to time -- until now. The discovery of a pyramid dedicated to her suggests she was someone of considerable importance, yet her name had been deliberately erased from the history books. Why? And more importantly, what does this erasure tell us about the political turbulence of the time?
(Excerpt) Read more at dailygalaxy.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 13thdynasty; catastrophism; dahshur; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; hatshepsut; oldkingdom; princesshatshepsut; sciencehatingtrolls; tomb
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To: SunkenCiv
Archaeologists Left Speechless After Unsealing 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Pyramid For being "speechless", they sure did a lot of hypothesizing.
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:10:25 AM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: jerod
“Since nobody did we can only assume that they all perished from some calamity.”
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The “calamity” could have been ordering all of the workers to be killed, and then the killers were, themselves, killed by others who had no idea where the tomb was located. I will grant that it was certainly a calamity for those who were killed, but I doubt that it was a big natural disaster or anything like that.
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:10:29 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: jerod
IIRC Tutankhamun’s tomb actually was looted, just not cleaned out. The tomb makers tended to go back in and help themselves to a few choice bits over an extended period of time. Since the tomb it's self was a small one you would have had fewer builders and so fewer families who knew the location.
A local out break of some kind could have killed the people who knew where it was.
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:23:14 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: SunkenCiv
So...NOT the Hatshepsut entombed at Dir-el-Bari? And erased by Thutmose III after Hatshepsut’s death in 1458?
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
BC...of course.
[Waving hand] "This is not the Hatshepsut you are looking for."
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:28:11 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
To: alexander_busek
Queen Hotsy Totsy, you say?
To: Larry Lucido

"Abbooooooooooottttt..."
-PJ
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:34:16 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: SunkenCiv
To: jimtorr
So were others.
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posted on
07/17/2025 11:52:00 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(The Weather Bureau announced they will shut down the entire Sharknado early warning system and staff)
To: SunkenCiv
The tomb, sealed for nearly 4,000 years, was not as pristine as they had hoped. The chamber was in disarray, showing clear signs of having been disturbed...
To: frank ballenger
The Ark had good pickup and was built before catalytic converters so it ran great on regular gas. Well, on methane at least.
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posted on
07/17/2025 12:05:30 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: SunkenCiv
Hatshepsut’s famous last words were, “I want my mummy!”
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posted on
07/17/2025 12:11:19 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: SunkenCiv
Cool and all, but, I don't think I could ever be this excited over a coffin.
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posted on
07/17/2025 12:24:09 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: SaxxonWoods
NEEDS TO BE A BILLBOARD————
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posted on
07/17/2025 12:59:10 PM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: SaxxonWoods
A CALL TO PRAYER 4 TIMES A DAY?????? I DO NOT THINK SO
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:00:12 PM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: SunkenCiv
...yet her name had been deliberately erased from the history books. Why? Maybe she had something on the Clintons.
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posted on
07/17/2025 1:01:48 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
To: SunkenCiv
Turn the stone over...”peace on esrth” was all it said....
To: Ancesthntr
That’s a reasonable theory... Hire somebody to kill the help... Then kill the help.
If I ever become a pharaoh someday I’ll need to remember that.
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posted on
07/17/2025 2:39:44 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: ShadowAce
Yes, being cooped up with hundreds of pairs and animals was——a gas.
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posted on
07/17/2025 4:07:17 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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