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The stone-built temple has three clay-brick warehouses on the southeast side, where sacrifices for the pharaoh and his chosen one were kept, reports sciencealert.com. In the vicinity of the pyramid, a team of Egyptian archaeologists found several burial sites where people from the 18th and 19th Egyptian dynasties were buried, according to a report released by Egypt’s Ministry of Archaeological Heritage.
The find is believed to be related to the Teti worship cult formed after the pharaoh’s death. It is estimated that the cult was active for more than a thousand years: people desperately wanted to be buried near the pyramid of the pharaoh. So far, scientists have been able to find fifty wooden coffins and various objects in the burial rooms near the guide’s eternal resting place.
Excerpt from the Book of the Dead
One of the most surprising finds found in burial halls is the four meter long papyrus, which contains chapter seventeen of the Book of the Dead. These are the texts of the ancient Egyptians, considered the peculiar leaders of the souls of the dead in the afterlife.
The name of its owner, Pwkhaef, is inscribed on the papyrus. The same name was found on one of the wooden coffins and four statuettes used for burial rituals, which were to accompany the deceased to eternal life.
Although scholars are still analyzing the text, other copies of chapter seventeen of the Book of the Dead contain sequences of questions and attacks, a kind of guide for the deceased to orient himself in the afterlife. Time will tell if this papyrus contains the same questions and answers.
In the burial halls, a team of archaeologists also found a marble pillar belonging to a person named Khaptah and his wife Mwtemwiai. Experts discovered that this man was in charge of overseeing Pharaoh’s military chariot.
The upper part of the column shows a couple praying to the Egyptian god of the Daussian world, Osiris. At the bottom, a couple sit, facing them six young. The three daughters are also seated on the lotus rings of the harbor, and the sons are represented standing.
Until now, archaeologists are not sure which pharaoh Khpatah served. He may have been a subordinate of Ramses II, the pharaoh, best known for his successful military campaigns that extended the Egyptian Empire to Syria.
An entry in the decorative column announces that the two sons of Khaptah are named after the families of Ramses II. One of Khaptah’s daughters was called Nefertati (also the name of Ramses’ main wife), and his son was called Khaemweset (that’s how one of Ramses II’s sons was called).
Board games and mummies
Other finds that surprised scientists in burial halls include a bronze ax, board games, statues of Osiris, and several mummies, including a mummy of a woman who had suffered from domestic Mediterranean fever. It is a genetic disease that causes annoying relapsing fever and inflammatory processes in the abdomen, chest or lungs.
A temple dedicated to Anubu was also found nearby.
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