Archaeologists have discovered more than 13 Ancient Egyptians According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, coffins inside the burial well in the desert necropolis of Sakkara were illed at the top of one.
The 2,500 year old wooden coffins are so well preserved that the intricate designs on them painted in blue, gold, white, black and red are still visible.
The identity of the dead buried inside the coffin is a mystery; Archaeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the whereabouts of the sealed coffins, which have not been opened since the bodies were found inside, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported on September 6. Facebook post.
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Archaeologists found coffins in a well about 40 feet (11 m) wide. The ministry noted that many of these corpses are likely to be found in a structure next to the well.
“[It’s] “An indescribable feeling when you see a new archaeological discovery,” Khaled al-Anani, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, wrote on Twitter when he Tweeted A teaser of the September 6 discovery.
An indescribable feeling when you see a new archaeological discovery. Announce the new discovery in Sakkara, thanks to my colleagues in the ministry pic.twitter.com/RpgK6TmREoSeptember 6, 2020
These new coffins are then the largest in Sakkara 30 wooden coffins In October 2019, cash was found in the Al-Assaf cemetery inside the necropolis, the ministry said.
The newly discovered stacked coffins and the kalash on al-Assaf are also few in number and Animal remains Sakkara, in Memphis, Egypt’s first capital, was found in a huge necropolis and pyramid complex, according to the American Research Center of Egypt (ARCE), which was not involved in the new discovery. Located about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Cairo, Saqqara was also the final resting place of the kings who ruled during the first and second dynasties, including. Jjjar, The first king of the third dynasty, who had the famous Step Pyramid at Sakkara, was built to house his remains, the ARCE reported.
Egypt faced a chaotic political upheaval when the most recently found dead survived about 500 BC In 525 BC, the king of Persia, known as Cambyses II, conquered Egypt and incorporated it into the Persian Empire. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica. During this period of Persian rule, known as the Dynasty 27, the Persians exercised power through a resident governor, known as Satrap, According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York City.
During this time, some Persian rulers invested in Egypt. For example, when the Persian king Darius I (521-486 BC) ruled, the Persians ordered the construction of temples and public works, redesigned the legal system, and strengthened the economy. The Persian rule ended in 404 BC, when the local Egyptians regained the throne.
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