Egypt unlocks more secrets in Saqqara with discovery of temple, sarcophagi

[Peter1469]

Egypt unlocks more secrets in Saqqara with discovery of temple, sarcophagi

More cool finds in Egypt.

Egypt uncovered a funerary temple and the oldest coffins ever found in Saqqara, unlocking more secrets in the ancient burial site and marking another major discovery in the vast necropolis south of Cairo.

The country said a mission headed by prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, the former minister of state for antiquities affairs, unearthed the funerary temple of Queen Nearit, the wife of King Teti -- the first pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.



The mission also unearthed 52 burial shafts with more than 50 wooden coffins found inside. They date back 3,000 years, the oldest sarcophagi found in Saqqara.




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Workers excavate a site during the official announcement of the di...





"These coffins are wooden and anthropoid … many of the gods that were worshiped during this period were represented on the surface of the coffins, in addition to various excerpts from the Book of the Dead that help the deceased pass through the journey of the other world," the Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities said in a statement.

[Cotton1]

Archeological excavations must be painstaking but you can you imagine how neat it is to uncover the things they do?

[Peter1469]

Archeological excavations must be painstaking but you can you imagine how neat it is to uncover the things they do?

I bet they haven't found half the stuff under the sand in Egypt.

Rome is similar. They are always finding new stuff.