Posted on 01/17/2021 at 11:30 p.m.
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Lhe Egyptian authorities unveiled to the public on Sunday new ”
treasures
»Archaeological sites in the Saqqara necropolis, including around fifty New Kingdom sarcophagi over 3,000 years old. These new unearths in the necropolis south of Cairo were made near the pyramid of King Teti, the first pharaoh of the 6th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, by a team led by the famous Egyptian Egyptologist Zahi Hawass.
22 funeral wells
« This discovery rewrites the history of Saqqara and more particularly the history of the New Kingdom, born 3,000 years ago. “, Assured Mr. Hawass on Sunday, before adding that” 70 % “Of this new discovery” remain to be explored “. The wooden sarcophagi were found in a burial well, according to Mr. Hawass, who said that a stone sarcophagus was also found in another well. ” We discovered a total of 22 burial shafts », At-il dit à l’AFP.
The Egyptologist added that his team had found ” a papyrus about 5 m long containing chapter 17 of the book of the dead (…) masks, wooden boats, games played by the ancient Egyptians
“. Several of these objects, along with human skulls and bones, were presented to the press yesterday as excavations continued at the Saqqara site. This is just over 15 km south of the Pyramids of Giza and is home to the necropolis of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt. The Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism also indicated that “ the mission discovered the mortuary temple of Queen Nearit, wife of King Téti, already partially discovered in recent years ».
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