30 Mummies Found in Newly Discovered Tomb in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 4,600-year-old tomb, in the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo.
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- News Source: Androscoggin News | 9 months agoIlluminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing _ for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity _ a perfectly preserved...
- News Source: Los Angeles Times | 9 months agoScientists discover that a tomb built in the 6th Dynasty was tapped into nearly 2,000 years later to house new mummies...Maugh II 3:42 PM PST, February 13, 2009 The 26th Dynasty was the last period of rule by Egyptian pharaohs before the country was...
- News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | 9 months agoIlluminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing - for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity - a perfectly preserved...
- News Source: Inquirer.net | 9 months agoEgyptian archaeologists unsealed on Wednesday an extremely well preserved mummy in a limestone sarcophagus in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said. The sarcophagus, from the 26th dynasty, was in a burial...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 9 months agoEgypt's chief archaeologist has unveiled a completely preserved mummy inside a limestone sarcophagus sealed 2,600 years ago during pharaonic times...It lies in a narrow shaft 36 feet below ground at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara outside of Cairo.
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 9 months agoArchaeologists in Egypt discovered a 'perfectly preserved' mummy inside a 2,600-year-old lime sarcophagus north of Cairo on Wednesday, Egypt's antiquities authority said. Scientists said they believed the mummy, one of 30 discovered in a previously...
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- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com9, 2009 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt's top archaeologist Zahi Hawass examines a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. ...
- Blog Source: www.phenomenica.com30 mummies found in newly discovered tomb in Egypt. Posted by mx in Archaeology, Science. A storehouse of 30 Egyptians mummies has been unearthed inside a 2600-year-old tomb, in a new round of excavations at the vast necropolis of ...
- Blog Source: chattahbox.comCairo (ChattahBox) — A 2600-year-old tomb housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies and Eight sarcophagi has been unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists during the latest round of excavations archaeologists said Monday. ...
- Blog Source: goddesschess.blogspot.comEgypt's top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, said the tomb was located at the bottom of a 36-foot deep shaft where twenty-two mummies were found in niches along the tomb's walls alone. ... Archaeologists have excavated tombs in Saqqara for over 150
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The significance of these mummies is to find the real history of egypt and it is mainly usefull for finding how to preserve human bodies or any other things for a longer time with out decaying.
Mummies doesn't come to life as shown in films because those films are for commercial purpose where the director and his film team make money by fooling people from showing some irrelavent aspects of these from their imagination.
For more information
visit the links below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/530310.html
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Anthropology--Archaeology/ss/events/sc/021903anthroarchaeo
Mummies doesn't come to life as shown in films because those films are for commercial purpose where the director and his film team make money by fooling people from showing some irrelavent aspects of these from their imagination.
For more information
visit the links below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/530310.html
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Anthropology--Archaeology/ss/events/sc/021903anthroarchaeo
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