Name: Archaeologists unearth 3000-year-old coffins in latest discovery in Egypt
Uploaded: 2021-01-18T23:51:16+00:00
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: A cache of ancient burial shafts containing hundreds of wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom are among a new batch of major discoveries found at Egypt's Saqqara archaeological site. Coffins,

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A cache of ancient burial shafts containing hundreds of wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom are among a new batch of major discoveries found at Egypt's Saqqara archaeological site.

Coffins, funerary masks and a funeral temple were discovered during an archeological mission at Saqqara, a vast necropolis about 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Cairo, which experts claim will "rewrite" the history of the region.

Experts on Saturday announced they had discovered the funeral temple of Queen Nearit -- wife of King Teti, the first king of the sixth dynasty of the old kingdom -- state news Al-Ahram reported, quoting the Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Experts found a four-metre long papyrus that included texts of the Book of the Dead, which is a collection of spells aimed at directing the dead through the underworld in ancient Egypt.

At least 22 burial wells were also discovered, containing 54 wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom that ruled Egypt between about 1570 BC and 1069 BC.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-saqqara-coffins-intl-scli/index.html

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/egypt-dozens-of-3-000-year-old-coffins-and-mummies-discovered-in-ancient-temple-12190863

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-18/archaeologists-unearth-3000-year-old-coffins-in-egypt/13066274?nw=0

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