Sarcophagii and Statues Discovered at Saqqara
Translated from the French website Le journal du CRNS:
At thirty kilometers southwest of Cairo, the site of Saqqara has delivered new wonders. The archaeological mission led by Egyptologist Christiane Ziegler revealed in broad daylight inviolate tombs dated from the first millennium BC Within a funerary complete and very well preserved was found (sarcophagi, statues, etc.).. Back on spectacular discoveries.
What shock and happiness both to discover what a place where no one has entered the last 2 500 years, “says Christiane Ziegler, Egyptologist and head of the archaeological mission of the Louvre in Saqqara since 1991. A strong experience lived by the whole team at their last excavation in spring 2007. “Inviolate found three graves completed until ceiling is exceptional. The dream of every archaeologist! “Built inside former mastabas, they contain a lot of mummies and dozens of painted wooden coffins, stone or cardboard (agglomerated papyrus and stucco). Wooden statuettes of the god Ptah-Sokari Osiris-4 and ten-seven boxes covered with a thin layer of stucco painted with bright colors were also found.
Source: The new treasures of Saqqara
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