Archaeologists unearth 'huge number' of sealed Egyptian sarcophagi

[Natural Citizen]

For some reason, these things always give me the heebie jeebies, but still always very fascinating.

Anyway...

Monday's announcement marks the latest in a string of discoveries at Saqqara, a necropolis about 20 miles south of Cairo. The vast burial ground once served the royal capital of Memphis, and the site is also home to Egypt's oldest surviving pyramid.

In September, archaeologists at Saqqara discovered almost 30 closed coffins in one of three burial shafts measuring 10 to 12 meters (33 to 39 feet) deep. At a press conference earlier this month, the ministry said the discovery brought the total number found inside the tombs to 59.

Continued - Archaeologists unearth 'huge number' of sealed Egyptian sarcophagi

Also a second link - Egyptian tomb in Saqqara necropolis found to contain huge cache of sealed sarcophagi

 

[mudwhistle]

For some reason, these things always give me the heebie jeebies, but still always very fascinating.

Anyway...

Monday's announcement marks the latest in a string of discoveries at Saqqara, a necropolis about 20 miles south of Cairo. The vast burial ground once served the royal capital of Memphis, and the site is also home to Egypt's oldest surviving pyramid.

In September, archaeologists at Saqqara discovered almost 30 closed coffins in one of three burial shafts measuring 10 to 12 meters (33 to 39 feet) deep. At a press conference earlier this month, the ministry said the discovery brought the total number found inside the tombs to 59.

Continued - Archaeologists unearth 'huge number' of sealed Egyptian sarcophagi

Also a second link - Egyptian tomb in Saqqara necropolis found to contain huge cache of sealed sarcophagi

Would you say they found a plethora of sarcophagi in Saggara Egypt?

 

[whitehall]

Hard to believe but in the 1890's the Brits actually shipped Egyptian mummies back to the U.K. by the ton to use as fertilizer.

 

[harmonica]

people died back then