Tuesday, July 17, 2007
3 000-year-old mummy found
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The "Ant Nebula"Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(News24.com) from Egypt.
Cairo - Archaeologists have discovered the 3 000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in the southern city of Luxor, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass told the official Mena news agency on Saturday.
The 18th Dynasty mummy of Sennefer was unearthed in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings - one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world - by a team from Britain's Cambridge University.
"The mummy was found in tomb 99 in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor," Hawass said.
A high priest was considered to be the most important man after the king, performing duties, religious rituals and offerings on his behalf.
Other mummies were found during the excavation, including one with a brain tumour, a foetus, a female...
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The "Ant Nebula"Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(News24.com) from Egypt.
Cairo - Archaeologists have discovered the 3 000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in the southern city of Luxor, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass told the official Mena news agency on Saturday.
The 18th Dynasty mummy of Sennefer was unearthed in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings - one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world - by a team from Britain's Cambridge University.
"The mummy was found in tomb 99 in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor," Hawass said.
A high priest was considered to be the most important man after the king, performing duties, religious rituals and offerings on his behalf.
Other mummies were found during the excavation, including one with a brain tumour, a foetus, a female...
Read More...
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