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January 17, 2021
Egypt’s former minister of antiquities and well-known archaeologist Zahi Hawass unveiled details of an old burial temple in a huge necropolis south of Cairo on Sunday.
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Hawass told reporters at the Saqqara necropolis that archaeologists discovered the temple of Queen Neit, wife of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty, who ruled from 2323 BC. BC Egypt ruled, had excavated. to 2150 BC.
Archaeologists also found a 4-meter-long papyrus that contains texts from the Book of the Dead, a collection of spells aimed at guiding the dead through the underworld in ancient Egypt, he said.
Hawass said archaeologists have also discovered burial wells, coffins, and mummies dating back to the New Kingdom, which included Egypt between about 1570 BC. BC ruled. and 1069 BC.
They uncovered at least 22 tomb shafts up to 12 meters deep and more than 50 wooden coffins from the New Kingdom, said Hawass, Egypt’s best-known archaeologist.
Hawass, known for its Indiana Jones- Hut, and his TV specials on the ancient sites of Egypt, said work has been going on at the site near the Pyramid of Teti for over a decade.
The discovery was the result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Center in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The Saqqara site is part of the necropolis in Egypt’s old capital Memphis, which includes the famous pyramids of Giza and smaller pyramids of Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh. The ruins of Memphis were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1970s.
In recent years, Egypt has been promoting new archaeological finds to the international media and diplomats to attract more tourists.
The important tourism sector suffered from years of political unrest and violence following a 2011 uprising that overthrew autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
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