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GODS & GODDESSES
GODS & GODDESSES
LITTLE KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS & MUMMIES
LITTLE KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS & MUMMIES
"In 1954, archaeologists stumbled on a nearly intact ship, measuring some 140 feet long, buried in pieces at the base of the Great Pyramid [of Giza]. Inscribed with the name of the pharaoh Khufu. It was apparently buried along with other grave goods; it was later excavated and went on display at the specially constructed Solar Boat Museum, just a few meters from where it was found" (History.com).
"At the outset of WWII, the French Egyptologist Pierre Montet was excavating near the New Kingdom capital of Tanis when he stumbled on a treasure-filled tomb rivaling that of King Tut. Inside the little-known 21st-Dynasty pharaoh Psusennes I had been buried in an exquisitely detailed coffin made of solid silver, wearing a spectacular gold burial mask" (History.com).
"After Queen Hatshepsut died around 1458 BC, her stepson and successor, Thutmose III, had much of the evidence of her reign erased. Little was known about Egypt's first great female leader until the late 19th century, when archaeologists decoded the hieroglyphics on her temple at Deir el Bahri in Luxor. When Howard Carter found Hatshepsut's sarcophagus in 1903, it was empty, like most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. But another tomb unearthed in the temple contained two coffins, one identified as that of Hatshepsut's wet nurse. In 2007, the remains in the other coffin were identified as Hatshepsut herself, after scientists matched a molar found in a jar with the queen's embalmed organs to a space in the mummy's jaw. Hatshepsut's mummy is now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo" (History.com).
"In the mid-1990s, a team of archaeologists uncovered a vast necropolis near Bawit, south of Cairo. An initial excavation yielded 105 mummies, some adorned with gold masks and chest plates, others buried more simply in terracotta, plaster or linen coverings. Dubbed the "Valley of the Golden Mummies, "the ancient cemetery has since yielded hundreds of other mummies, representing various social classes; experts believe it may contain as many as 10,000 mummies in all" (History.com).
"Born around 1302 BC, the 19th-dynasty pharaoh Ramses II ruled for more than six decades, ordering the construction of so massive monuments (such as the Temples at Abu Simbel) that he ensured his legacy as Ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaoh. His tomb, originally placed in the Valley of the Kings, was later moved to avoid the threat of looting; in 1881, archaeologists discovered his mummy among many others stored in a secret cache at Deir el-Bahri. Placed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the mummy was famously issued a passport in the 1970s, when it began deteriorating quickly and had to be transported to Paris for examination and treatment for a fungal infection" (History.com).
"In 2010, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that archaeologists had discovered the remains of a 2,200-year-old temple under the modern streets of modern-day Alexandria. Dedicated to Bastet, the Egyptian goddess who took the shape of a cat, the temple was built by Queen Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III, Egypt's pharaoh from 246-222 BC. Cats were revered animals (and common house pets) in Ancient Egypt; some 600 cat statues were found inside the temple, suggesting their veneration continued even during the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled Egypt from the arrival of Alexander the Great in 332 BC to the suicide of Egypt's last ruler, Cleopatra, in AD 30" (History.com).
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