Egypt dio a conocer el jueves docenas de nuevos descubrimientos arqueológicos, includas dos tumbas antiguas, en una necropolis pharaónica en las afueras de la capital, El Cairo.
The artefacts, unearthed during an excavation of a year, were found under an ancient stone enclosure near the pyramids of Saqqara and datan de las dynasties quinta y sexta del Reino Antiguo, que abarcaran aproximatena desde el 2500 a. C. until 2100 a. C.said the excavation team.
Una de las tumbas descubiertas pertenecía a un sacerdote de la quinta dinastía conocido como Khnumdjedefwhile there otra tumba pertenecía a un funcionario llamado Meri, un funcionerio de palacio que ostentaba el title de “guardián de los secretos”, dijo el equipo. Other important findings from the excavation include statues, amulets and a well-conserved sarcophagus.
The most famous archeologist in Egypt and director of the excavation, Zahi Hawass, personally revealed the new discoveries of the stone enclosure, known as Gisr al-Mudir.
“Metí la cabeza adentro para ver qué había dentro del sarcofago: una hermosa mumia de un hombre completamente coverita con capas de oro”, said Hawass.
The site of Saqqara is part of a necropolis in expansion in the ancient capital of Egypt, Memphis, which includes the famous pyramids of Giza, as well as the smaller pyramids of Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh. The ruins of Memphis were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1970s.
La presentación del jueves se produced in the middle of a series of new discoveries announced by the Egyptian authorities during the past week. Cerca de la ciudad sureña de Luxor. C. a 1600 a. C. En las cercanías se descubrieron las ruins de una antigua ciudad romana, dijo.
En un anuncio separado el martes, un grupo de científicos de la Universidad de El Cairo revealed previously unknown details about a mummified adolescent que data de alrededor del año 300 a. C. Mediante el uso de tomografías computarizadasel equipo de científicos pudo arrojar nueva luz sobre el alto social estatus del niño al affirmar los intrincados detalles de los amuletos insertedados dentro de su cuerpo mummificado y el tipo de entierro que recíbó.
Egypt a menudo publically promotes its ancient discoveries to attract more tourists, an important source of foreign exchange for the country of northern Africa with liquidity problems. The sector suffered a long recession after political agitation and violence that followed an uprising in 2011.
The tourism industry of Egypt has also been very affected by the coronavirus pandemic and is currently suffering from the consequences of the war in Ukraine. Both Rusia and Ukraine previously constituted a great source of tourists who visited Egypt.
(With AP information)
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