July 01, 2023
Two huge mummification workshops and tombs were unearthed at the necropolis of Saqqara in Cairo, Egypt. These ancient workshops were used for mummifying animals and humans approximately 2,400 years ago, dating back to the 30th Dynasty and the Ptolemaic period. The workshops contained rooms with stone beds and archaeologists also found clay pots, natron salt, ritual vessels, canopic jars and tools that were used to carry out mummification at the site. Alongside the workshops, archaeologists discovered two tombs that are 4,400 years old and 3,400 years old, belonging to priests. Egypt hopes to revive the country’s tourism industry through its archaeological discoveries.
Did You Know?
The word ‘mummy’ comes from the Persian word ‘mum’, which means ‘wax’, denoting the wax-like embalmed dead body.
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