Egypt: tomb unearthed in Saqqara
The Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt announced Saturday that a team of Egyptian archaeologists excavating an old tomb near Cairo has found dozens of mummified cats. The necropolis dates approximately from the New Kingdom between the 16th and 11th centuries BC.
In total seven tombs have been found: three tombs are from the New Kingdom while four belong to the Old Kingdom.
The ministry tweeted photos of the findings.
A collection of gilded wooden statues depicting the physical features of lions, a cow, and a falcon was unearthed in Saqqara along with a crocodile coffin with its mummy and a painted coffin of two cobra with mummies.
In the tomb were also discovered tens of cats mummies
as well as mummies of scarabs.
Until now, never was found a sarcophagus with mummified scarabs. What an incredible discovery!
"The (mummified) scarab is something really unique. It is something really a bit rare," said Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
"A couple of days ago, when we discovered those coffins, they were sealed coffins with drawings of scarabs. I never heard about them before."
It is amazing how well preserved mummies are, after several thousands years!
Remains of statues and amulets were also found.
