A new archaeological reveal
A stunning new archaeological find The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced a new archaeological discovery in the Saqqara area in Giza, near the pyramids.
These discoveries are a funerary temple and more than 50 wooden coffins from the New Kingdom era, over 3,000 years old.
These discoveries "re-write the history of Saqqara in the modern (Pharaonic) era."
This is what was said by the famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass.
He also stated, "So far, we have discovered only 30 percent of the ruins of the Saqqara area, and that 70 percent remain in the ground."
He also stated, "So far, we have discovered only 30 percent of the ruins of the Saqqara area, and that 70 percent remain in the ground."
This discovery is from the works of: the joint mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Center of the Library of Alexandria to these important discoveries at Saqqara.
In this disclosure, it was found: “The funerary temple of the Queen Naraat, the wife of the King Tati, in addition to three storerooms built of brick” in the southeastern side of it “to store offerings” that were used in rituals.
The disclosure also includes: 22 wells, inside one of which are 54 wooden coffins from the New Kingdom, which spanned between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC, and Ramses II is the most famous king of this era.
Among the discoveries also: Among the discoveries is a "five-meter-long papyrus containing the seventeenth chapter of the Book of the Dead."
Dr. Hawass said that this discovery "confirms that the Saqqara area was not used for burial only during the late era (1887 BC - 332 BC), but also in the era of the New Kingdom."
.And he had found: 59 coffins in the same area in October 2020
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