More ancient discoveries in Egypt's Dakahliya
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The discovered Coffin [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
The most important amulet is one depicting the Triod gods of Amun, Horus and Neftis.
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Large collection of ushabti figurines beside a Mummy [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
Beside the third skeleton excavators uncovered 12 amulets featuring the Udjat eye of Horus.
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Ushabti figurine [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
Inside the first coffin the mummy is covered with gilded carttonage and decorated with hieroglyphic text and the cartouche of King Psamtiak I from the 26th Dynasty.
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The Alba bird bronze amulet [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
A wooden box filled with ushabti figurines and amulets was also found along with 300 faience ushabti figurines partly damaged. Among the amulets found inside the box, El-Asfar said, is an Alba bird bronze amulet.
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The Triod gods of Amun, Horus and Neftis [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
Tel El-Tabila is a necropolis of a Late Ancient Egyptian period and houses a collection of tombs dated between the 22nd and 26th dynasties.
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The gilded carttonage and decorated with hieroglyphic text and the cartouche of king Psamtiak I from the 26th dynasty [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
The tomb consists of a number of burial shafts. Inside one of the burial shafts, excavators uncovered a limestone anthropoid sarcophagus of a lady called Werty, the daughter of Rtrs.
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Tomb entrance [Credit: Nevine El-Aref] |
The sarcophagus lid, explained El-Asfar, features Werty's figure in the Osirian position. Ancient Egyptian prayers are also carved on the lid.
Author: Nevine El-Aref | Source: AhramOnline [February 09, 2014]
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