Egypt unveils ancient funerary temple in Saqqara
They unveiled at least 22 burial shafts up to 12 meters (40 feet) deep, with more than 50 wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom, said Hawass, who is Egypt’s best-known archaeologist.
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trove of ancient coffins and artifacts on display that Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass and his team unearthed in a vast necropolis, in Saqqara. (Photo|AP) By Associated Press
CAIRO: Egypt’s former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass on Sunday revealed details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo.
Hawass told reporters at the Saqqara necropolis that archaeologists unearthed the temple of Queen Neit, wife of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty that ruled Egypt from 2323 B.C. till 2150 B.C.
The recent Saqqara discoveries
In the Saqqara area in Giza, A joint Egyptian mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Center for Egyptology at the Library of Alexandria has found huge discoveries that will restore the history of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties in the era of the modern state, because it has been proven through this discovery that King Titi (2345-2333) the first king of the Sixth Dynasty that ruled Egypt from 2323 B.C. till 2150 B.C. was worshiped nearly a thousand years after his death, where burial tombs found, next to the pyramid of King Titi.
New Kingdom Sarcophagi Unearthed at Saqqara
CAIRO, EGYPT According to a report in
The Guardian, more than 50 wooden coffins have been discovered in more than 20 burial shafts in the Saqqara necropolis by a team of researchers led by archaeologist Zahi Hawass. Many of the brightly painted coffins have been dated to the New Kingdom period, from 1550 to 1070 B.C. Games, statues, and masks dated to the New Kingdom period were also recovered at the site. These are the first artifacts from the New Kingdom period to be unearthed in Saqqara, Hawass explained. The team members also uncovered the funerary temple of Queen Neit near the 4,200-year-old pyramid of her husband, the Old Kingdom pharaoh Teti, who ruled during the Sixth Dynasty from about 2323 to 2291 B.C., in addition to three warehouses made of bricks. For another recent discovery from Saqqara, go to Mummy Cache, one of ARCHAEOLOGY s Top 10 Discoveries of 2020.
Egypt unveils treasures at ancient site China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-19 10:11 Wooden coffins unearthed at a necropolis near Cairo are displayed at an unveiling of archaeological troves on Sunday. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP
SAQQARA/CAIRO, Egypt－Egypt unveiled on Sunday ancient treasures found at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, including sarcophagi over 3,000 years old, a discovery that an expert says rewrites history .
Saqqara is a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to more than a dozen pyramids, ancient monasteries and animal burial sites.
The discovery introduces the name Queen Neit in ancient Egyptian history, as her husband King Teti was known before the discovery to have had only two wives: Iput I and Khuit II. Teti was the first pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 2323 BC till 2150 BC.
4,200-year-old queen s identity among remarkable new finds in Egypt By Ahmed Shawkat Archaeologists discover tomb of Egyptian royal priest
Cairo Egypt s Ministry of Antiquities has revealed details of the latest landmark discoveries to emerge from the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo. The vast burial grounds sit in what was once Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to more than a dozen pyramids, including Egypt s oldest, the Pyramid of Djoser.
The site has yielded thousands of artefacts over decades of excavation, but among the biggest rewards for Egyptologists in this latest round of discoveries was the identity of a queen who died around 4,200 years ago.