Talking Pyramids

More discoveries at Saqqara. Several painted wooden coffins as well as statues representing their owners have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. Tunnels containing carved stones were also found in the area.

“These coffins were found in the tombs of senior officials of the 18th and 19th dynasties,” near Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, the director of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Thursday.

“Some coloured unopened coffins dating back to the sixth century BC were found as well as some coffins dating back to the time of Ramses II,” who ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC, he said.”

Read the full story at Middle East Times.

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