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Spanish archaeologists have discovered a 3,600-year-old Egyptian mummy inside a wooden sarcophagus adorned with rare feather drawings in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Thursday.

The two metre-long and 50 centimetre-wide (6.5 feet by 20 inches) sarcophagus was in good condition and its colours were still bright, the ministry said in a statement.







Antiquities minister Mohamed Ibrahim said feather drawings are rarely found on ancient coffins.

“The sarcophagus goes back to the 17th dynasty (1600 years BC),” said Ali El-Asfar, the head of the antiquities ministry’s pharaonic department.

“Its owner could have been an important statesman, according to the sarcophagus’s preliminary examination and its inscriptions.”

The sarcophagus bears hieroglyphic inscriptions meant to ease the journey to the afterlife, in accordance with pharaonic beliefs.

The feather drawings symbolise the ancient Egyptian goddess of law Maat, who was believed to have weighed the hearts of the dead against a feather to determine their status in the afterlife.

The discovery was made in an ancient burial site on Luxor’s west bank, near a tomb belonging to the storehouse administrator of Queen Hatshepsut, a member of the 18th dynasty who ruled Egypt from 1502 to 1482 BC.

The Spanish archeological team, which has been working in Luxor for 13 years, discovered last year the wooden sarcophagus of a five-year-old boy that goes back to the 17th dynasty.

Luxor, a city of around 500,000 residents on the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt, is an open-air museum of intricate temples, tombs of pharaonic rulers and landmarks such as the Winter Palace hotel, where crime novelist Agatha Christie is said to have written “Death on the Nile.”

Source: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/02/1 ... rcophagus/

Now those are what I call a proper Sarcophagus

Lets forget about unmarked quartzite "sarcophagi" of 60 tons shall we ?
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.co.u ... upper.html


Clearly that is not what they were intended for, since a Body or Mummy has never been found in one, and clearly that one was deliberately vandalised to make it appear as though it could hold the human form..
All be it in Cubist form...

So, the question is ( apart from how it was quarried, crafted and moved upstream from Cairo ) what was this used for ?

This to me looks like an unfinished shrine for a deity, then placed in a temple, this particular one was perhaps destined for one of the major such places.

I have to admit they seemed all very happy the other day whist we were 'necking a few stellas the other day in the marsam.."no abla espaniol never mind...
Ps: No 2 picxture is dead clever!

Number 2 picture is laterally inverted it would seem, and the bloke does bear a striking resemblance to..
. . . It must be the smile...

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A-Four wrote:This to me looks like an unfinished shrine for a deity, then placed in a temple, this particular one was perhaps destined for one of the major such places.

Quite possibly A-Four, it does look more Architectural then Funerary to me...

The use of certain types of stone and rock in the buildings that has been moved over hundreds of miles in those times,
where Local stone could have performed the same function for mere structures. Why ??? ...
Then it stopped.

I think I have convinced myself that knowledge was slowly being lost, and more mechanical methods were being deployed to cut and transport stone. Until the point was reached where no more building took place.

I think that Acoustic, magnetic, gyroscopic, hydro, light and possibly even electrical energy was being used back in the time of the Great Age of the Temple builders. Naturally, they would use organic matter, no need to create fancy materials, or blend metals. You use what you have available.
Its obvious that a much higher intelligence was at work back then, by those who were more in "tune" with the planet than we are today.

Where did all that knowledge go ? if it was not written down, then it must have been passed by mouth, ( the TRUE meaning of the word "Myth" )
or did they have access to the same collective knowledge that some indigenous peoples do, ? such as the Aborigines.
We know that the Dogon tribe knew more about Sirius than NASA did back in the 1960's.
So, clearly something is not quite right with OUR education...

Oh Well. . .

God,is that another one "dug up?"
Why can't they let them rest in peace?
Are there not enough there to satisfy "morbid curiosity"and content those voyeuristic enough to want to view and analyse them?
If those so interested in the dead had half as much concern for the living in Egypt..then maybe,just maybe....things would be better for all!
Never mind the current issues that are affecting the country(FGM for example)..the dead are more interesting and worthy of attention.
Move on!
I find it all rather distasteful.Much better to concentrate on the living and their problems..than the dead!

History is a lesson all in itself. Its my opinion that it is best to learn from the past. History is always interesting.

I agree Frater0082.History is VERY interesting.
But so is life!The one we are all currently living!
What do the dead teach us?Nothing..except that they lived a life,then died.
Everything else about them,their funerary rites,etc is all supposition!Cos,they ain't here to tell us about it!
We dig them up,we assume,we use modern technology to ask our questions of them.
They're gone!
Leave them alone and let them rest in peace,cos they ain't tellin us anything!
I deal with "dead"people frequently.They've lived a life..they've died,sometimes in my presence.
They want privacy and respect in death...nothing more.
So who are we to go digging them up and disrespecting their final resting place just to satisfy a modern day voyeurism and whim?
Would you like it?If so..donate your body to medical research.Then your final wishes will be carried out,instead of being ignored.

While I have been researching this find, The measurement in particular..

I came across this, very interesting read .. and pictures..


Fixed the link..

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29984/1/29984.pdf

Hughes, Stephen (1996)
Three-dimensional reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mummy.
British Museum Occasional Paper, 114. The British
Museum, London, pp. 211-225.

Scottishtourist wrote:I agree Frater0082.History is VERY interesting.
But so is life!The one we areed all currently living!
What do the dead teach us?Nothing..except that they lived a life,then died.
Everything else about them,their funerary rites,etc is all supposition!Cos,they ain't here to tell us about it!
We dig them up,we assume,we use modern technology to ask our questions of them.
They're gone!
Leave them alone and let them rest in peace,cos they ain't tellin us anything!
I deal with "dead"people frequently.They've lived a life..they've died,sometimes in my presence.
They want privacy and respect in death...nothing more.
So who are we to go digging them up and disrespecting their final resting place just to satisfy a modern day voyeurism and whim?
Would you like it?If so..donate your body to medical research.Then your final wishes will be carried out,instead of being ignored.

My final wish is to be at peace. But no I don't want someone digging me up and disturbing my peace I wish they can leave Tut alone.

Well seeing that the majority of visiting foreigners are archeologists here, stopping digging up 'old stuff would blight Luxor economy even more so.
Anyhow another Tutankhamun type discovery would benefit this Country far more than any Thompsons 'kiss me quick sun seekers, methinks...

Who2 wrote:Well seeing that the majority of visiting foreigners are archeologists here, stopping digging up 'old stuff would blight Luxor economy even more so.
Anyhow another Tutankhamun type discovery would benefit this Country far more than any Thompsons 'kiss me quick sun seekers, methinks...

Absolutely!! Recent discoveries in Luxor and elsewhere are one of the few bright spots as far as the welfare of Egypt is concerned. Long may the archaeologists keep digging!

What in the world is a sun seeker?

Who2 wrote:Well seeing that the majority of visiting foreigners are archeologists here, stopping digging up 'old stuff would blight Luxor economy even more so.
Anyhow another Tutankhamun type discovery would benefit this Country far more than any Thompsons 'kiss me quick sun seekers, methinks...

How does it benefit the country?
What's the ratio of archaeologists to package tourists?
Do they spend a lot of cash on "their digs?"Do they have a huge impact on the economy?
No...they desecrate the dead and ignore the living!
There ain't gonna be another Tutankhamun discovery!
He was the ultimate,the one everyone flocked to see.Others just pale into significance and have very little allure for the "plebs"among us.Why?Cos we've seen him,we've seen his "treasures",we're satisfied now and don't need to see any more crumbling corpses.
Seen one...seen them all!
P.s...why's your mate drinking beer and sittin on the lavvy?
Why's he not out viewin the dead?
Does he just want a holiday?Shame on him!!!!
What an affront to you...when you should be encouraging him to go and "dig up"the dead for the good of Luxor!

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There ain't gonna be another Tutankhamun discovery!
He was the ultimate,the one everyone flocked to see.Others just pale into significance and have very little allure for the "plebs"among us.Why?Cos we've seen him,we've seen his "treasures",we're satisfied now and don't need to see any more crumbling corpses.
Seen one...seen them all!
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Speak for yourself there Scottishtourist....I enjoy seeing anything to do with Egyptology, and of course there will never be another Tut, he has been found, but there are at least 2 major pharoahs whose artifacts and grave goods have never come to light, so there are potentially more HUGE discoveries to be made.
Please do not dismiss everyone else like you....if you aren't interested in the history, so be it, but please do not insult the many of us that are.

Nicely said, there is alot of things out there that are hidden for reasons

I think they focus too hard on the valley of the kings though there are alot of other places that the scientists can div into like the valley of the Queens and so forth.

Lisak wrote:

Scottishtourist wrote: There ain't gonna be another Tutankhamun discovery!
He was the ultimate,the one everyone flocked to see.Others just pale into significance and have very little allure for the "plebs"among us.Why?Cos we've seen him,we've seen his "treasures",we're satisfied now and don't need to see any more crumbling corpses.
Seen one...seen them all!
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Speak for yourself there Scottishtourist....I enjoy seeing anything to do with Egyptology, and of course there will never be another Tut, he has been found, but there are at least 2 major pharoahs whose artifacts and grave goods have never come to light, so there are potentially more HUGE discoveries to be made.
Please do not dismiss everyone else like you....if you aren't interested in the history, so be it, but please do not insult the many of us that are.

I enjoy the history as well Lisak..but I would much rather see HOW and where the people lived in their lifetimes..rather than their coffins and bodies.
It's reaching saturation point!How many more do people need to see?
Grave goods?How ghoulish!
I just can't understand the fascination with desecration of the dead.
That ain't an insult,it's an opinion.

Scottishtourist wrote:

Lisak wrote:

Scottishtourist wrote: There ain't gonna be another Tutankhamun discovery!
He was the ultimate,the one everyone flocked to see.Others just pale into significance and have very little allure for the "plebs"among us.Why?Cos we've seen him,we've seen his "treasures",we're satisfied now and don't need to see any more crumbling corpses.
Seen one...seen them all!
[/quote

Speak for yourself there Scottishtourist....I enjoy seeing anything to do with Egyptology, and of course there will never be another Tut, he has been found, but there are at least 2 major pharoahs whose artifacts and grave goods have never come to light, so there are potentially more HUGE discoveries to be made.
Please do not dismiss everyone else like you....if you aren't interested in the history, so be it, but please do not insult the many of us that are.

I enjoy the history as well Lisak..but I would much rather see HOW and where the people lived in their lifetimes..rather than their coffins and bodies.
It's reaching saturation point!How many more do people need to see?
Grave goods?How ghoulish!
I just can't understand the fascination with desecration of the dead.
That ain't an insult,it's an opinion.

The ancient Egyptians lived in mud brick buildings which have largely disappeared. Almost the only way we can see "HOW" the people lived is by examining the contents of their burial sites, the wall paintings, the artifacts etc.No-one's fascinated by the desecration of the dead per se.