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New Egyptian tomb uncovered
Topic Started: May 21 2007, 07:15 AM (172 Views)
TribbleMom
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Belgian archaeologists have discovered the intact tomb of an Egyptian courtier who lived about 4,000 years ago, Egypt's culture ministry said on Sunday.

The team from Leuven Catholic University accidentally found the tomb, one of the best preserved of its time, while excavating a later burial site at the Deir al-Barsha necropolis near the Nile Valley town of Minya, south of Cairo.

The tomb belonged to Henu, an estate manager and high-ranking official during the first intermediate period, which lasted from 2181 to 2050 BC and was a time of political chaos in ancient Egypt.

The archaeologists found Henu's mummy wrapped in linen in a large wooden coffin and a sarcophagus decorated with hieroglyphic texts addressed to the gods Anubis and Osiris.

The tomb contained well-preserved painted wooden statuettes of workers making bricks, women making beer and pounding cereal, and a model of a boat with rowers, a ministry statement said.

"The statuettes (are of) the best quality of their time. They are characterized by realistic touches and unusual details such as the dirty hands and feet of the brick makers," the statement said, quoting Belgian team leader Harco Willems.

Minya is 225 km (140 miles) south of Cairo.
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It always amazes me when things are found intact and in high quality after 4000 years.

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That's pretty cool. I love the clay figures.

I have to wonder if people 4000 years from now will find our material items just as interesting as we find archaeological discoveries from 4000 years ago. Or will they just consider our stuff boring old "crapola".
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TribbleMom
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Our stuff won't likely last as long. We're in the era of "planned obsolescence."

But I would estimate that our trash heaps from landfills will still be there 4000 years from now. The future people will probably figure that we were a society that just threw away everything, and they will probably be right.
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^^

Something tells me they will find a whole bunch of baby pampers and broken plastic knick-knacks that were made in Taiwan. :rotfl:
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