Archeologists Uncover Roman Mummy in Egypt April 28, 2010
Posted by The Wayward Wiccan in : Witchy News , trackbackEgyptian archeologists have recently discovered a one metre long gypsum sarcophagus of what appears to be a female Roman mummy. The experts are saying that the mummified body belonged to a young girl or a small woman who died in the Greco-Roman period about 2300 years ago. Here is what Zahi Hawass, chief of the Supreme Council of Antiquities officially declared: “We are sure (the mummy) is female. Either she was a small woman, and mummies always shrink, or she could have been a young woman.”
A sheet of gold depicting the four sons of Horus, the Egyptian sky god, clay and vessels were also discovered at the site in Baharya Oasis, 300 kilometers south west of Cairo. There were symbols such as Ankhs and the Eye of Horus decorating the sarcophagus. Another extremely interesting fact is that fourteen years ago in 1996, in this exact place a group of archeologists had unearthed another burial ground containing hundreds of mummies. This gives me the chills – I feel like in some kind of horror movie just by thinking about such things. Still, I have to admit that making such great discoveries can be an amazing thing to do!
Initially, the site was going to be used for building a youth centre but since the discovery it is said it will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
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