A chamber of mummies was found on the western side of the Step Pyramid of the Saqqara. Finding an intact burial like this one in Saqqara is uncommon. One of the earliest large stone structures in the world, Saqqara was frequently robbed by thieves from the city of Memphis. The necropolis was thought to be built around 2650 BC. The mummies are all from different times. One of the mummies is as old as 640BC, but its coffin, made of limestone, is dated back to around 2400BC, during the fifth dynasty. Scientists are going to look in the coffins and expect to find amulets among the mummy wrapping. This is important because mummies give us a chance to explore our history and learn more about life a long time ago. The scientists have already found a full mummy of a man named Badi Enhery and we can learn more about him using his corpse and the inscriptions on the tomb. We can use these new discoveries to research about the fifth dynasty and other time periods they are from.
Region: North Africa
Blog: Michaela
Presentation: Anna Simone
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4570960/Egyptian-archaeologists-discover-30-mummies.html
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