Egypt
This past summer a team of archaeologists led by professor Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner of the University of Toronto found the tomb of a priest at Abydos and temple storerooms including the discovery of 85 animal mummies. The mummies appear to be mostly dogs though there were also cats and other animals which were sacrificed and packed tightly in the small chamber. At some point a robbery occurred in which the mummies were disturbed and fell apart.
Also nearby in the next door chamber was the half rotted statue of a king. After cleaning encrusted mud and termite droppings off the statue it was found to have a narrow waist which some wish to believe that it represents the female ruler Hatshepsut. If so it would be the only known wooden statue of Hatshepsut though will be hard to prove.
The tomb is that of a priest with a name which involves the goddess Isis. The tomb contained shabti's and human remains.
Photo: North Abydos Votive Zone Project
- Recent Finds From Abydos
WAMC Radio recording (audio file) In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner of the University of Toronto reveals some recent finds from an archaeological excavation in Abydos, Egypt. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner is Assistant Professor of...
- Abydos Finds Include Hatshepsut In Female Form
With photo. This story was out and about a few weeks ago but I hadn't seen the photo before of the wooden statuette before (in the New Scientist article). Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) With photos. A team of archeologists from Toronto...
- Dog Burials At Abydos
During excavations in 2009 by the North Abydos Project from New York University, at the huge funerary enclosure of the IInd Dynasty King Khasekhemwy, (c.2750 B.C), a number of pots containing dogs turned up in the soft sandy fill inside...
- Djehuty's Tomb At Luxor Reveals More
There has been more finds in the tomb of Djehuty at Luxor including a 17th dynasty child's sarcophagus and a collection of crude wooden shabti figurines dated to the 18th dynasty belonging to a priest. This find is just the latest...
- Amenhotep's Toe
A dramatic event has taken place among the royal mummies when workers entered the royal mummy room of Cairo's museum and found that the big toe on Amenhotep II's right foot had fallen off. No it is not a bad case of leprosy and sure maybe...
Egypt
Animal Mummies and a Mysterious Statue
Also nearby in the next door chamber was the half rotted statue of a king. After cleaning encrusted mud and termite droppings off the statue it was found to have a narrow waist which some wish to believe that it represents the female ruler Hatshepsut. If so it would be the only known wooden statue of Hatshepsut though will be hard to prove.
The tomb is that of a priest with a name which involves the goddess Isis. The tomb contained shabti's and human remains.
Photo: North Abydos Votive Zone Project
- Recent Finds From Abydos
WAMC Radio recording (audio file) In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner of the University of Toronto reveals some recent finds from an archaeological excavation in Abydos, Egypt. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner is Assistant Professor of...
- Abydos Finds Include Hatshepsut In Female Form
With photo. This story was out and about a few weeks ago but I hadn't seen the photo before of the wooden statuette before (in the New Scientist article). Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) With photos. A team of archeologists from Toronto...
- Dog Burials At Abydos
During excavations in 2009 by the North Abydos Project from New York University, at the huge funerary enclosure of the IInd Dynasty King Khasekhemwy, (c.2750 B.C), a number of pots containing dogs turned up in the soft sandy fill inside...
- Djehuty's Tomb At Luxor Reveals More
There has been more finds in the tomb of Djehuty at Luxor including a 17th dynasty child's sarcophagus and a collection of crude wooden shabti figurines dated to the 18th dynasty belonging to a priest. This find is just the latest...
- Amenhotep's Toe
A dramatic event has taken place among the royal mummies when workers entered the royal mummy room of Cairo's museum and found that the big toe on Amenhotep II's right foot had fallen off. No it is not a bad case of leprosy and sure maybe...