Sunday, October 12, 2008

Sarcophagii and Statues Discovered at Saqqara

Pyramid of Man

Translated from the French website Le journal du CNRS:

At thirty kilometers southwest of Cairo, the site of Saqqara has delivered new wonders. The archaeological mission led by Egyptologist Christiane Ziegler revealed in broad daylight inviolate tombs dated from the first millennium BC Within a funerary complete and very well preserved was found (sarcophagi, statues, etc.).. Back on spectacular discoveries.

See the above page for the full story.
Source: CNRS

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seems to have happened in 2007?
Nice photos though.

Anonymous said...

This is the third or fourth time you have published this article

Anonymous said...

This may be her third or fourth time, but it is the first time I have seen it. To that end, I see no problem with redundancy.

Anonymous said...

Nice Post. Thanks for sharing this information with us.

Andie said...

Sorry guys - glad that it was of some interest to some people but I apologise for repeating the post. I'll try not to repeat it for a fifth time :-)