Monday, May 19, 2014

A Week of Discoveries


The recent events of the last week include the discovery from the Wellcome collection at Swansea University Egypt Center that a mummified baby in the collection, long thought as a fake because the hieroglyphic inscription on it is meaningless, has, through CT scans, revealed that the baby inside the wrappings is probably authentic.

The week also brought the discovery of a tomb of a 20th Dynasty royal messenger named Baser at Saqqara, south of King Unas' causeway. The messenger had the titles of "The overseer of the Egyptian army records" and "The King's messenger to foreign rulers".

If that was not enough, there was also the discovery of a late period "Chantress of Amun" buried in the Bastet cemetery at Saqqara near Tutankhamun's Wet nurse Maya. The Luxor Times has by far the best pictures of this find.

Lastly, a Ptolemaic temple has been found at Beni Suef, erected by Ptolemy Philadelphus II., and yes, it is the Luxor Times site that's got game this week!


Image of mummy W1013: Swansea University Egypt Center
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