egypt-museum:Dozens of mummies dating back 2,000 years found next to world’s oldest pyramidP
egypt-museum: Dozens of mummies dating back 2,000 years found next to world’s oldest pyramidPolish archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered several dozen mummies from around 2000 years ago.The mummies were discovered during excavations near the world’s oldest pyramid in the Saqqara ancient burial ground that served as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.The Polish team has been working there for over twenty years as part of a concession granted to the University of Warsaw’s Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology.Its discoveries include showing that there were two necropolises to the to the west of the mortuary complex of the Pyramid of Djoser, which with its characteristic step form, built in the 27th Century BC, is the world’s oldest pyramid. Read more. -- source link