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Mortuary enclosure of 1st Egyptian pharaoh discovered
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Even more beer!   This one includes a good photograph.

A 5,000-year-old chamber once used as the burial rituals of Egypt's first major pharaoh was discovered, Egyptian authorities announced Thursday.

Archeologists believes that this chamber was used as a mortuary enclosure of King Hor-Aha, the founder of Egypt's First Dynasty.

"It is a very important discovery because it would provide us with new information about the First Dynasty," Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, was quoted as saying...

[More]   AP via Xinhua News Agency, China, May 20, 2005.


#450 posted by Mark Morgan on 20 May 2005, 5:25:14 PM  Permalink   comment [] trackback []

Archeologists unearth 5,000-year-old chamber used in first Pharaoh's burial
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More beer!   This is a longer article than the first ones but I'm not sure it has any more than yesterday's one from the Scotsman.

Archeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old chamber believed to have been used in the burial rituals of Egypt's first major pharaoh, and found a cache of 200 rough ceramic beer and wine jars, Egyptian authorities said Thursday.

The mortuary enclosure of King Hor-Aha, the founder of Egypt's First Dynasty, also included a chapel stained by what are likely the remains of sacrificial animals, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said.   "It is a very important discovery because it would provide us with new information about the First Dynasty," said Zahi Hawass, head of the council.

The beer and wine jars were found in excavations along the walls of the mortuary enclosure of King Khasekhemwy, a Second Dynasty pharaoh who ruled around 2700 BC...

[More]   AP via Canoe CNEWS, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2005.


#449 posted by Mark Morgan on 20 May 2005, 12:21:04 PM  Permalink   comment [] trackback []