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The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical observation.
What a fantastic find! The fact that it's a temple dedicated to Re is not a surprise, given the location of Abu Ghurob, area of 5th Dynasty sun temples, etc. Abusir and the surrounding area is the gift that keeps on giving.
a relief of Sopdu, god of sky and the eastern border regions , from the mortuary temple of Sahure and Abusir
Tomb of ancient Egyptian mercenary commander found in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,600-year-old tomb belonging to a man of high status: a "commander of foreign mercenaries" named "Wahibre-mery-Neith."
The tomb's embalming cache, found in 2021, includes more than 370 pottery storage jars containing materials used in the commander's mummification, making it the "largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt," a team of Egyptian and Czech researchers said in a statement. The tomb is buried at Abusir (also spelled Abū Ṣīr), a few miles south of the giant necropolis at Saqqara.
Grave robbers stole Wahibre-mery-Neith's mummy in antiquity, but archaeologists located remains of his sarcophagus that have hieroglyphs inscribed on them. The glyphs give his identity and quote part of chapter 72 of the Book of the Dead that describes "the resurrection of the deceased and his departure to the afterlife," according to the statement. Read more.
“The largest cachette of ancient Egyptian embalming materials ever found in Egypt was discovered. During recent excavation work carried out at the site of Abusir, 30 km north of the Giza Plateau, a group of large shaft tombs situated at the western corner of the necropolis was found to contain the cachette.” [X]
Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Mercenary Commander Found in Egypt
The discovery includes the largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt.
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,600-year-old tomb belonging to a man of high status: a "commander of foreign mercenaries" named "Wahibre-mery-Neith."
The tomb's embalming cache, found in 2021, includes more than 370 pottery storage jars containing materials used in the commander's mummification, making it the "largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt," a team of Egyptian and Czech researchers said in a statement). The tomb is buried at Abusir (also spelled Abū Ṣīr), a few miles south of the giant necropolis at Saqqara.
Grave robbers stole Wahibre-mery-Neith's mummy in antiquity, but archaeologists located remains of his sarcophagus that have hieroglyphs inscribed on them. The glyphs give his identity and quote part of chapter 72 of the Book of the Dead that describes "the resurrection of the deceased and his departure to the afterlife," according to the statement.
In his role as commander of ancient Egypt's mercenary troops, Wahibre-mery-Neith would have "supervised and commanded mercenaries coming from the Aegean islands and Asia Minor," the statement said.
The commander lived during either the late 26th dynasty (circa 688 B.C. to 525 B.C.) or early 27th dynasty (525 B.C to 404 B.C.), according to the statement. While Egypt was independent during the 26th dynasty, the 27th dynasty saw the country be conquered and ruled by the Persians.
Despite the growing foreign influence, Wahibre-mery-Neith appears to be of 'local descent," according to his name and artifacts found in his tomb, Miroslav Bárta, the director of Czech excavations in Egypt, said in an email. Why he was buried with the largest known embalming cache from ancient Egypt is uncertain. "This is a difficult question and at this stage of analysis we don't know," Bárta said.
The commander was also buried with 402 faience (glazed ceramic) shabti figurines. The ancient Egyptians believe that shabtis worked for the deceased in the afterlife and they are commonly found in Egyptian tombs. The finds also include a heart scarab, an amulet and an ostracon (pottery shard) inscribed with more spells from the Book of the Dead.
By Owen Jarus.
The kink is in my blood 🔪
Egyptian Religious Calendar
Today 2 February 2018 - XVII day of Rekh-Ur, the sixth month of the Lunar Calendar (in the CDXVIII Great Year of Ra according to the Civil Calendar). (quotes from “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXVIII-CDXIX Great Year of Ra (2018CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars. The book is available both in paperback format and as a digital ebook: http://a.co/7jF2Kjy ) Religious Prescriptions: Favorable day Religious Festivities: The XVII day of the lunar month is sacred to Duamutef. It is the “Feast of Recognition” and Horus Hryuadjef (“Horus who is on His papyrus”) is the God of the Feast. - “Jubilation of Osiris in Busiris. Going forth of Anubis (...).” [c.c. and S. pap.] image: the Pyramid Temple Complex of King SahuRa (ca. 2458–2446 BCE) at Bousiri, next to modern Cairo (pr-Wsjr, "the House of Osiris", that is the name of more than ten sacred cities of Egypt)
Dr. Mostafa Waziry, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the discovery.
