Excavation And Restoration Of New Rooms In The Pyramid Of Sahura In Abusir

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A remarkable archaeological breakthrough has been made with excavating and restoring rooms in the pyramid of Sahura, which is located in Abusir. The discovered chambers are probably storage rooms intended to hold the royal burial objects. A pᴀssage secured with steel beams. One of the discovered storage rooms. Image: Mohamed […]

Unique Tomb Of Egyptian Commander Discovered In Abusir Sheds Light On ‘Globalisation’ In Ancient World

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Abusir near Saqqara, Egypt, have unearthed a unique tomb belonging to a military officer who commanded battalions made up of foreign soldiers, according to a statement from the Egyptian antiquities ministry. The main well of the tomb of an ancient Egyptian military commander named Wahibre-merry-Neith. The tomb […]

Largest Ancient Embalming Cachette Ever Found Unearthed At Abusir, Egypt

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During routine excavations at the site of Abusir 30 km north of the Giza Plateau, excavators from the Czech Insтιтute of Egyptology at the Charles University in Prague have discovered the largest cachette of ancient Egyptian embalming materials ever found in Egypt. The largest cachette of ancient Egyptian embalming materials […]