{"id":115,"date":"2025-03-04T02:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/htd.sofamoci.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-03-04T02:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:03:48","slug":"2600-year-old-ancient-egyptian-coffins-opened-for-first-time-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/htd.sofamoci.com\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"2,600-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffins Opened for First Time in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the discovery of 59 ancient Egyptian coffins, one was opened to reveal an intact 2,600-year-old mummy.<\/p>\n

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Following the incredible discovery of 2,600-year-old coffins in Saqqara last month announced the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity, archaeologists have taken the next step and actually opened one of them.<\/p>\n

To everybody\u2019s surprise, the remarkably well-preserved wood coffins still retained some of their paint, and the mummy inside was in an even more intact condition.<\/p>\n

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After lifting the lid of the sarcophagus as a crowd of onlookers watched in anticipation, the researchers revealed a mummy wrapped in ornate burial linen; more than two millennia after the individual\u2019s interment, the cloth\u2019s inscriptions and colorful designs remained intact!<\/p>\n

Based on preliminary analysis, researchers believe that the bodies in the ancient coffins are of priests, government officials, and prominent members of society.<\/p>\n

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28 statues of Ptah-Soker were discovered, as well as one statue of Nefertum, were also discovered in addition to the coffins. The latter was actually inscribed with the owner\u2019s name, Priest Badi-Amun.<\/p>\n

Ptah-Soker is a composite god that is seen in funerary settings. The god is composed of Ptah, a creator god who was the local deity of the ancient capital of Memphis, and Soker, a falcon god of the Memphis necropolis. Nefertum is Ptah\u2019s youthful companion, and so they are often depicted together.<\/p>\n

According to tourism and antiquities minister Khaled al-Anani, the coffins and statues aren\u2019t the end of what\u2019s to be discovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is not the end of the discovery; I consider it the beginning of the big discovery.\u201d Whatever is there to come yet, the coffins will be put on display at the soon-to-be-opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. The museum will host thousands of artifacts, including some of the numerous finds that archeologists have dug up in recent years.<\/p>\n