22 votes

Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt

1 comment

  1. mb3077
    Link
    It's amazing how easily we can decode hieroglyphs, and learn about the life of a person that lived 6,400 years ago, all because of a stone that we found 200 years ago. So this tomb could be only...

    It's amazing how easily we can decode hieroglyphs, and learn about the life of a person that lived 6,400 years ago, all because of a stone that we found 200 years ago.

    Work on the sealed shafts could begin as early as tomorrow, according to news reports.

    The high priest’s tomb lies along a ridge that has been only partly excavated. Even more discoveries may turn up when digging resumes there in January.

    So this tomb could be only the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully we'll get more news in the next few months.

    5 votes