In a necropolis south of Cairo, close to the Pyramids of Giza, Archaeologists discovered a mummy workshop that dates back more than 2500 years. The newest discovery was announced at a news conference on Saturday. The precise location is the Saqqara Necropolis in Memphis (the capital of Ancient Egypt), south of the Unas Pyramid. The discovery was of a mummification workshop, a shaft, and was used as a communal burial place. The site was last excavated more than 100 years ago, and the discovery is from the Saite-Persian period (from 664 to 404 BC). This particular discovery holds immense importance in understanding the mummification process, as within the workshop and shaft uncovered, an embalmer’s cachette was found. The cachette includes a large collection of pottery vessels, bowls and measuring cups. This trove uncovered is said to be able to reveal more information about the oils used in the mummification process, which dates back to the 26th dynasty. Ramadan Hussein, who was awarded a prestigious grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for the conservation, documentation and publication of the Saite-Persian tombs in Saqqara worth about 412,000 Euros, leads the project. When…
