Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover 3,500-Year-Old Cemetery with Book of the Dead Papyrus in Al-Ghuraifa
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Tim Newcomb
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Egyptian archaeologists discovered a New Kingdom cemetery in Al-Ghuraifa, central Egypt, containing rock-cut tombs, mummies, amulets, statues, canopic jars, and a long papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead. The 3,500-year-old burial site was publicly announced in 2023 and provides significant insight into ancient Egyptian funerary practices and beliefs about the afterlife.
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· 1 pulledIn central Egypt's Al-Ghuraifa area, archaeologists uncovered one of those elaborate burial landscapes: a New Kingdom cemetery, publicly announced in 2023, with rock-cut tombs, mummies, amulets, statues, canopic jars, and a long papyrus containing chapters or spells from the Book of the Dead.
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