In Egypt, archaeologists have revealed a number of tombs that contain sarcophaguses. They also found a treasure trove of grave goods and other funerary figurines at the location. The sarcophagi, in particular, are providing researchers with a new perspective on the Late Pharaonic Period.

The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announced the major find in the village of Tuna al-Gabal . This is not far from the city of Minya in central Egypt and some 180 miles (110 kilometers) south of Cairo. The site has already been excavated by archaeologists and they have made a large number of discoveries.

Yahoo News reports that the Tuna al-Gabal site has already yielded “funerary buildings and catacombs filled with thousands of mummified ibis and baboon birds”. During recent investigations, experts came across 16 tombs in total, some of which contained more than one burial.

In total they found 20 sarcophagi in the tombs all made from limestone. They had been placed in cross-shaped cuttings on the floor of the funerary chambers. According to The Times of Israel , the “long-abandoned tombs date back to three dynasties, from 664-399 BC, in the Late Pharaonic Period”. The tombs are in good condition, despite their age.

The stone caskets covers were cut to address a human structure and formed to address figures that represent a mummy. The Times of Israel reports that Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, stated that the sarcophagi’s limestone was “well-polished.” The entombments were all engraved with various pictographs, which were concentrated by specialists.

This photograph, given by Egyptian Ancient pieces Service, shows one of stone coffins archeologists found in the burial chambers. ( Egyptian Artifacts Service )

Phys. One of the stone sarcophagi was “dedicated to the god Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris,” according to Org. There is likewise a portrayal of Nut, the goddess of the sky, stars, and the sky spreading her wings. The symbolic representations and the idea of the stone caskets show that the burial places were utilized by the neighborhood world class.

It appears to be that a portion of the burial places had a place with devout ministers of Djehuty a part of Thoth, who was the divine force of shrewdness, sorcery, and the innovator of composing. Some of them appear to be the last resting spot of senior neighborhood authorities. According to Phys.org, it appears that all of the officials and priests came “from the 15th nome, an ancient Egyptian territorial division ruled over by a provincial governor.”

The service found 10,000 blue and green ushabti in the burial chambers. ( Egyptian Artifacts Service )

Likewise found were various canopic containers. They were painted and made to seem to be the stone caskets from limestone. The majority of the deceased’s organs, including their liver, were kept in the jars. The Egyptians held the belief that the deceased would require these in the afterlife.

That’s what AFP reports “700 ornaments – including some made of unadulterated gold” were found. Most of them looking like scarab creepy crawlies, which were exceptionally normal in Egyptian culture. Likewise uncovered was an extremely surprising special necklace looking like a winged cobra which was an image of power and sovereignty in Pharaonic Egypt .

One of several engraved gold winged cobra amulet collars discovered on King Tut’s mummy depicts Wadjet, the Lower Egyptian winged cobra goddess.

The Egyptian Service of Artifacts is anxious to pitch any archeological discoveries. This is to support the economy, which is intensely reliant upon the travel industry. Post-exhuming investigations of the stone coffins and the grave merchandise are supposed to uncover more about the people who kicked the bucket and specifically give bits of knowledge into the provincial strict and political tip top, in old Egypt.