An archaeological team is still finding new discoveries about ancient Egypt a century after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s cemetery, which made headlines all around the world outside of Cairo in the scorching Sahara heat.
According to NBC News, the archaeological team working at the Saqqara site in Giza excavated layer after layer, revealing a massive collection of coffins and ancient mummies as well as pottery amulets possibly used in funeral rituals and thick papyrus scrolls.
The Egyptian scientist Zahi Hawas, Minister of Antiquities, told NBC News that the site contains countless artifacts related to another pharaoh, King Titi, and his followers who worshiped him as a god for 1000 years after his death.
He said that the location, which is some 20 miles south of the nation’s capital in North Africa, also included the bones of King Tutankhamun’s closest generals and advisers.
The network of underground rooms lying 65 feet beneath the ancient pyramids in Egypt, according to Hawas, “I genuinely think that this site will be the most important site in Egypt this year and the next year.”
“I always claim that we have only discovered 30% of our impacts still exist, and 70% of them are buried underground,” he continued.
“Titi was venerated as a deity in the modern state, and everyone wanted to be buried next to him,” Hawass said, adding that his team discovered approximately 300 coffins next to his pyramid this year, the majority of which are in good shape.
A foreign website showcases the Saqqara archaeological finds. Zahi Hawas: 70 of our effects underground
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