Egypt displayed Monday a cache of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country’s antiquities officials revealed were recently discovered at the famed necropolis of Saqqara.
The artifacts were showcased at a temporary exhibit close to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 15 miles from Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
Mostafa Waziri — head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities — said the trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with mummies in good condition inside, 150 bronze statues of ancient deities, and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility in ancient Egyptian mythology, all from about 500 B.C.
Officials also presented a headless bronze statue of Imhotep — the head architect of Pharaoh Djoser who ruled ancient Egypt between 2630 B.C. and 2611 B.C.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERSThe artifacts were showcased at a temporary exhibit close to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS
“I’m very proud that the discovery was made by Egyptians, and this will not be the last discovery here,” Waziri said,
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