Ancient Egyptian mummy masks, tombs and 'god of silence' statue discovered at Saqqara
Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed tombs containing mummy masks and a 'god of silence' statue at Saqqara.
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Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed tombs containing mummy masks and a 'god of silence' statue at Saqqara.
The tomb, found in the renowned archaeological site of Saqqara, is thought to date back more than 4,000 years.
The joint Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Waseda University have uncovered a rock tomb with several graves and archaeological finds from different historical eras, during its current excavation season inside and above the catacombs at the Saqqara necropolis region.
Photos show one of the skeletons next to the mask of its face.
Today it is known that women appeared on the throne in ancient Egypt more often than many people believed just decades ago. The first known influential queens appeared with the first kings.