Kamis 13 Feb 2014 21:31 WIB

Spanish team in Egypt finds 3,600-year-old mummy

This photo released on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 shows a preserved wooden sarcophagus that dates back to 1600 BC, when the Pharaonic 17th Dynasty reigned, in Egypt.
Foto: AP/Egypt's Supreme Council Of Antiquities
This photo released on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 shows a preserved wooden sarcophagus that dates back to 1600 BC, when the Pharaonic 17th Dynasty reigned, in Egypt.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO -  Egypt's Antiquities Minister said Spanish archeologists had unearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor. Mohammed Ibrahim said in a Thursday statement that the rare find in a preserved wooden sarcophagus dates back to 1600 BC, when the Pharaonic 17th Dynasty reigned.

He said the mummy appears to belong to a high official. The sarcophagus is engraved with hieroglyphs and decorated with inscriptions of birds' feathers.

The exact identity of the well-preserved mummy will now be studied, Ibrahim said, adding that it was discovered by a Spanish mission in collaboration with the Egyptian antiquities ministry. Antiquities department head Ali Al-Asfar said the two-meter sarcophagus still bears its original coloring and writings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

sumber : AP
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