May
11
/ 2017
Last month, in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Dahshur, researchers discovered a pyramid. This week, inside the pyramid they found a burial chamber that is about 3,700 years old containing a wooden box on which were chiseled three lines of hieroglyphic text. Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities announced the find on Wednesday on its Facebook page. What Was In the Box? The box would have contained canopic jars that held wrappings of the deceased person’s liver, stomach, intestines and lungs. These jars are typically used in the mummification process during the period from the Old Kingdom up until the Ptolemaic Period, the oldest examples of which are from the 11 th or 12 th dynasty and made from stone or wood
