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On January 16, 2021, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced a major discovery.

This took place at the necropolis of Sakara, one of Egypt's oldest cemeteries, and a place of great historical significance.

Sakara is the site of many tombs covering thousands of years.

Today we have some new material.

According to their press release, the Egyptian archaeological team can announce four significant discoveries.

Firstly, they report the discovery of a funerary temple belonging to Queen Niaret, the wife of King Teddy.

Secondly, there is the discovery of burial shafts, coffins and mummies dating from the New Kingdom, approximately

1300 B.C.E. Then there is the discovery of a 4-meter-long which contains chapter 17 of the book of the dead. Finally there is the discovery of statues, stelai, toys, wooden boats and funerary masks dating to the new kingdom.

These are important finds that will add a lot of evidence and detail

to histories of the necropolis. In Antiquity, Sakara was the cemetery for the

Royal City of Memphis. Memphis, or Mennefer, was Egypt's administrative capital for approximately 2,000 years.

In that time, the people of Memphis used many places for their tombs and burials.

Sakara, not far from the city,

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