Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the larges
Source: Daily Mail
A cemetery containing more than a million mummified human bodies has been unearthed in central Egypt, according to archaeologists.
Scientists have already excavated more than 1,700 mummies, preserved by the hot dry desert in the Faiyum region of Egypt about 60 miles (96km) south of Cairo.
But those leading the work believe their could be up to a million similar bodies buried in shafts cut into the limestone rock that are at times up to 75ft (22.9 metres) deep.
It is thought that the mummies were buried around 1,500 years ago, between the 1st and 7th Century AD, when Egypt was controlled by the Roman and Byzantine Empire.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2877855/Cemetery-one-MILLION-mummies-unearthed-Egypt-1-500-year-old-desert-necropolis-largest-found.html
Very cool!
Omaha Steve
(99,707 posts)I'll tell her first thing in the morning.
K&R!
Kingofalldems
(38,474 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)Though somewhere I remember reading about how many poor souls are buried under NYC. Largely the poor and indigent
from the 18th and 19th centuries I think.
It makes sense. I suppose, but it creeps me out a little.
elias49
(4,259 posts)there are close to 1 million buried on Hart's Island in Long Island Sound. I just did The Google.
Ugh: and the authorities use prisoners from Riker's Island to do the burying and stacking of coffins.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)I saw it on youtube, can't recall exactly where now.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,461 posts)"The fuel Egyptian railroaders use for the locomotive is composed of mummies three thousand years old, purchased by the ton or by the graveyard for that purpose, and . . . sometimes one hears the profane engineer call out pettishly, 'D--n these plebeians, they don't burn worth a cent--pass out a King!'" - Mark Twain
Lest anyone fail to realize it's a joke, Twain then adds, "Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. I can believe anything."
longship
(40,416 posts)former9thward
(32,075 posts)Mummification is a long process and not easy. That is why it was only done on the elite. One million seems an impossible number.
Angleae
(4,493 posts)Buried without a casket in the middle of desert, it's not hard to believe.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Pick up a book.
former9thward
(32,075 posts)And had the process explained to me by a professional. You read the "book". I would rather see things. Travel and Learn.
Orrex
(63,223 posts)sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Lars39
(26,115 posts)sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)it's worth a thought. If it's claimed by Zahi Hawass , they probably found 10 and are claiming it to be a million. That's his game.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)A whole cemetery of ordinary people is a rare find in Egypt.