ʻElua mau lua kupapaʻu nui 26th Dynasty i loaʻa ma Saqqara e kahi misionari ʻeli ʻAigupita mai ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka SCA a me ke poʻo o ka misionari, ua loaʻa nā lua kupapaʻu hou i ʻike ʻia ma ka wahi ʻo Ras El Gisr ma Saqqara, kokoke i ka puka komo o ke kahua archaeological.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Hawass ua ʻoki ʻia nā hale kupapaʻu ʻelua i ka pōhaku limestone o ka puʻu a ʻo ka mea mua ka mea nui loa i loaʻa ma Saqqara. Ua haku ʻia he keʻena pōhaku nui i kālai ʻia a ukali ʻia e kekahi mau lumi liʻiliʻi a me nā alahele. Ma waho o ka lua kupapaʻu ma kona ʻaoʻao hikina, ʻelua mau pā nui, ʻo ka mua he pōhaku lepo a ʻo kekahi he pōhaku lepo.
Ua hoʻohui ka luna SCA i ka wā o ka hui i loaʻa pū kekahi lumi ʻelua i uhi ʻia i ka lepo e alakaʻi ana i kahi keʻena ʻē aʻe kahi i loaʻa ai kekahi mau pahu pahu, iwi iwi a me nā ipu hao. He alahele ko kēia keʻena e hele aku ai i kahi lumi liʻiliʻi me kahi lua kupapaʻu ʻehiku mika ka hohonu. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka lua kupapaʻu ua loaʻa i ka hui he lumi piha i nā ipu lepo a me nā ʻāpana me nā pahu kupapaʻu kahiko a me nā mummies o nā ʻaeto.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi mua i ka hale kupapaʻu i ka 26th Dynasty a ua hoʻohana hou ʻia i nā manawa he nui i kona mōʻaukala a ua ʻaihue ʻia i ka hopena o ka wā Roma. No ka lua kupapaʻu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass ua loaʻa i ka hui kekahi mau ipu pālolo Saite Period a me nā pahu i hoʻopuehu ʻia i loko o kahi lumi limestone i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
Mai ka mōʻaukala o ʻAigupita, loaʻa iā Saqqara kahi waihona waiwai o nā ʻike archeological pau ʻole. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i mau tausani o nā mea waiwai, nui i ka hauʻoli o nā hui ʻeli, kūloko a me ka honua. I ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ma kahi a puni o ka pyramid Saqqara, ua loaʻa pū ka hui ʻo Hawass i nā kiʻi hoʻolewa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka 3rd Intermediate Period (818-712 BC), me kahi hale pule New Kingdom (ca. 1550 BC) i hoʻonani ʻia me ka kahi o ka makana i make iā Osiris. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i loaʻa mai ia wahi he pūʻulu o ka Late Period (399-343 BC), he kiʻi lāʻau o ke akua ʻo Anubis, amulets, a me kahi moku hōʻailona i ke ʻano o kahi cartouche, aia i loko o ke koena o kahi mea ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Hōʻike kēia mau ʻike ua hoʻohana hou ʻia ka wahi holoʻokoʻa o ka hale kupapaʻu Teti o ke Aupuni Kahiko mai ke Aupuni Hou (1550 – 1295 BC) a hiki i ka wā Roma (30 BC – 364 AD).
Ma kahi kokoke i ka pyramid hou i ʻike ʻia, ua ʻike hou ʻo Hawass a me kāna hui ʻAigupita i ka pyramid a Queen Khuit, ka wahine a King Teti. Ua manaʻo lōʻihi ka poʻe naʻauao he wahine ʻelua ʻo Khuit, akā ʻo ka hana koʻikoʻi a SCA i hōʻoia i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o kāna pyramid ma mua o ka Iput I, i manaʻo mua ʻia ʻo ia ke aliʻi aliʻi nui o Teti. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kūkulu ʻia kāna pyramid ma mua o ko Iput, e hōʻike mai ana iā mākou ʻo Khuit ka wahine aliʻi mua. ʻO ka hana mua ma kēia pūnaewele, kahi i ʻeli ʻia ai ʻo Hawass mai kona wā i lawelawe ai ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi no Giza a me Saqqara, ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ka hale hoʻolewa o Khuit, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻike hou e pili ana i nā papahana hoʻonaninani o nā mōʻīwahine o ka wā. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kālaihonua ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pyramid o Sesheshet e hoʻonui hou i ko mākou ʻike i nā pyramid o Dynasty 6 o ke Aupuni Kahiko.
Me he mea lā, ʻaʻohe hopena o nā waiwai a pau e puka mai ana mai loko mai o ke one o ʻAigupita. Ke ʻōlelo mau nei ʻo Hawass, ua ʻeli lākou he 30 pakeneka o nā waiwai. Nui nā mea kanu i lalo o ka lepo, wahi āna.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Other finds from the area include a group of Late Period (399-343 BC) coffins, a wooden statue of the god Anubis, amulets, and a symbolic vessel in the shape of a cartouche, which still contained the remains of a green substance.
- Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the SCA and the head of the mission, said that the two newly discovered tombs were found at the Ras El Gisr area at Saqqara, near the entrance point of the archaeological site.
- Previous work at this site, where Hawass has been excavating since he served as director of Giza and Saqqara, has also revealed the funerary temple of Khuit, offering much new information about the decorative programs of queens' monuments of the period.
