ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ke ala o nā sphinxes, i ʻike ʻia ma waena o nā archaeologists ʻo ke ala e pili ana me ka Anubieion a me ka superstructure o kahi pyramid i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ua loaʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Saqqara o Kairo, wahi a Farouk Hosni, ke Kuhina moʻomeheu o ʻAigupita. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ua ʻōlelo mua ʻia kēia ala ma nā palapala kākau Roma a me nā palapala i ʻeli ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Serapeum, ka necropolis o nā bipi Apis ma Saqqara.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. ZahiHawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Nui o nā Antiquities (SCA), ua ʻike ʻia ka misionari archaeological o ʻAigupita i nā mea i ʻeli ʻia e nā hui mua. Ua loaʻa i ka mea kālaihonua Palani ʻo Auguste Mariette kekahi ʻāpana o ke ala o nā sphinxes i ka makahiki 1850. ʻO kona hoʻonui komohana i alakaʻi iā ia i ka Serapeum. Ua hoʻonui ʻia i ka hikina a hiki i ka Anubieion. Ua hōʻike ʻo Hawass i kahi ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke alahele, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā Ptolemaic, i loaʻa i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana. Hoʻonui ia i ka hikina, a hiki i kahi o ke awāwa ʻo Nile a me ka puka o Anubieion, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke awāwa.
Ua ʻike pū ka misionari i kahi poloka limestone i hoʻonani ʻia me nā palapala o Ptolemy V (204-180 BC), e hōʻike ana ʻo ka ʻāpana hou i ʻike ʻia o ke alahele ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka luakini ʻo Anubis.
Wahi a Hawass, ua loaʻa pū ka superstructure o kahi pyramid, i kākau mua ʻia e ka mea kālaihonua Kelemania ʻo Karl Richard Lepsius a hāʻawi ʻia i ka helu XXIX. Ua uhi ʻia kēia pyramid i ke one no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻAʻohe o ka poʻe ʻAigupita i hoʻokō i ka paʻi ʻana iā ia a hiki i ka ʻeli ʻia ʻana o ia mea ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pyramid o Teti I, ke aliʻi mua o ka ʻAono Aliʻi (c. 2374-2354 BC). Ua ʻike ʻia ka puka komo o ka pyramid, kona mau paia, a me ke keʻena i kanu ʻia. Ma loko o ke keʻena kupapaʻu, ua ʻike ʻia kahi poloka limestone keʻokeʻo ʻo ia paha ka paia ʻākau o ke keʻena, a me ke poʻi o kahi sarcophagus a me kahi lua i hoʻohana ʻia no ka pahu i loko o nā ipu canopic.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe Egyptologists ʻo ka pyramid i ʻike hou ʻia mai ka Old Kingdom, aʻo kekahi e hāʻawi iā ia i ke Aupuni Middle. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe cartouche e hāʻawi ana i ka inoa o ka mea nona ka pyramid, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Hawass na ka Mōʻī Menkauhor o ka Moʻokūʻauhau ʻelima.
I kēia manawa, ua lawe ʻia ʻekolu mau mummi ʻike ʻole ʻia mai ke komohana komohana o Luxor i ka lā 2 o Iune i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo ʻAigupita, Cairo ma Tahrir Square i mea e hana hou ai i nā noiʻi ʻepekema ma ko lākou hanauna. Ua hōʻike ka SCA i kekahi o nā mummies no kahi kanaka i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ʻike ʻia i ke kenekulia iwakālua ma kahi i kū i mua o ka hale kupapaʻu o King Seti II ma ke awāwa o nā aliʻi. Ua manaʻo ʻo Hawass no ka Mōʻī Thutmose I (c.1525-1516 BC) ka mummy, ka makuakāne o Queen Hatshepsut, no ka mea, ua hōʻike ʻia nā loiloi hou ʻana ʻo ka mummy nona kona inoa a hōʻike ʻia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAigupita, ʻaʻole ia no Seti. .
No nā wahine ʻike ʻole ʻia nā mummies i ʻike ʻia e Giovanni Belzoni i ka makahiki 1817 akā ua luku ʻia lākou i ka makahiki ʻumikūmāiwa. Hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i loko o ʻelua pahu no ka lawe ʻana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAigupita no ka nānā hou ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Inside the burial chamber, a white limestone block was found which may be the northern wall of the chamber, as well as the lid of a sarcophagus and a pit used for the chest containing the canopic jars.
- The SCA revealed that one of the mummies belongs to an unidentified man found during the early twentieth century in the area located in front of King Seti II's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- Ua ʻike pū ka misionari i kahi poloka limestone i hoʻonani ʻia me nā palapala o Ptolemy V (204-180 BC), e hōʻike ana ʻo ka ʻāpana hou i ʻike ʻia o ke alahele ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka luakini ʻo Anubis.
