ʻO kekahi mea nui i ʻike ʻia i ka Pōʻakolu ma hope o ka ʻeli ʻana o ka mea kālaihonua kiʻekiʻe o ʻAigupita i kahi lua kupapaʻu e paʻa ai nā koena o 30 mau kānaka kahiko.
Ma ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻakolu nei, ua wehe ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke poʻo o ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe o nā Antiquities (SCA), i kahi sarcophagus limestone i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā pharaohs no 2600 mau makahiki. Ua loaʻa kēia sarcophagus i loko o kahi keʻena kupapaʻu, ʻoki ʻia he 11 mika ma lalo o ka lepo.
Aia i loko o kēia keʻena kahiko he 30 mau mummies, nā pahu lāʻau a me ka limestone sarcophagi. Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻi o ka limestone sarcophagus i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i haki ʻia mai ka metala. Ua ʻike ʻo Hawass ua uhaʻi ko ʻAigupita kahiko i ke poʻi i ko lākou lawe ʻana i lalo i loko o ke keʻena. Ua hoʻihoʻi hou lākou me ka hamo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass, ʻo ka manawa o ka wehe ʻana i kēia sarcophagus i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he hanana koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai "no ka mea ke nānā nei mākou i ka ʻike ʻole - ʻaʻole mākou ʻike i ka mea e loaʻa iā mākou i loko," wahi āna. He hapalua hora ka nee ana o na kanaka hana i ka hapa mua o ka poi. I ka nānā ʻana o Hawass i loko o ka sarcophagus, loaʻa iā ia kahi mummy i mālama ʻia i loko o ke ʻano nani loa, mai ka 26th Dynasty (ca. 500 BC). Manaʻo ʻo ia aia i loko o kēia mummy he mau ʻamu gula. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka manawa like hiki i ka helu o nā amulets ke hiki i 100, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i ke gula. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi sarcophagus lāʻau ʻē aʻe a loaʻa kekahi mummy i mālama ʻia i loko. Akā, ʻaʻole i wehe ka huakaʻi i kahi pahu lāʻau ʻē aʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole i mālama maikaʻi ʻia ke poʻi a pono e hoʻihoʻi ʻia. Loaʻa pū kekahi i loko o ke keʻena he ʻehā mau mumi piha, i mua o ka mummy o kahi ʻīlio. Ua hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ua noi ka mea nona kēia ʻīlio e hoʻomāmā ʻia kona hoa ʻoiaʻiʻo a kanu pū me ia, i hiki ai iā ia ke hele pū me kona haku i ke ola ma hope. Ua loaʻa pū i ka hui ka pahu kupapaʻu o kahi keiki liʻiliʻi.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ke poʻo o ka SCA he mea nui kēia i ʻike ʻia no kēia huakaʻi ʻAigupita i alakaʻi ʻia e ia a me kāna kōkua ʻo Abdel Hakim Karara. ʻO ia paha ka mea nui loa i ʻike ʻia ma Saqqara ma muli o nā mummies he kanakolu i loaʻa i loko o ka lumi hoʻokahi, e hiki ai ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo he kahua puʻupaʻa ʻo Saqqara - he 30 pakeneka wale nō o nā monuments i loaʻa a he 70 pakeneka ke kanu ʻia nei ma lalo o ka lepo, ʻo ia. paio. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia keʻena kanu ma ke komohana o ka Step Pyramid, ka pyramid pōhaku kahiko loa i loaʻa ma ʻAigupita.
Ua loaʻa kēia hale kupapaʻu hou loa a me ke keʻena kanu ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kupapaʻu kahiko o Sennedjem he kahuna. Manaʻo ʻo Kauka Hawass ʻo ka mummy i loaʻa i loko o ka limestone sarcophagus he kanaka aliʻi. ʻO ka mastaba a Sennedjem i loaʻa i ka Pōʻakahi aia ma ka wahi ʻo Gisz El Mudir o Saqqara, e moe ana i ke komohana hema o ka 3rd Dynasty Step Pyramid complex o King Djoser.
ʻO Saqqara ka necropolis kaulana loa o ʻAigupita a me ka ilina o nā aliʻi o Memphis kahiko. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, kipa nā kaukani mākaʻikaʻi i ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka kipa ʻana i nā pyramids ma Giza.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It could be the most important discovery at Saqqara because of the thirty mummies found inside one room, which could prove that Saqqara is still a virgin site – only 30 percent of the monuments have been found and 70 percent are still buried beneath the ground, he contends.
- It could be believed that the owner of this dog had asked that his faithful companion be mummified and buried along with him, so that he could accompany his master to the afterlife.
- When Hawass looked inside the sarcophagus, he found a completely preserved mummy in the most beautiful condition, dated to the 26th Dynasty (ca.
