2023-05-15 19:53:46
In what might be called a “treasure of chance”, 4 artifacts were found during the cleaning of an archaeological area in the city of Ihnasia in Beni Suef Governorate, south of Cairo, from weeds, while an expert at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities confirmed to “Sky News Arabia” that this discovery is related to a Pharaonic cemetery.
A committee from the Antiquities of Ihnasia revealed, on Monday, that the four pieces found were Pharaonic Canopic vessels (relative to the city of Canopus in ancient Egypt, near Alexandria), and their covers were faces of statues of the sons of the god Horus in the ancient Egyptian religion, namely Misti, Hapi, Duamotf, and the ugliness of Sinuf.
According to the committee, the four pots are made of alabaster, a stone used by the ancient Egyptians, and the faces are made of limestone.
The area of the archaeological area in Ihnasia is 390 acres, and it contains the remains of the temple of King Ramesses II and two statues of him made of quartz. The city was the capital of Egypt during the era of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties for regarding two centuries, from 2242 to 2452 BC.
A professor of ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Ministry of Antiquities, Moamen Saad, told Sky News Arabia:
• These utensils were used to preserve the bowels of the deceased during the mummification process in ancient Egypt.
• Utensils with the same faces of the sons of the god Horus are found in every pharaonic tomb that was discovered, and they are next to the mummy of the owner of the tomb.
• Therefore, this discovery is related to the existence of a cemetery in the area, or it was moved from another place when the antiquities trade was popular and not prohibited in the eighteenth century.
• The discovery of these canopic pots associated with burials and the presence of a mummy and a cemetery is common in Egypt in general and not only in Ihnasia, and there are still many secrets regarding the ancient Egyptian civilization that have yet to be discovered.
Naming utensils for preserving the bowels of the dead among the ancient Egyptians following the sons of the god Horus, a ritual linked to the struggle between good and evil, and the belief that his sons will work to protect the body of the deceased following he is in the other world.
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