2023-10-31 11:04:33
A research group from the University of Vienna examined a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb. They claim to have found evidence that might rewrite ancient history. Including the possibility that a female pharaoh ruled the country as early as the 1st Dynasty, around 3000 BC. It was previously believed that only men ruled the country until Queen Hatshepsut during the 18th Dynasty. Well over 1,000 years following Meret-Neith, the woman whose grave the research team is investigating. 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb finds: sealed wine, strange burial customs and a completely unexpected burial place According to the press release announcing the results of the research group, several symbols of wealth, social significance, inscriptions, and even some aspects of the burial raised suspicions. Starting with the fact that the tomb is among the other pharaohs of the 1st dynasty. “Queen Meret-Neith was the only woman to have her own monumental tomb in Egypt’s first royal cemetery, Abydos,” the researchers explain. She was probably the most powerful woman of her time. The totally unexpected and unique location of the 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb wasn’t the only thing that seemed counterintuitive regarding burying a woman at this time. There was also the size of the tomb, which matched that of a male pharaoh in the same cemetery. Second, researchers say they found hundreds of jugs of wine in the tomb, some of which were still unsealed, another indication that the person buried was incredibly wealthy. In addition, written inscriptions were found that testify to his high status and power. This did not occur in a female grave in that era of history. However, for the research team, there was one completely unexpected aspect of the scene: the treatment of those buried with him. Specifically, there were 41 courtiers and servants in the tomb chambers surrounding the main tomb. All of them appear to have been built over several years at different times. According to the team, this is incredibly significant because it completely contradicts what Egyptologists have long suspected but might not actually prove: that courtiers and servants were sacrificed and buried with the pharaohs when they died. “Thanks to careful excavation methods and various new archaeological technologies, the team was able to show that the tombs were built in several construction stages and over a relatively long period of time,” they explain. “This observation, along with other evidence, radically challenges the idea of ritual human sacrifice as part of royal burials during the 1st Dynasty, which was often assumed in early research but never really proven.” More clues may be hidden in the 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb The team behind the discoveries, led by University of Vienna archaeologist Christiana Köhler, say their work is in progress. More clues may be waiting to reveal Egypt’s first female pharaoh resting in the 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb. If confirmed, clues regarding the queen’s servants and wealth, evidence of her power and status rivaled only by male pharaohs, might significantly change our accepted view of Egyptian history.
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