Explore the 'City of the dead' in ancient Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered in the 'city of the dead' buried under the sand in the city of Saqqara, about 32 km south of Cairo, Egypt, with countless creepy details.

This burial complex is the main content in a documentary series.

Archaeologists must use tube lights to better illuminate the inside of a coffin.

Dr Ramadan Hussein, who led the research, said they found an burial site inside which was filled with mummies of both the rich and the poor, accompanied by evidence showing funeral arrangements and quality. of funeral supplies.

He said: 'The evidence shows that mummified people have very good business minds. They reuse the bunkers and sell the coffins to maximize the capacity of the complex. '

The city of the dead was built in 600 BC and archaeologists have discovered it since 2018. For the past two years they have been working hard to learn about this historic land.

The underground chambers are filled with mummies in different states.

Experts explore the coffin of a powerful woman.

These catacombs are found in the Saqqara complex, near Cairo, Egypt.

Recent findings on the aforementioned mausoleum are unprecedented. Thereby, the researchers learned more about the business of funeral services in Egypt and they determined that the ancient mummification factories probably existed everywhere in this ancient land.

Archeologists are climbing down a basement.

Television channels Nat Geo and BBC have followed the archaeological team to document the group's work from the moment they opened the 2,600-year-old sarcophagus and plan to build a documentary series called 'Wang. Kingdom of Mummies' . This documentary will be shown in the US on 12/5 and then will be introduced to the world.

One of the organ vessels.

The city of the dead underground is filled with fresh information about the work of embalming and burial of ancient Egyptians.

The dead found at the funeral home include both rich and poor.

This burial complex has separate rooms for organ harvesting, embalming and burial. One of the most horrific discoveries was a mummy buried with 6 jars of body parts. This is unusual because common mummies are buried in the same four jars.

Archaeologists also found the first gilded silver mummy mask in Egypt since 1939. But the most frightening finding is evidence of a previously unknown cult. snake god. The inscriptions on the three mummies found in the complex show them as monks of Niut-Shaes.

This complex dates back to 600 BC. It was the most developed time of mummification.

Previously it was thought that the goddess Niut-Shaes appeared in the form of a snake and was worshiped by a group of devotees.

Some mummies are still handcrafted with great sophistication, such as the way beads are displayed in the picture.

However, findings in the dead city reinforce what we already know about normal burial in the ancient Egypt.

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