Name: Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?
Uploaded: 2024-06-02T22:43:59-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: Saqqara is an archaeologist’s dream, being home to a vast number of ancient Egypt’s mummies, tombs and around a dozen pyramids. Every year, researchers unearth new discoveries at the site, including mummy masks, Book of the Dead scrolls and even mummification workshops. But why did so many ancient Egyptians want to be buried there? Saqqara […]

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Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?

Saqqara is an archaeologist’s dream, being home to a vast number of ancient Egypt’s mummies, tombs and around a dozen pyramids. Every year, researchers unearth new discoveries at the site, including mummy masks, Book of the Dead scrolls and even mummification workshops. But why did so many ancient Egyptians want to be buried there? Saqqara […]

Iron Age necropolis that predates Rome unearthed near Naples

An ancient necropolis discovered near Naples, Italy was used to bury the dead about 2,800 years ago, around the time the city of Rome was founded about 100 miles (161 kilometers) to the northwest. The discovery gives researchers a rare insight into the Iron Age cultures that existed before the Roman domination of the region. […]