The ancient papyrus was discovered within one of the caskets. Some of the 250 mummy sarcophagi unearthed in Saqqara south of Cairo. The script would have been prepared by priests in anticipation of his death. The script contains 113 chapters from the Book of the Dead, as well as scenes of Ahmose worshipping Osiris, amongst many other images. It contains texts from the Pharaonic Book of the Dead of its owner, Ahmose, and was found inside one of 250 caskets at the Saqqara site, noted Arkeonews.Īhmose is mentioned a total of 260 times in the script, which is mostly black ink with some texts in red.
The papyrus has been named the “Waziri Papyrus” after Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, who made the exciting announcement. Mostafa Waziri, examining the extraordinary document. Spanish Archaeologists Try to Reconstruct Fragments of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Major Discoveries of Coffins, Burial Shafts and Texts Made in Saqqara.The Saqqara site where it was discovered, a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, is a UNESCO World Heritage site that's home to pyramids, animal burials, and even ancient Christian monasteries.Īt first, scientists believed the ancient scroll to be only 9 meters long (29.5 ft), but after a thorough restoration and translation process in the restoration laboratory of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, it was revealed to measure an astounding 16 meters (52.5 ft), reported the Egypt Independent. It really is an impressive document from Egypt’s deep past. The restored artifact that dates back to 50 BC and contains passages and images of the Egyptian Book of the Dead has now been put on display at the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, Cairo for all to see. A papyrus of this size and quality had not been discovered in over a century. The exciting discovery of a 16-meter-long (52.5 ft) ancient papyrus found in a sarcophagus in Egypt's Saqqara region has now been unveiled.
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