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| Mummy Of Ancient Egyptian Teenager, Buried In Fine Jewelry Disclose.tv |
Archaeologists from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have announced the discovery of the mummy of a teenager from Ancient Egypt on whom a series of fine jewelry was discovered. It lived during the seventeenth dynasty and was buried around 1600 BC, surprisingly, although its sarcophagus was discovered by grave robbers it has remained intact, notes The History Blog.
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| Mummy Jewelry 17th Dynasty Thehistoryblog |
The scientists who collaborated to make this discovery explain that the teenager was 15-16 years old when she died and that she was placed in a sarcophagus made from the trunk of a single tree that was painted with red pigments.
Archaeologists also explain that the mummy is in a rather poor state of preservation and that they discovered on it earrings, two rings and four necklaces placed in a pile on her chest. These necklaces were made of expensive materials, some of which were used to represent various deities. Researchers are surprised by the contrast between the jewelry discovered, quite expensive by weather standards, and the simplicity of the sarcophagus.
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| Mummy Jewelry 17th Dynasty 2 Thehistoryblog |
Near this mummy were discovered a pair of shoes, which were colored red and decorated with a series of representations of sacred animals: ibis, cats, hippos, but also with images of two deities, who patronized the pregnancy, which led archaeologists to conclude that they belonged to a woman.
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