As last weekend came to a close , a team of media - savvyarcheologists crack openan ancient Egyptian sarcophagus for the first meter in millennia on lively television . In case you miss the Sunday - night spectacle , here ’s a glimpse of the find they revealed .
The big reveal was part ofExpedition Unkown : Egypt Live , which was broadcasted on Discovery , the Travel Channel , and Science Channel . Deep within the internal chambers of an dig site known as Al - Ghorifa , a team of archeologist and presenters lifted the top of an intricately carved ( and extremely expectant ) Lucy Stone sarcophagus . It was the first prison term the depicted object had been seen since they were sealed 2,500 years ago .
It contained a linen paper - roll body in surprisingly immaculate precondition surrounded by golden artifact and other treasures ( image below ) . The mummy also featured an flowery gold ribbon limn a diety and a scarab mallet . The squad explained that this person was most likely a high priest of Thoth , the god of wisdom , magic , and the synodic month , who lived during ancient Egypt ’s twenty-sixth dynasty .
“ This is a beautiful consequence , ” call out Dr Zahi Hawass , a famous Egyptologist , after laying eyes on the body for the first time . “ I ca n’t trust this , this is incredible . ”
Along with this centrepiece discovery , they also unearthed other phallus of the same family , include two more mammy and the remains of their click . One of the mummies was a vibrantly decorated woman wearing a mask and beautify with beads . As is often typical with Egyptian dry gangrene , there were canopic jars used to bear the somebody ’s take out organs , just in case they require them in the hereafter ( image below ) .
The team was particularly enthral by the find of amysterious wax principal ( image below ) . This is strange for this period , accord toHawass , but they remember it depicts “ Irt Hrw ” , one of the high-pitched priests .
“ I have excavated 100s of tombs , I ’ve never discovered from the tardy - menstruum anything like this , ” Dr Hawass said , utter about the wax head . “ It ’s beautiful . ”
Overall , the night prove to be a success , which comes as dear news program to the Egyptian government . A Discovery spokesman previously toldAFP news program agencythat the show was set up in quislingism with Egypt ’s antiquities ministry . In the wake of political upheaval , Eygpt ’s tourism industryhas taken a battering .
“ I am very glad that the programme was find out by zillion of people from around the world . We are sending an crucial content that Egypt is safe and we invite tourist to come , ” Dr Waziri , the writing table - general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt , say in astatement .
