- Title: EGYPT: ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED MUMMY IN SAQQARA.
- Date: 3rd May 2005
- Summary: (BN09) SAQQARA, EGYPT (MAY 3, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. GVZOOM OUT/LV/PAN: VIEW OF SAQQARA PYRAMID 0.13 (W3) SAQQARA, EGYPT (MAY 3, 2005) (REUTERS) 2. GV/MV/CU: WORKERS OPENING WOODEN COFFIN; MUMMY INSIDE THE COFFIN, CLOSE SHOTS OF DECORATIONS ON THE MUMMY (7 SHOTS) 1.17 (BN09) SAQQARA, EGYPT (MAY 3, 2005) (REUTERS) 3. CU/ZOOM OUT: MORE OF THE MUMMY 1.26 4. GV/CU/PAN: ZAHI HAWAS, HEAD OF EGYPT'S SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ANTIQUITIES, STANDING NEXT TO THE MUMMY (2 SHOTS) 1.42 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ZAHI HAWAS, SAYING: "The sand revealed probably the most beautiful mummy ever found in Egypt. This mummy is so beautiful, it has golden mask, the body is completely covered with cartonage and on the cartonage the Egyptians drew the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen in my life on a mummy." 2.12 6. GV: MORE OF SITE; WORKERS COVERING MUMMY; WORLDERS CARRYING WOODEN COFFIN AWAY (3 SHOTS) 2.47 7. GV: PEOPLE NEAR PYRAMID 2.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SAQQARA, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
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- Story Text: Egypt teams finds "beautiful" 30th Dynasty mummy.
Archaeologists discovered what could be the most
finely decorated mummy ever found in Egypt, Zahi Hawass,
the head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said on
Tuesday (May 3, 2005).
An Egyptian archaeological team led by Hawass, digging
near the Saqqara pyramids, found the mummy, which dates
back to the 30th Dynasty (380-343 BC), last week.
"The sand revealed maybe the most beautiful mummy ever
found in Egypt," Hawass told reporters at the site, 25 km
(15 miles) south of Cairo.
"The mummy is so beautiful... The ancient Egyptians
drew maybe the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen in my
life on a mummy," Hawass added.
The 30th Dynasty was followed by Persian rulers who
occupied the country for about 15 years before the
Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great took control.
The mummy's covering, which is made of glued together
pieces of linen or papyrus, showed the mummy being prepared
by Anubis, an Egyptian god of the dead. Ma'at, goddess of
truth, right and order, is shown spreading her wings.
The mummy, whose identity is not known, wears a blue
headdress and a gold face mask. Scenes depicting ancient
Egyptian afterlife beliefs are painted in many colours.
In February, Australian archaeologists discovered in
the same area one of the best preserved ancient Egyptian
mummies dating from the 26th Dynasty, about 2,600 years ago.
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