Archaeologists discover Egypt's first funerary garden in 4,000-year-old find at Luxor tomb entrance Gardens have been known through artwork, but this is the first ever found It was discovered in a courtyard on the Dra Abu el-Naga hill in Luxor, Egypt It's about 4,000 years old, and likely contained plants with symbolic meaning Researchers also found a bowl of dates and seeds, thought to be an offering
Mena: The Ancient Egyptians invented landscaping. The Ancient Egyptians palaces, temples and villa had beautiful gardens who had palm trees, sycamore trees, other trees, fountains and canal system.
Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old funerary garden that may once have been planted with symbols of fertility and the resurrection of the dead. It’s said to be a first look at a period when Thebes became the capital of the unified kingdom of Upper and Lower Egypt
Beside a tamarisk shrub in one corner of the garden, the team also found a bowl of dates and other fruits thought to have been placed there as an offering
The funerary garden would have contained plants symbolic of the religious and cultural themes at the time. Researchers are working to determine what exactly was planted there, and what it all meant. A simulation of what the garden may have looked like is shown above
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