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Indo-Asian News Service Sunday, July 6, 2008 (Cairo)
A 5,000-year-old royal burial ground has been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency has reported.
The ancient cemetery was found in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical city of Abydos in Sohag governorate, about 400 km south of Cairo, the report said on Saturday.
The burial ground, which contains 13 tombs, is believed to be of senior royal employees or people who contributed to the construction of the cemetery.
The team of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities also found objects of an ancient Egyptian game called ''Senet'', which resembles modern chess.
According to the report, this is for the second time the ''Senet'' game has been discovered. The first one was found in the tomb of boy King Tutankhamen near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.
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Interesting. I wonder what material remains are found and what they can tell us about these people. I also wonder what anthropological analyses of the remains will say if any are done.
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Unfortunately there wasn't more information given upon publishing this article which appeared on several online websites. Hopefully an update will follow very shortly.
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I also wonder what anthropological analyses of the remains will say if any are done.
Given that the estimated date goes back to 5,000 years and that the royal burials are located "south of the historical city of Abydos", I doubt that the morphological aspects of the remains would by and large depart from that of early royal Abydos remains that Keita et al. had extensively studied over the years, that is -- in that they sport both strong affinities with groups from the Ta Seti region and south thereof, and strong tropical African physiological tendencies.
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: Interesting. I wonder what material remains are found and what they can tell us about these people. I also wonder what anthropological analyses of the remains will say if any are done.
Where have you been?
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