A Plethora of Coffins (2020)
The Saqquara site has proven to be an archaeological treasure trove. Archaeologists have found 140 coffins, buried for 2,500 years. They’ve also found 40 gilded statues, some with mummies inside in Saqqara. These coffins were found in burial chambers and shafts covered with the traditional Egyptian artwork. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said these sites were full of “shafts full of coffins, well-gileded, well-painted, well-decorated.” The decoration on the coffins and shafts gives art historians and archaeologists fresh insight into the ‘resident’ of the coffin, Egyptian mythology, and life during the various Egyptian eras. Researchers performed scans on the mummies to learn more about mummification and body preservation from the Late Period (664-332 BCE).