Egypt has announced the discovery of two of the largest workshops ever used to mummify human and animal corpses in ancient times.
Two workshops and two tombs were discovered in Saqqara, a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo, according to Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. “Today, we announce the discovery of the two biggest mummification workshops for humans and animals at the Saqqara Necropolis. This workshop is the one used for humans, including the beds on which the bodies were washed,” Waziri told journalists in Giza over the weekend.
‘Beautiful tombs’ Alongside the two workshops, archaeologists also came across “one of the most beautiful tombs” in the necropolis, according to Waziri. Named after top official, Ne Hesut Ba, the tomb is 4,400 years old and dates back to the fifth dynasty, Waziri said. Ne Hesut Ba worked as a high priest for the Goddess Maat and supervised the digging of the canals for irrigation, Waziri said, hailing his tomb as an “important” one.
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