2/25/2024 0 Comments Picture of pharaoh ramses iiAlmost 2,000 ram skulls discovered at the temple of Ramses II, in Abydos, Egypt, are seen in a photo shared by archaeologist Esam Shehab, of New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW). The large number of skulls found in the same place was "surprising even for Egyptologists," Iskander said. The skulls were found among other objects, from papyrus to leather artifacts and statues, about six feet under the contemporary surface of the desert in what had been a storeroom of the ancient temple. Iskander explained that some of the ram heads were still mummified, while "others could have been mummified but the wrappings or the covers of mummifications were not there anymore." The ram skulls were found stacked in the northern precinct of the temple, said Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which announced the discovery on Saturday. It's located about seven miles west of the Nile River in Upper Egypt, some 270 miles south of Cairo. A mummified ram's head, discovered in a storeroom in the ancient temple of Ramses II in Abydos, Egypt, is seen in a photo provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, March 25, 2023.Įgyptian Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesĪ team of archaeologists with New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) made the discovery in the city of Abydos, one of the oldest cities and richest archaeological sites in Egypt. Cairo - Archaeologists have announced the discovery of more than 2,000 rams' heads at the temple of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II - a find that the man in charge of the dig said surprised even veteran Egyptologists and showed the endurance of Ramses' impact, as the skulls were left there a millennium after the pharaoh's rule.
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