Valley of the Mummies

Valley of the Mummies

Enjoy the mysterious parts of Egypt’s desert and feel the stunning beauty of its landscapes. Shaspo Tours offers variey of Egypt Holidays and Egypt Desert Safari. One of the most charm places in Egypt is Bahariya Oasis where you can bask in the Egypian Sun, enjoy the wonderful nature and many attractions there.

 

The Valley of the Golden Mummies is a huge burial site at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt, discovered by Dr. Zahi Hawass in 1996. Hawass and his Egyptian team found around 250 mummies over several seasons; however, the site has more than this number - according to the excavator even more than 10,000. The site dates to Greco-Roman Egypt.


In March 1999, A team of archaeologists, architects, restorators, conservators and engineers and started the largest expedition ever done in Egypt. They established a large camp in the area which is located about 6 km from the town of El Bawiti, the capital of Bahariya Oasis. They conducted a survey and found out that the cemetery extended about 6 km square. They started the excavation in four tombs only and found 105 mummies inside of them. The mummies are in good condition which shows the richness of the people in that time.

They are of four kinds: Mummies which are gilded covered with a very thin layer of gold, Mummies covered with carton age and scenes depicted, such as gods and goddesses. For example,  Anubis of the embalmment, Osiris, Isis, and the four children of Horus as well as the god Thoth. All these gods are connected with the judgment, the third type are mummies inside anthropoid coffins (these are coffins made of pottery with human faces), the last style are mummies wrapped with linen.

 

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