3000 Year-old cemetery found near the Temple of Pharaoh

The archaeologists found the burial stone is estimated at 3,000 years old ancient city of Luxor, Egypt. Inside the tomb, there is a wooden coffin, bones, furniture and urns.

Reported by NBC News, Friday, January 11, 2013, this cemetery unearthed near the temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who reigned from 1427 to 1401 BC, exactly on the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh is a title for the rulers of Egypt at that time.

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said the tomb was thought to have originated between 1075 to 664 BC, in times of leadership transition of the Pharaohs.

He said the tomb was discovered after a team of archaeologists led by Italian archaeologists Angelo Sesana clean up the site for the excavation of the temple of Amenhotep II on the west bank of the Nile. Sesana who has led the team for 15 years in Egypt was deeply excited about the discovery.

"Very exciting, like someone trying to revive the eternal life 4,000 years ago," said Sesana.

Some graves were found to be present grave. Coffins of wood decorated with red and black ink contained therein. In the chest, there are the remains of bones.

The team also found 12 jars made ​​of limestone and burnt clay. In the ancient Egypt, the jars are used to store the organs in the bodies dimumi.

Barek Mansour, the supervisor said excavation in Luxor, close the jars carved four sons Egyptian god Horus. Among these are Imsety, believed at the time as a protector of the liver, Hapi, the baboon-headed spirit that protects the lungs, Duamutef, soul-headed dog that protects the stomach, and the eagle-headed protective spirit Qebehsenuef intestine.

Sesana says that the urns is in prime condition, indicating that the tomb owner was wealthy. This discovery also proves the importance of the temple of Amenhotep II to pagan Egyptian Pharaoh after death.