Egypt and Abydos and king Sobekhotep I in 2104
1/11/2014 06:01:00 AM
Do you know the pharaoh Sobekhotep I?
The impressive tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh Sobekhotep was identified in the excavation site near
Abydos Sohag , Egypt.
Abydos Sohag , Egypt.
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announced the identification of the tomb of King Sobekhotep I January 6 , according to a government statement .
A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has collaborated with the Department of Antiquities of the country to identify the Web site.
A positive identification of the sarcophagus , weighing nearly 60 tons, was made after investigators found and parts of the slab interpreted with the name of the pharaoh Sobekhotep registered stone, according to Agence France Presse.
King Sobekhotep I think the founder of the 13th dynasty pharaoh His , reports Agence France -Presse . Before this discovery , there is little information on the main leaders of the state were discovered - a factor that gives a special importance for progress in Abydos. Ayman El - Damarani , an official of the ministry said almost five Sobekhotep - year rule was " the longest reign at this time, " the top notes .
Located in Upper Egypt in the west of the Nile, is the holy city of Abydos was the site of many important archaeological discoveries. After a royal cemetery of the first kings of Egypt, the site later became a popular pilgrimage site for the worship of the god Osiris, according to Britannica .
The University of Pennsylvania has sent teams of investigators at Abydos for three decades, according to the school website . Successful excavations in the region have found everything temples and wells real places ships Kings rest.
The tomb of Egyptian pharaoh King Sobekhotep I considered the first king of Dynasty 13 ( 1781BC - 1650BC ) to report having been discovered by a team from the University of Pennsylvania in Abydos in Middle Egypt , 500 km south of Cairo the voice of Russia.
The team from the University of Pennsylvania, I discovered Quartzite sarcophagi Sobekhotep I, which weighed about 60 tons a year ago , but has not been able to identify who it belonged to the last week, the ministry said.
His identity was established after the team found fragments of an engraved the name of Pharaoh Sobekhotep I and showed him seated on a throne plate , said Mohamed Ibrahim antiquities minister in a statement.
" It is probably the first who ruled Egypt at the beginning of Dynasty 13 in the Second Intermediate Period ," said the minister.
The discovery is important because not much information on Sobekhotep I " and ruled Egypt for four half years, the longest reign at this time ," said Ayman El - Damarani a ministry .
The team also found the remains of canopic jars traditionally used for internal organs and vessels of gold owned by the kings like Sobekhotep I.
Since new royal tombs are rarely discovered and since only ten of the 13 Dynasty are known , while Dahshur , south of Cairo , which is an important discovery.
I Sobekhotep king reigned only three years at a time when Egypt was a period of decline. In fact, the evidence for this time period is so complex that scientists are still debating the order of the kings of Dynasty 13.
I Sobekhotep falls into the limestone quarries of Tura servant modern Cairo , while the burial chamber of red quartzite.
The funeral was originally surmounted by a pyramid . Other is a quartzite sarcophagus of 60 tons , a stele with the king's name , a picture of Sobekhotep I enthroned , part of the canopic jars that once the pharaoh's internal organs, and severe property.
Excavations in the grave is not yet finished, but the head of Egyptian antiquities , Mohamed Ibrahim, hopes to open the site to the public as soon as the tomb was restored .
Sobekhotep thought , founder of the dynasty, 3,800 years ago 13 , the Minister of Antiquities , said Wednesday .
The image January 6, 2014 , announcing that the burial chamber 60 tones quartzite king Sobekhotep I in South Abydos in Upper Egypt
His identity was established after the team found fragments of an engraved the name of Pharaoh and showed him seated on a throne plate , said Mohamed Ibrahim antiquities minister in a statement.
" It is probably the first who ruled Egypt at the beginning of Dynasty 13 in the Second Intermediate Period ," said the minister.
The discovery is important because not much information on Sobekhotep I " and ruled Egypt for four half years, the longest reign at this time ," said Ayman El - Damarani a ministry .
It is hoped that the discovery of the tomb at the archaeological site south of Abydos more details on his life and reign reveal , he added .
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