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Triod Gods Of Amun, Horus And Neftis – Among Ushabti Figurines Unearthed In Egypt
MessageToEagle.com – “During excavation work carried out Sunday inside a mastaba tomb found in Tel El-Tabila in Dakahliya, a collection of three skeletons, a large collection of ushabti figurines and two tombs were uncovered.
Mohamed Ibrahim, minister of state for antiquities, said in a press release that the three skeletons can be dated to the Late Ancient Egyptian period. A collection of 14 amulets were found buried beside one of them.
The Alba bird bronze amulet (Photo: Nevine El-Aref)
The most important amulet is one depicting the Triod gods of Amun, Horus and Neftis. Beside the second skeleton, Ibrahim said, a collection of 29 amulets was found, among them a heart shaped scarab and garnet amulets. Beside the third skeleton excavators uncovered 12 amulets featuring the Udjat eye of Horus.
Inside the first coffin the mummy is covered with gilded carttonage and decorated with hieroglyphic text and the cartouche of King Psamtiak I from the 26th Dynasty.
The mummy is in a bad state of preservation due to high levels of humidity. Read rest of the story here:
