Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt

Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt

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[historybuff]

The writing is so clear, even I could read several of the symbols. I know it needs a lot of study, but it was fun to watch and try to read the inscriptions. Thank you.

[dennishopkins]

Amazing that they are still finding tombs from the Old Kingdom at Saqqara! This was old during Ramses II, and ancient during Cleopatra.

[angemom]

I’m only a few minutes into the video and I am amazed at the beauty of this tomb and intrigued at what else this tomb is protecting. It is a beautiful tomb. The care taken to protect the tombs is heartwarming, the art and inscriptions tell such fascinating stories and we can all learn so much from these ancient places.
Good work is being done.

[birdshenanigans]

They've already been inside, stole the treasures, then covered it back up and pretended to go back inside for the first time...again!

[Slywulf]

Great work y'all! Looks amazing and really takes you back in time! As someone who's been a laborer a good bit in my life. Love how y'all even say good work and thanks to all workers.

[TheMichaelBeck]

The ancient Egyptians were amazing engineers and builders. What an amazing discovery. Cheers from America.

[heatherprice]

OH WOW! beautiful tomb, how exciting for all concerned. Congratulations to all, more please. Thankyou.

[paulj]

We visited this tomb as part of a special add-on tour provided by Archaeological Paths tour, Royal Egypt in January 2020 (pre-Covid). The tour of this tomb, as well as the rest of trip was amazing. Dr. Waziri was our special tour guide when we visited the Karnak temple and a few other places. Our primary lecturer was Dr. Zahi Hawass, probably the most-famous Egyptologist. Our day-to-day tour guide, Yasser Kamel, also a well-educated Egyptologist, was fantastic.

[dawhi]

This is an amazing find. Congrats to everyone involved in this fascinating discovery.

[HolyKoolaid]

Very cool stuff! Congratulations on the awesome find. :)

[Guitarty]

Amazing discovery for Egypt and all of the workers and experts involved in this superb discovery.

[Joshua]

why is the soil that closes the door a different color than the soil just inside the door?... They probably opened it long before televised.

[dianalindeman]

Wow! Hoping for another YouTube video about this tomb that will show all scenes in detail and identify all the niche statues.

[karensayer]

In 1974 I visited the pyramids. I have a photo of me with a 4000 + yrs old brick lying on the ground.
Little did I know, that just a few yards away was a burial site. Goosebumps.

[TheAlexis]

Just imagine... the last time someone was there was 3, 000 years ago. And how different the world would have been then? and it gives us goosebumps just thinking about this experience. Today, the paint we use in our houses don't even last 10 years, but, their paint is still amazing 4, 200 years later. And, where is the mummy? Is there a second part to opening the shafts?

[mwj]

I like how he thanked the workers too as their task is so crucial. I thought he might let that worker get the first view into the tomb and tell the rest what he is seeing and be allowed in the tomb with the scientists and other workers present maybe one at time have a chance to look and take photos etc.

I wonder too about preservation and body humidity and what is on the floor like particles of paint to know the exact colors used and even find like hair or something that could be analyzed for DNA or maybe close the tomb to be fully explored in future times with technologies we don't have today. All is so fascinating and hope to go there some day as part of my Bucket List.

Just came 2-15-24 back to add a thought to this and wondering what others think. With the dawn of Artificial Intelligence I wonder if they could micro-scan the frescoes on the walls where the original paint is still embedded and record the exact colors where they could digitally re-create what the frescoes originally looked like. Maybe before scanning the walls to first scan the particles of paint fallen as maybe those particles would contain the most accurate pigments to more exactly match the original artist's mixture and match the artist's exact colors with each area of a fresco and digitally recreate what the frescoes originally looked like.

Years ago, about 1995 before AI, a friend imagined the wine in the big clay containers vibrated with the voices and sounds of the people while the wine was continually evaporating. His idea was as the people spoke and the surface of the wine micro-vibrated with the sounds. As the wine was evaporating the sound-waves would leave a stain-pattern or sonic record on the inner walls of the containers.

AI could analyze the sound wave patterns and re-create what the people were saying. Maybe they had a whole ceremony with music etc, a kind of funeral and they would know the notes of the songs and how they pronounced their words as compared to each of the stages of the development of the Egyptian language all the way up to the most recent stage of the ancient language the "Coptic" phase.

[gingerdavis]

That is amazing!! Wish we could go in and scan the tombs so everyone could see what was built… then we don’t have idiots damaging it

[moustafaidrissihassani]

allow me to raise a doubt, if this is a new discovery, why is no one wearing a mask? why didn't the color preservation team intervene first? why do we light up and take photos with a cell phone?

[alloneword]

Weird how that area he took away was darker, almost wetter than it's surroundings. Mad.

[johnduncan]

Wonderful. A snapshot of ancient history. The archeologists are so thrilled. Anxious for more!