Recent archaeological finds in Egypt

[Kellri]

I'm excited about the recent report they found a more-or-less complete mummification workshop.

Do you have a source for that?

Oh, and there's this:

https://interestingengineering.com/the- ... ing-tweets

I like to think this is reality's way of telling those gamers who bitch about empty rooms and low treasure counts to get fucked.

[Flambeaux]

I'm excited about the recent report they found a more-or-less complete mummification workshop.

Do you have a source for that?

Yahoo! News, 14 July 2018 republishing a story off the AP wire.

Looks like other international papers (Australia, Canada, etc.) also picked up the wire byline.

Smithsonian and Archaeology both have slightly more informative posts.

Appears to be at Saqqara.

[benjoshua]

I toured Saqqara back in 2016. Here's a photo:
The coolest thing was when one of the park keepers told our tour guide about a new crypt that had just been opened to the public after being closed for the previous 25 years. Our guide was so excited as he'd never even been inside. It was the crypt of the pharaoh Unas, the last pharaoh to have been buried beneath a pyramid. Also, Unas was the first pharaoh to have what many people call the Book of the Dead carved and painted on the walls of the chambers of his crypt. Here's my wife and I inside that crypt:

The black sarcophagus was opened and empty, but it was pretty neat being some of the first tourists inside after a 25 year cessation of tourists visiting it. If you ever get a chance to visit Egypt, I can't recommend it enough. Unlike most other ancient civilizations, many of the ancient structures are largely intact.