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Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago.
Researchers found evidence that hydraulic systems might have been used to build Egypt's Step Pyramid of Djoser 4,500 years ago, revealing advanced technology. ... Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery.
Human remains were found in the chamber, as well as in two other graves near the mound’s surface. The well-preserved skeleton from the chamber was that of a young male, likely between age 15 and 20.
An Indus Valley weight was also found. In February 2023, archaeologists from British Museum and Getty Museum revealed the remains of the 4,500 year-old Sumerian Lord Palace of the Kings alongside more than 200 cuneiform tablets containing administrative records of Girsu.
The Khufu ship is an intact full-size solar barque from ancient Egypt.It was sealed into a pit alongside the Great Pyramid of pharaoh Khufu around 2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom.
[2] [3] They are over 4,500 years old, [4] from ancient Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic III Period (2550–2450 BC). [5] The decorations on the lyres are fine examples of the court art of Mesopotamia of the period. [6] Leonard Woolley dug up the lyres from amongst the skeletons of ten women in the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
The chamber is built of about 50 carefully placed slabs. The biggest of these is the ceiling slab which weighs nearly 17 tons. Such simple dolmen-type chambers, reached by passages, were very common in Brittany between 4500 and 3000 BC.
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