Burial Chamber Uncovered in Saqqara

Egyptian Ministers have announced exciting new discoveries at the Mummification Workshop Complex first unearthed in Saqqara in 2018. A hidden burial chamber has been uncovered at the bottom of the communal burial shaft of the Workshop, and scientists from the University of Tübingen in Germany have identified that some of those buried in the adjoining large tomb complex were priests and priestess of a mysterious snake goddess, known as Niut-shaes. In addition, studies on some of the findings have revealed key insights into the ‘business of death’ in Egypt and how embalmers offered a series of mummification packages for every customer!