Funerary figurines found in royal tomb identifies Pharoah
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- #Ancient Egypt
- #Tanis
- #Archaeology
- Discovery of 225 funerary figurines in a tomb in Tanis, Egypt.
- First such find in Tanis necropolis since 1946.
- Figurines arranged in a star shape and horizontal rows.
- Figurines known as ushabti, meant to serve the dead in the afterlife.
- More than half of the figurines are women, which is rare.
- Discovery identifies the tomb's occupant as Pharaoh Shoshenq III (830-791 BC).
- Pharaoh Shoshenq III's reign was marked by civil war.
- Mystery remains why he wasn't buried in his designated tomb.
- Figurines to be studied and displayed in an Egyptian museum.