Rare sarcophagus found the Hidden For Thousands of Years In the Sand

Sarcophagus is a place to store the bodies of ancient people. Typically, thesarcophagus was made of stone, metal or gold, just something strong and durable.

However, the sarcophagus is found by the team of archaeologists from the University ofJaen, Spain in the ancient cemetery complex Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, Egypt is odd,because made ​​of wood.

Carvings that adorn the sarcophagus in general is to describe who is buried in it. Andcarved wooden sarcophagus found in this very delicate, still clearly visible, anddescribe a very charming face.

Buried in the sand for thousands of years, according to the archaeologists, roughlysince 1830 BC, wooden sarcophagus was still very good and only slightly weathered.

The team excavating an ancient tomb that is estimated to have been used since 2250BC, since 2008.

They have found about 20 mummies, among them the strange wooden sarcophagus.

The complex is located in the cemeteries of ancient rocky and sandy hill on the edge of the Nile.

Ancient tombs for thousands of years buried in the sand and stone to make the archaeologists must use new techniques such as RTI or a 3D scanner that helps to readthe instructions that are written in hieroglyphic characters, explains Professor AlejandroJiménez Serrano, who worked with 16 staff from the University of Jaen and the universityin Granada and London.

As quoted from Dailymail 16/02/12, according to them, someone who is buried in awooden sarcophagus was probably someone who has a particular position.source