Over thousands of years of history, some mummies found in Egypt are still almost intact. Recently, archaeologists have discovered that ancient Egyptians used a precious material as an object. anti-corrosion material.

American archaeologists accidentally discovered a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first time archaeologists have discovered a new tomb since the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922.

This has attracted the attention of many scientists, archaeologists as well as historical researchers around the world. This newly discovered ancient tomb is numbered KV63 – arranged in chronological order in which the tombs were found.

To the surprise of archaeologists, this tomb is located not far from Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb but it has not been discovered all this time.

In the tomb, archaeologists found 7 human-shaped wooden coffins with colored funeral masks, 5 gilded stone sarcophagi and 28 sealed white clay jars.

After examining the motifs and seal patterns on clay jars, archaeologists believe that this is the tomb of a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in Egypt, more than 3,000 years ago. considered the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, lasting about 200 years.

When exploring inside the tomb, archaeologists discovered that the wooden coffins had been destroyed by termites. To avoid damage during excavation, archaeologists had to use manual opening methods. To open them, it took several months to open those 6 coffins.

But strangely, when they were opened, there was absolutely no mummy inside, instead there were a large number of pottery fragments and linen to wrap the mummy’s body.

After that, Zach Hawas – Secretary General of the Egyptian Council for the Management of Ancient Cultural Monuments, along with his colleagues decided to go inside the tomb and open the wooden coffin with the last human figure.

In the tomb, archaeologists found 7 human-shaped wooden coffins with colored funeral masks, 5 gilded stone sarcophagi and 28 sealed white clay jars.

They all thought that there would definitely be a mummy inside, but no, this time they were wrong, there was no mummy inside, it was filled with necklaces used to decorate the corpse. covered with materials that are believed to be anti-corrosion materials of the ancient Egyptians.

This unexpected discovery may be the key to explaining the mummification techniques of the ancient Egyptians. Nadia Lokma – head of archaeological research at Cairo Museum said: “This discovery is more valuable than finding mummies, this will change the perspective of scientists and researchers.” history of the Egyptian mummification process”.

“We can use them to learn which plants and herbs the ancient Egyptians used to preserve mummies, how the bodies were treated and decorated, and how preservatives were used. This discovery will be a great improvement both in archeology and in history,” Nadia Lokma added.

In addition, archaeologists also research more about the hieroglyphs that appear in the tomb, and once this research is completed, it will certainly provide historians with new evidence to study the period. there.