Skeletal analysis at Tombos, an ancient Egyptian colonial settlement in Nubia, reveals a more complex labor and social ...
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Lower-Class Workers May Have Been Buried in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Alongside ElitesWhen researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who ...
At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...
Several parts of Sudan were under the control of ancient Egyptians at one time and Tombos was established as an Egyptian ...
Tombos became an important center after the Egyptian conquest of Nubia around 1500 BCE, during the reign of Thutmose I, who ...
For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich – but the burials at a site called Tombos don’t ...
Recent archaeological discoveries at the ancient site of Tombos in northern Sudan have unveiled skeletons that defy long-held beliefs about pyramid burials. Traditionally, it has been assumed that ...
Implications for Ancient Egyptian Culture The presence of these skeletal remains alongside those of the noble classes suggests a possible belief system among the ancient Egyptians in which all ...
A collapsed statue in the ancient Egyptian city of Tombos in Nubia, now Sudan. Credit: Sue Fleckney / Wikimedia Commons An international team of researchers has conducted a detailed analysis of the ...
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