Mummy-tongued mummy pom hauv Egypt

Tus kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm Kathleen Martínez coj lub hom phiaj Egyptian-Dominican uas tau ua tib zoo tshawb nrhiav qhov seem ntawm Taposiris Magna necropolis, sab hnub poob ntawm Alexandria, txij xyoo 2005. Nws yog lub tuam tsev uas tuaj yeem tsim los ntawm ib tus xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv ntawm Alexander lub Great: General King Ptolemy IV, uas kav cheeb tsam txij xyoo 221 BC txog 204 BC.

Qhov seem ntawm Taposiris Magna, hauv Alexandria
Qhov seem ntawm Taposiris Magna, hauv Alexandria © EFE

Nws yog qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom qub qub, qhov twg ntau npib nrog cov duab ntawm poj huab tais Cleopatra VII twb tau pom lawm. Tam sim no, lawv tau pom cov laus dua, tsawg kawg 2,000 xyoo. Nws yog kwv yees li kaum tsib Greco-Roman faus neeg, nrog rau ntau yam mummies, ntawm cov uas tshwj xeeb tshaj yog sawv tawm.

Mummy muaj 2,000 xyoo nrog tus nplaig kub
2,000-xyoo-laus mummy nrog tus nplaig kub © Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Cov mummies pom muaj nyob rau hauv lub xeev tsis zoo ntawm kev khaws cia, thiab ib qho ntawm cov yam uas tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj tshaj plaws thoob ntiaj teb tau yog tias tus nplaig kub pom nyob hauv ib ntawm lawv, uas tau muab tso rau ntawd raws li kev coj ua kom ntseeg tau nws lub peev xwm hais lus ua ntej lub tsev hais plaub ntawm Osiris, raug foob nrog txiav txim rau cov neeg tuag tom qab lub neej.

Lub tsev haujlwm tseem tshaj tawm tias ib qho ntawm cov mummies pom muaj cov hlaws Osiris kub, thaum lwm tus mummy hnav lub kaus mom dai kom zoo nkauj nrog lub suab raj thiab cobra ntawm nws lub hauv pliaj. Ib txoj saw kub hauv tus duab ntawm tus niam, tus cim ntawm vaj tswv Horus, kuj tau pom ntawm lub hauv siab ntawm niam zaum kawg.

Raws li tus thawj coj-General ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Antiquities ntawm Alexandria, Khaled Abu al Hamd, nyob rau lub hlis tsis ntev los no lawv kuj tseem tau pom daim npog qhov ncauj ntawm tus poj niam, yim daim phiaj kub thiab yim qhov ua kom zoo nkauj Greco-Roman marble qhov ncauj qhov ntswg.

Cov no yog cov seem ntawm daim npog ntsej muag uas muaj tus poj niam mummy thiab tau pom hauv qhov ntxa.
Cov no yog cov seem ntawm daim npog ntsej muag uas muaj tus poj niam mummy thiab tau pom hauv qhov ntxa © Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Kev ntoj ke mus tim Iyiv-Dominican tau koom nrog thaj chaw no ntau dua 15 xyoos vim tias lawv vam tias yuav pom lub qhov ntxa ntawm cov neeg ntseeg ntuj Cleopatra. Raws li zaj dab neeg, tus vaj ntxwv tau ua phem tua tus kheej los ntawm kev siv tshuaj tua nws hauv AD 30 tom qab nws tus hlub, Roman tus kws tshaj lij Mark Antony, ua rau nws tuag hauv nws txhais tes. Tsawg kawg qhov no yog daim ntawv tshaj tawm uas tau tshwm sim los ntawm Plutarch cov ntawv vim nws tseem xav tias nws yuav raug tshuaj lom.