The team also found a “mysterious wax head” that is believed to be an exact cast of the 2,500-year-old mummy.
The sarcophagus of a 2,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian high priest has been opened on live TV by experts working with the Discovery Channel. The mummy was found alongside a “mysterious wax head,” which is believed to be an exact cast of the priest, the network said. Its features were so detailed “he could have easily been picked out on the street,” a statement from Discovery said.
The tomb explored is located at the archaeological site of Al-Ghorifa, about 165 miles south of Cairo. The burial site was discovered in the 1920s when an antiquities inspector came across a sarcophagus of a high priest. The necropolis was found to be a large complex of chambers, tunnels and tombs that have been undisturbed for thousands of years.During the two hour program, the team took viewers through the burial site and into the inner chambers.
Inscriptions on the sarcophagus revealed this mummy was once a singer in the temple of the ancient Egyptian deity Thoth—the god of writing, knowledge and the moon who was often depicted with the head of a baboon or ibis. “Nineteen years ago, we opened the Valley of the Golden Mummies live on television. And now, almost 20 years later, Dr. Hawass called with another discovery of that magnitude that deserved another live broadcast. We’re thrilled to be part of these two epic events here in Egypt,” Leslie Greif, executive producer on Expedition Unknown, said in a statement.
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