A Million Mummies?

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Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the largest ever found

The Fag el-Gamous cemetery stretches over 300 acres in Faiyum, Egypt
Mummified human bodies found in shafts up to 75 feet deep in the desert
Remains date from when Egypt was under Roman and Byzantine control
An 18 month old girl is among the most recent mummies to be discovered
Mummified body of a seven feet tall man also found folded into one grave
Discovery is providing archaeologists with an insight into ordinary citizens
But the reason for so many bodies being buried at site remains a mystery

17 December 2014

A cemetery containing more than a million mummified human bodies has been unearthed in central Egypt, according to archaeologists.

Scientists have already excavated more than 1,700 mummies, preserved by the hot dry desert in the Faiyum region of Egypt about 60 miles (96km) south of Cairo.

But those leading the work believe their could be up to a million similar bodies buried in shafts cut into the limestone rock that are at times up to 75ft (22.9 metres) deep.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2877855/Cemetery-one-MILLION-mummies-unearthed-Egypt-1-500-year-old-desert-necropolis-largest-found.html

 

[Evil Eye]

Interesting. We'll probably hear some more before they're done digging.