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Hidden beneath the Giza Plateau, just next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, was the golden tomb of Queen Hetepheres. Lying in wait for over 4,000 years, the is the tomb of Khufu's mother and one of the most staggering discoveries of an ancient Egyptian Tomb in history. It was also excavated and documented so precisely that you can completely reconstruct it as it was when it was first found.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Setting the Scene
01:06 - An Accidental Discovery
02:45 - Documenting and Identifying
04:31 - Opening the Sarcophagus
06:03 - Anatomy of a Tomb
06:29 - What was Inside
07:35 - ad break
09:12 - More Contents
11:21 - The Silver Bangles
14:01 - Unanswered Questions
19:41 - Outro
Resources:
https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120379-3c43-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b
the-past.com/feature/the-origins-of-silver-and-the-bracelets-of-queen-hetepheres-i/?nsl_bypass_cache=0ff5965e157a6c9168fc61c9c9e6043e
jstor.org/stable/26537117
M. Lehner, The Pyramid Tomb of Hetep-Heres and the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu (1985)
G. A. Reisner and W. S. Smith, A History of the Giza Necropolis Volume II: The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops (1955)
the-past.com/feature/dows-dunham-and-the-tomb-of-queen-hetepheres
https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120379-3c43-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b
Categorizing archaeological finds: the funerary material of Queen Hetepheres I at Giza HANS-HUBERTUS MUNCH
Link to study about the silver bracelet: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X23001530
#archaeology #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #ancientrelics #pyramidsofegypt #archaeologist #egyptology #egypt #egyptianhistory #archaeologicaldiscoveries
Check out Manta Sleep and use code digitwithraven for 10% off your order: tinyurl.com/digitwithraven
Hidden beneath the Giza Plateau, just next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, was the golden tomb of Queen Hetepheres. Lying in wait for over 4,000 years, the is the tomb of Khufu's mother and one of the most staggering discoveries of an ancient Egyptian Tomb in history. It was also excavated and documented so precisely that you can completely reconstruct it as it was when it was first found.
👉🏼 Get early access and help support the channel here: patreon.com/digitwithraven
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Setting the Scene
01:06 - An Accidental Discovery
02:45 - Documenting and Identifying
04:31 - Opening the Sarcophagus
06:03 - Anatomy of a Tomb
06:29 - What was Inside
07:35 - ad break
09:12 - More Contents
11:21 - The Silver Bangles
14:01 - Unanswered Questions
19:41 - Outro
Resources:
https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120379-3c43-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b
the-past.com/feature/the-origins-of-silver-and-the-bracelets-of-queen-hetepheres-i/?nsl_bypass_cache=0ff5965e157a6c9168fc61c9c9e6043e
jstor.org/stable/26537117
M. Lehner, The Pyramid Tomb of Hetep-Heres and the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu (1985)
G. A. Reisner and W. S. Smith, A History of the Giza Necropolis Volume II: The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops (1955)
the-past.com/feature/dows-dunham-and-the-tomb-of-queen-hetepheres
https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120379-3c43-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b
Categorizing archaeological finds: the funerary material of Queen Hetepheres I at Giza HANS-HUBERTUS MUNCH
Link to study about the silver bracelet: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X23001530
#archaeology #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #ancientrelics #pyramidsofegypt #archaeologist #egyptology #egypt #egyptianhistory #archaeologicaldiscoveries
