The Cult of the Pharaoh: Unearthing the Secrets of Saqqara. #mystery #Pharaoh #Saqqar #Cult

A Cult Buried with Their Pharaoh
While excavating in the ancient Egyptian burial site of Saqqara in 2021, archaeologists discovered a temple.
Three warehouses were arranged in a row on one side of the stone temple.
These mud-brick storehouses and the surrounding tunnels held artifacts that shed light on a royal pair worshipped by the cult.
The temple was erected as a burial structure in Queen Nearit's honor.
The structure stood near to the pyramid of her husband, Pharaoh Teti, who ruled Egypt approximately from 2323 to 2291 BC.
The bodies of those who were part of the cult were kept in the shafts, which were situated close to the pyramid.
It seems that even in death, they wanted to remain near the pharaoh.It appeared that the cult had flourished for more than a millennium.
Some of the items found inside the burial shafts provided clues about what mattered to them.
An incredible papyrus, measuring 13 feet long (4 meters), contained a chapter from the “Book of the Dead,” a guide on how to navigate the underworld.
Other objects also showed that people named their children after royal family members and that the gods Osiris and Anubis were important to them.