Thousands of years old mummified heads of more than 2,000 goats have been discovered in an ancient Egyptian temple

 Thousands of years old mummified heads of more than 2,000 goats were found in an ancient Egyptian temple According to reports received from Cairo on Sunday, March 26, Egypt's Department of Tourism and Antiquities said that these historical remains were found at Abydos in southern Egypt. , which is already world-famous for its ancient Egyptian temples and tombs.

These artifacts were discovered by a research team of archaeologists from New York University in the United States.

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The remains include not only the mummified heads of more than two thousand goats but also the entire bodies of several dogs, goats, cows, deer and buffaloes, which were decomposed before being placed there. Mummies were made for safe keeping.

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The head of the American team of archaeologists, Sami Iskandar, said that the discovery of the mummified heads of goats once again confirms that even a thousand years after the death of Pharaoh Ramses II, such things were kept in his temple. The offering of offerings had become a regular social tradition.

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Ramses II ruled ancient Egypt for about seventy years. This period spans from 1304 BC to 1237 BC.

Mustafa Waziri, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Archeology, told Reuters that the new discovery would also provide an opportunity to learn more about how ancient Egyptians thought and practiced the temple of Ramses II thousands of years ago. Had attitudes.

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Mustafa Waziri said that at the same site in Abydos, researchers found the remains of a palace with walls five meters (16 feet) wide, built about four thousand years ago, in addition to the embalmed bodies of various animals. was done.

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In addition, these experts have also found many sculptures, organic parchments used for writing, remains of ancient trees, and leather clothes and shoes from the same site in Abydos.

The historic site of Abydos in present-day Egypt is located on the banks of the Nile River, about 435 kilometers or 270 miles south of the country's capital, Cairo. The place is world famous for its many ancient remains, including temples that are thousands of years old.

One of them is the temple of Shetty I. Apart from this, the remains of several very ancient cemeteries are also found in Abydos.

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