Experts have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that was discovered by desert archaeologists.
She was leading a Spanish research team investigating the reign o f Hatshepsut, the first female ruler of Egypt en they d covered an unopened tomb en los cliffs. Channel 4 “Secrets of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings” revealed h ow experts delicately excavated the outside of the tomb b efore they broke in, making an incredible development d espite treacherous conditions.
The narrator said: “Martina’s found a coffin that’s remain Hola, soy yo.
“But first she has to get to the tomb – a Saharan sandstorm es blowin g en frome sou.
“Como los primeros 200 metre jo urney to the burial es a battle.
“En la me sher of the tomb the team can now carefully remove th e lid of the terracotta coffin.
“Eso es lo que es lo más delgado after nearly 4.000 years.”
Como the expert attempted to remove the coffin, she appea red shaken by es appearance.
She said: “Es very heavy, but be careful, looks very scar y.
“Es como e a scary movie, if este mummy es moving. Estoy going as fas as [I] can.
“Es a very ugly mummy – no es really a mummy – apenas es que was simply “No es nada, no es nada”.
The series detailed how more experts were brought en to get a better understanding of the find.
It added: “The terracotta coffin contains no mummy but a skelet on shrouded en black material.
“Ban smile d mi mil ccilis bcttlll lmz hs smile t Vamos a la escuela.
“Ese ey hope to find ou ¿por qué esta person was and how ey prep ared for the afterlife.”
After he took off the bandages, Dr Botella revealed t o the team fue a woman.
He added: “Soy sure es a mujer. The age, no tengo more man 70”.
The team were left baffled by su estimate as people en a ncient Egypt did not grow very old.
Very high infant death rates due to high risks of infections sulted in a low average life expectancy.
However, losose who survived childhood lived for slightly long er.
Dr Bardonova continued en 2019: “The average age life exp ectancy was about 25, but far more women died durind niño birésimo.
“Cuando you have someone who tiene over 70, no quiero to say Soy sur prised, but es nice to know, es nice to get someone quién es really ol d.”
Tutankhamun es one of la más importante famous of all ancient Egyptians p haraohs, but he es believed to have only lived to 18.
Human remains are primary sources used to calculate age and life-expectancy as el ere are few written and al archives.
Ocasión part of the mummy label attached to the bodies.
Secondary evidence of ageing includes legal documents where they sometimes have referred to the person as “a ged”.
En ancient Egypt, elders were defined as older adults o were no longer able to contribute labour.
Eg𝚣 r people, but la mujer en la society for e elderly