Of course, when we think of the pyramids, we think of Egypt. But you knew that there are even more pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt? That's right, and archaeologists have discovered treasures buried in the water below them, along with Egyptian black pharaohs. In the Sudanese sandy desert near the Nile, in the countryside around Nuri - ancient burial site with tombs of Egyptian black pharaohs, rises twenty pyramids.

Black Pharaohs

Egypt was ruled by the Black Pharaohs only for a short time between 760 to 650 BC. Unlike other Egyptian rulers, the kings of Nuri were buried beneath them instead of in the pyramids. Imagine huge tombstones rather than tombs. And the tomb is located under the sand.

Underwater archeology

Now let's see what this has to do with "underwater archeology"? After uncovering the staircase leading to the first chamber with the tomb of Nastasen, the last ruler of Nuri, a team of archaeologists came across the water surface. This meant that if they wanted to explore the contents inside the tomb, they had to dive into the water. The team, led by underwater archaeologist Pearce Paul Creasman, who is specially trained for similar expeditions, used air pumps with long hoses to supply oxygen, which made it possible to do without heavy oxygen bombs attached to the back.

Creasman installed a steel gutter in the water, which allowed him to pass without fear of falling rocks in the event of a collapse. When he got inside, he had a view of the tomb last seen by Harvard archaeologist George Reisner nearly a hundred years ago. He left the place shortly after his discovery because of the water, which, however, only reached his knees at the time. One of the members of his team allegedly even dug a shaft and picked up artifacts from the third chamber.

Creasman for BBC News states:

“There are three chambers the size of a small bus with beautiful vaulted ceilings. You walk from one chamber to another, in the dark black, you know that you are in the tomb, even if your flashlight is not lit. And the secrets hidden here are beginning to be revealed to you. "

Underwater archaeologist Kristin Romey joined Creasman and wrote about their tomb discovery in National Geographic.

"Creasman and I were both training for underwater archaeological research, so when I heard that he had received a grant to research sunken ancient tombs, I called him and asked him to join him. Just a few weeks before I arrived, he entered Nastasen's tomb for the first time. First he swam through the first chamber, then the second into the third and last room, where under a few tens of inches of water he saw what looked like a royal sarcophagus. The stone coffin looked unopened and undamaged. ”

Exploration of chambers

Now the water was much deeper. Romey writes that this is due to "rising groundwater caused by natural and man-made climate change, intensive agriculture and the current construction of dams along the Nile." , and even Reisner 's shaft, which can still hide treasures.

Romey wrote:

"We enter the third chamber by swimming through a low, oval portal carved in stone. The stone sarcophagus is barely visible below us - an exciting sight - and then we see a shaft hastily dug a hundred years ago by a nervous Reisner worker. "

Underwater archeology

It turns out that Reisner and his team have lost many other discoveries.

"When we uncover Reisner's shaft - we fill plastic buckets with sediments, transfer them to a second air chamber, where we sift them and look for artifacts - we discover paper-thin foils of pure gold that probably covered rare figures that had long ago dissolved in water."

Excavations in the royal burial ground in Nuri

Valuable findings inside the chambers

Findings prove that archaeologists still have a lot to discover in Nuri. At the same time, they show us that tombs can be found untouched by their robbers.

"These golden sacrifices remained settled here - small glass-type statues were covered with gold. After destroying the glass parts of the figurine with water, only small gold flakes remained. The gilded figurines would be easy prey for thieves, and their remains are a sign that Nastasen's tomb was essentially intact. "

This is good news for the archeological team, which means that more invaluable treasures can be found here in the future and another secret of the Egyptian black pharaohs can be revealed. And unlike previous archaeologists, they have current technology that allows them to access previously inaccessible places.

"I think we finally have the technology to tell the story of Nuri, to add to the unknown facts and to talk about what has happened here in the past. It is an extraordinary part of history about which not much is known. It's a story that deserves to be published. "

It really is. Reisner described the black pharaohs as racially inferior and ignored their actions. Now, archaeologists can tell their truth in truth and restore their well-deserved place in history as the powerful rulers of the Egyptian Empire.

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