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By Tim Newcomb
Mon, January 29, 2024 at 9:30 AM EST
An ancient Egyptian scribe’s snake fascination has carried on for 2,500 years. In a recently located tomb outside of Cairo, archeologists were confronted by the transparent volume of text and scenes focused on snakes within the burial chamber.
Snakes weren’t the only emphasis in the tomb of what we now believe to be Dzehutiemhat, a 20-something-year-old royal scribe who likely died of osteoporosis in ancient Egypt. Two separate sections of the Book of the Dead also appear within the burial chamber.