Ancient plate with unknown images discovered in Egypt Bashny.Net

Plate, covered with strange carvings, she was found close to the Egyptian oasis. Age culture of the pyramids and sand, this discovery gave archaeologists new questions about the past of one of the most ancient civilizations of the planet.
Al Kharga is located 175 kilometres West of Luxor ― a well known tourist centre and ancient capital. In the vicinity of the oasis there are a lot of archeological monuments of different periods: from ancient Egyptian buildings erected in the first Millennium BC to the early Christian cemetery of VII century al-Bagawat.





Archaeologists from the American University in Cairo (American University in Cairo) assuming that the patterns on the stone slab has caused at least 6 thousand years ago. The object found in the wadis(dry river channel), where we have found different artifacts of the Predynastic period.
The surface of the stone, facing East and covered with images of spiders, webs and insects that fell into the trap − so the scientists say, adding that this is only an assumption based on guesses and observations.
According to Egyptologist Salima Ikram, spiders are the mythological figures of many cultures of the world. The most famous example is the ancient Greek goddess Arachne. However, the only indication wasilah in the religious texts of the Egyptians, which comes to the mind of a scientist is the burial ceremony of "otworzenie mouth."



"Probably, ancient authors were influenced by arthropods of the species Argiope lobata, ― the Egyptologist.― These Orb-web spiders are widely distributed in steppe and desert zones, and their network, spread among the vegetation of the oasis and illuminated with bright sun, must have made a lasting impression on the authors of stone carving".

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