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The team of archaeologists estimate that thousands of years ago local Egyptian worshipers placed the objects in the Chapel of Hathor.
A team of Polish archaeologists has excavated a pile of artifacts, believed to have been used as offerings to the ancient Egyptian goddess of love and fertility, in a 3,500-year-old garbage dump in Luxor, Egypt. Artifacts were discovered in a temple built to worship the goddess Hathor. Ancient Egypt revered the goddess Hathor, who is known for the temple of Hatshepsut and reliefs from Egyptian mythology. The goddess is often depicted as a cow or as a woman with cow ears. According to a report in The First News, Polish archaeologists working at the site in Luxor found ancient dumps while working on rebuilding the chapel of the goddess Hathor, located in the temple of the Hatshepsut complex. The report mentions that a team from the Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw found ceramic flasks with breast motifs and cow figurines in the rubble. Several dozen female statues were discovered in the tomb, hidden from the surface of the rubble at the top. The ancient dump had remained untouched since ancient times. Archaeologists believe that these artifacts were given to Hathor as offerings, consisting of painted plates and bowls with plant motifs, symbolizing rebirth from the land of the dead.
Speaking to The First News, excavation chief and research team member Patrick Chudzik said, “After entering it, it turned out that it had never been examined and cleaned, as the debris lay about half the height of the One metre. Local residents dropped their offerings of vows, asking Hathor for his support. ” Chudzik also said, “In ancient times the tomb used to be a victim of robbers. It must have been valuable, as it belonged to a person closely associated with Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, perhaps his son or wife.”
How did you get the artifacts in the state of the stack pile? The team of archaeologists estimate that thousands of years ago local Egyptian worshipers placed the objects in the Chapel of Hathor. Since there were so many devotees offering the artifacts, the temple managers had to remove them, leading to a pile of garbage.
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