Understanding the news: Late Period Mummies, Middle Kingdom Pyramid

Understanding the news: Late Period Mummies, Middle Kingdom Pyramid
"It's not unusual -" as Tom Jones might have sung, but a lot of people might be a bit confused by this. However, it's quite common to find objects of different periods in the same locations in Egypt.
This is because the sites retained significance or were otherwise continually used over long periods of time.
These Late Period mummies (from around 664-332 BCE) were found at Dahshur, the site of 12th Dynasty Middle Kingdom ruler Amenemhat II's 'White Pyramid' which is now largely rubble. It's modern name comes from the white limestone remains of the pyramid. The area was excavated in 1894 and 1895 by Jacques de Morgan, with these discoveries being made by modern Egyptologists exploring the site more fully.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/ancient-egypt-mummies-discovery-pyramid/

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