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Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

As far as we know, people didn't give their pet catas offerings

[dog barking] [meows] [in English] As far as we know, people didn't give their pet cat
as offerings

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[dog barking]
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[meows]
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[in English] As far as we know,
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people didn't give their pet cat as offerings.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:33
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
At Land Productions,Lion Television

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Movie Summary

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
[speaking Arabic] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:08
[speaking Arabic]
[in English] So this is a very nice Bubasteion special. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:04
[in English] So this is a very nice Bubasteion special.
So, we think that the priests would be breeding them, - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:14
So, we think that the priests would be breeding them,
[meows] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:19
[meows]
During its lifetime, this creature would be treated as a god. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
During its lifetime, this creature would be treated as a god...
[meows] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
[meows]
-It's a beautiful bronze head! -[man speaking Arabic] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:10
-It's a beautiful bronze head! -[man speaking Arabic]
[speaking indistinctly] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:13
[speaking indistinctly]
But it's in very good shape for what one would expect after about 2,500 years. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
But it's in very good shape for what one would expect a...
Where the Bubasteion was built, - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:08
Where the Bubasteion was built,
So, the priests would take them into these old tombs - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:09
So, the priests would take them into these old tombs
[Hamada] Like anyone else, I've seen cats of many sizes. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
[Hamada] Like anyone else, I've seen cats of many sizes...
But a cat that's absolutely massive like this? - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
But a cat that's absolutely massive like this?
[men speaking indistinctly] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:07
[men speaking indistinctly]
[indistinct chattering] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:13
[indistinct chattering]
Next to the first false door, there is a scene of an offering table… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:14
Next to the first false door, there is a scene of an offerin...
Usually, it would be the man and his wife. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
Usually, it would be the man and his wife.
So we expected it would be Wahtye and his wife, Ptah-Weret. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
So we expected it would be Wahtye and his wife, Ptah-Weret.
But when we read the inscription… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:14
But when we read the inscription…
Because Merit-Min… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
Because Merit-Min…