Lessons From The History

Archaeologists in the necropolis of Abusir near Cairo in Egypt, found the tomb of the Queen from the time of the Old Kingdom (2649 to 2150. B.C.). It is about 200 meters from the tomb of Queen's husband, Pharaoh Nepherephe, who ruled about 4,500 years ago.

According to Professor Miroslava Bart, this discovery fills a gap in our knowledge of the history of the Old Kingdom. Although the Queen was labeled as a "queen mother" - indicated by the inscriptions on the walls of her thumb - until now, we did not know nothing about the main wife of Pharaoh.

A team of scientists of the Czech Institute of Egyptology began the process of analyzing the content of the tomb, and Bart is convinced that it will help us learn more about the weather, which was not too different from ours, and in which the disaster occurred, prompting the destruction.

Besides human remains, archaeologists have found pottery, wooden objects, copper and animal bones. These items, including anthropological evidence in the form of human bones, could provide information on the Queen's life.

"It was a very important period, when the Old Kingdom began to deal with the major critical factors: the rise of democracy, the horrific impact of nepotism and the role played by interest groups," she says. In addition, former climate change contributed to the collapse not only of the Old Kingdom, but also the empire in the Middle East and in Western Europe.

Two hundred years after the death of the Queen Mother, the Nile the kingdom is hit by drought.

"This has contributed to the collapse of the pyramid builders of the era," says Barta. "Without a major flood, there was no significant crops, and therefore taxes were small; without corresponding taxes, not enough funds to finance the survival of the state apparatus and ideology and integrity of the state. "

"By studying the past we have much more to learn about the present. It is not different. People always think that we are living in 'another time' and that 'we are different'. We did not. "

Does this mean that we are on the verge of collapse? It is possible, says Barta, but adds that he hopes to us new insights and lessons to be learned by studying the remains in the tomb.