What really makes this pipe unique is that it was intact. What we can say from studying these artifacts is that these items bare a striking resemblance to the Mayan Culture of Central America. The culture known as Adena arrived in Ohio many years before the birth of Christ and because archeologists were not been able to study all of the burial mounds in Ohio we may never know exactly who these people were. To date we have not discovered or interpreted other artifacts from that time period that may shed clues on the name of the culture. Because the mound was located on Worthington's estate that he had named "Adena" that name was assigned to the archeological record for the name of that culture.
This particular mound was the first burial mound to be excavated and after examining the results of that excavation, it was determined this to be the burial site of a distinct culture that lived in southern Ohio 1000s of years ago. This pipe was discovered in a burial mound in 1901 by William Mills on Thomas Worthington's property located in Chillicothe and is a little over 7" tall. Because of its unique shape it is known as an effigy pipe. The Adena Pipe is as of this writing, the oldest artifact ever discovered in Ohio that even remotely resembles a group of people that lived here more than 2000 years ago. Just to be clear, nobody in recent years ever smoked this pipe, and in fact it may never have been smoked, we just don't know. Let's face it, having a pipe as a state symbol in today's politically correct environment is something short of a miracle, but that's what happened back in 2013. Last year, a team of archaeologists in southern Egypt uncovered what may be the world’s oldest large-scale brewery that dates back more than 5,000 years.Ohio's Official State Artifact: The Adena Pipe The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that the tombs are at least 4,000 years old. The showcasing of the new findings comes after in March five well-preserved ancient tombs were unearthed in Saqqara. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS Painted faces on the ancient sarcophagi. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS Paintings are seen on a sarcophagus. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS The artifacts will be taken to a permanent exhibit at the new Grand Egyptian Museum. The artifacts were recently discovered at the famed necropolis of Saqqara. In the 1970s, the ruins of Memphis were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Saqqara site is part of a sprawling necropolis at Egypt’s ancient capital of Memphis that includes the Giza Pyramids and the smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh. The artifacts will be taken to a permanent exhibit at the new Grand Egyptian Museum - a project near the Giza Pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo that is slated to open in September. “I’m very proud that the discovery was made by Egyptians, and this will not be the last discovery here,” Waziri said, according to a report. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS A man takes a selfie next to displayed sarcophagi. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS The artifacts were showcased at a temporary exhibit close to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS The cache of ancient artifacts date back 2,500 years.
250 painted sarcophagi containing mummies in good condition were part of the display.
Officials also presented a headless bronze statue of Imhotep - the head architect of Pharaoh Djoser who ruled ancient Egypt between 2630 B.C. Mostafa Waziri - head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities - said the trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with mummies in good condition inside, 150 bronze statues of ancient deities, and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility in ancient Egyptian mythology, all from about 500 B.C. The artifacts were showcased at a temporary exhibit close to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 15 miles from Cairo, the Egyptian capital. Mansion with rare view of the Pyramids of Giza has listed for $7.2Mįrench backpacker missing in Egypt for a year returns safely to Parisįire rips through packed church in Cairo, killing at least 41, mostly kidsĮgypt displayed Monday a cache of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country’s antiquities officials revealed were recently discovered at the famed necropolis of Saqqara. Unusual pyramid home asks $675K: ‘Great place to get mummified’
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