Gebel El Silsila Summary

At Gebel el Silsila, a site in Egypt that dates back to the 18th Century, Swedish researchers from Lund University have discovered 12 new tombs; additionally, they found crypts and rock-cut tombs, niches (possibly used for offering), and tomb’s with animal and juvenal burials. The chronology of these newly revealed materials seem to correlate with the materials previously excavated in the cemetery, determined as the reign of Thutmosis III and Amenhotep II. When observing the countless human remains uncovered, it is determined that they were all fairly healthy individuals, harboring no malnutrition or infection at the time of death. Although there appears to have been no health dilemmas, many of the long bones and muscles harbored fractures, illustrating an environment of intense labor and hazards. Curiously, many of the injuries appeared to exist in a state of progressing healing, implying that effective medical care was in place. With this new information, anthropologists are questioning what they thought they about the site, realizing that there might have been even more to it, and the people there, then what was original perceived. …show more content…
As such, this article is a perfect example, providing the evidence that not everything is as it seems; there is always going to be some other part to the puzzle. The tomb that was discovered brought new information about the culture and the people there as a whole, exposing their own capabilities and biology, providing much more concrete evidence than any cultural material could. This projects main contributors were archaeologists, however, the formulation of the final analysis would probably require the ideas of biological and cultural anthropologists as