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开罗——考古学家表示，他们发现了一具古埃及疑似战马蹄骸的完整遗骸，该战马在3000多年前被以荣誉仪式安葬。
埃及旅游和文物部在周三的一份声明中表示，这匹马是在一些建筑和文物中被发现的，这些发现进一步揭示了古埃及堡垒内部的军事和日常生活细节。该遗址位于埃及北部贝赫拉省尼罗河三角洲的阿布凯因丘，始建于新王国时期（公元前1570年至公元前1069年），旨在保护埃及免受利比亚部落的袭击。
此次出土的其他文物还包括一座带有规划街道的大型泥砖住宅建筑群，以及设有谷物储藏仓和用于烹制食物的圆柱形陶制烤炉的房间。
埃及最高文物委员会秘书长希沙姆·莱伊西博士表示，这些发现反映了堡垒内部精准的城市规划和有序的资源管理体系。
而这匹年轻公马的完整合葬墓，是研究人员最振奋人心的发现之一。
2026年9月16日由埃及旅游和文物部发布的照片，展示了在尼罗河三角洲北部贝赫拉省阿布凯因丘的考古遗址中发现的完整马遗骸，该遗址被认为是新王国时期建立的军事要塞。 埃及旅游和文物部 供图
埃及文物部门负责人穆罕默德·阿卜杜勒-巴迪表示，初步研究显示，这匹马属于一种以速度和敏捷性著称的中型马种，据信在新王国时期被用于军事活动，可能包括牵拉战车。
他说，这匹马的身体姿态、头部朝向以及安葬的规整性表明，它是经过刻意且系统地下葬的，说明这匹动物获得了荣誉安葬待遇。
在离安葬地点几码远的地方，考古学家还发现了被认为是战车马具一部分的圆柱形雪花石膏和石灰石构件，这进一步佐证了该遗址具有军事用途的理论。
在埃及北部贝赫拉省阿布凯因丘出土的多块石灰岩石碑，其中一块（右侧）描绘了一名身体弯曲呈臣服姿态、双手被绑的俘虏。 埃及旅游和文物部 供图
此次发掘还出土了一块描绘俘虏的石灰岩石碑残片，这名俘虏身体弯曲呈臣服姿态，双手被绑。从他的服饰来看，他是一名利比亚俘虏。
考古团队还发现了与保护、生育、重生和力量相关的宗教护身符，以及各种用于储存、烹饪、盛放食物以及保存香水和油脂的陶器器皿和陶片，同时出土的还有工具、珠宝和其他文物。
Scientists unearth complete remains of Egyptian warhorse given honorific burial some 3,000 years ago
September 16, 2026 12:26 PM EDT / CBS News
Cairo— Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of a likely warhorse from ancient Egypt that was given an honorific burial more than 3,000 years ago.
The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement. The site at Tell Al-Abqain, in the Nile Delta in Egypt’s northern Beheira province, was established during the New Kingdom (1570-1069 B.C.) to protect Egypt from attacks by Libyan tribes.
Among the other items unearthed was a large mudbrick residential complex with planned streets, as well as rooms with grain-storage silos and cylindrical pottery ovens used to prepare food.
According to Dr. Hisham El-Leithy, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the findings reflect precise urban planning and an organized system to manage resources inside the fortress.
But the complete burial of the young male horse was among the most exciting finds for the researchers.
A photo shared on Sept. 16, 2026, by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shows the full remains of a horse discovered at an archaeological site in Tell Al-Abqain, in the Nile Delta in Egypt’s northern Beheira province, believed to have been a military fort established during the New Kingdom (1570-1069 B.C.). Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Mohamed Abdel-Badie, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, said preliminary studies show it belonged to a medium-sized breed characterized by speed and agility, believed to have been used for military activities that could have included pulling war chariots in the New Kingdom.
The position of the horse’s body, the direction of its head, and the orderly nature of the burial indicate it was deliberately and systematically interred, suggesting the animal received an honorific burial, he said.
A few yards from the burial site, archaeologists also discovered cylindrical pieces of alabaster and limestone believed to have formed part of a horse’s chariot harness, bolstering the theory that the site had a military purpose.
Several limestone stelas discovered in Tell Al-Abqain, in Egypt’s northern Beheira province, including one depicting a prisoner with his body bent in a posture of submission with his hands bound (at right). Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
The excavations also uncovered part of a limestone stela depicting a prisoner with his body bent in a posture of submission and his hands bound. His clothing indicates he was a Libyan prisoner.
The team also found religious amulets associated with protection, fertility, renewal and strength, along with a variety of pottery vessels and ostraca used for storage, cooking, serving food and preserving perfumes and oils, as well as tools, jewelry, and other artifacts.
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