One of the most interesting new finds was an offering table found by the remains of a pyramid. . It appears to depict the goddess Isis and the jackal-headed god Anubis and includes an inscription, written in Meroitic language, dedicated to a woman named "Aba-la," which may be a nickname for "grandmother," Rilly writes.

It reads in translation:

Oh Isis! Oh Osiris!

It is Aba-la.

Make her drink plentiful water;

Make her eat plentiful bread;

Make her be served a good meal.

The offering table with inscription was a final send-off for a woman, possibly a grandmother, given a pyramid burial nearly 2,000 years ago.

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8 Comments

1. 1. Sinned43 05:11 PM 2/6/13

   I wonder if they found my car keys?

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2. 2. Torquemada288 in reply to Sinned43 07:51 PM 2/6/13

   Do you remember the last ancient burial pyramid you had them?

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3. 3. thinkingwoman13 10:33 PM 2/6/13

   how can these pyramids resemble formal French gardens when they PREDATE the French formal gardens? wouldn't it be more accurate to say the gardens resemble these pyramids and perhaps the design of such gardens were influenced either by these pyramids, or the same design features that influenced both?

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4. 4. MatthewC in reply to thinkingwoman13 09:09 AM 2/8/13

   It doesn't say predate, it says resemble. You're reading too much into it. Also the subject of the article is the pyramids, not french gardens.

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5. 5. quizzical in reply to MatthewC 03:40 PM 2/8/13

   MatthewC, Why is it that there is someone who nit picks? It is at least "fairly obvious" that these structures most probably predated the French formal garden designs. If you want to fuss about details, where is any resemblance to pyramids seen it the photo? I see only low walls. The author might have included a bit of more obvious evidence to help prove his claim isn't just fiction. I agree with the obvious. French formal gardens faintly resemble these structures.

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6. 6. greenhome123 06:26 PM 2/8/13

   the OG Kush pyramids

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7. 7. JacobSilver 03:03 PM 2/12/13

   There was nothing wrong with Isis, Anubis, and the other gods of Egyptian/Nubian history. The problems started with Christianity and Islam.

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8. 8. doneck 06:44 PM 2/13/13

   "Roughly 5,381 square feet?" That's not at all a rough estimate. It sounds rather precise. Oh, but really it's roughly 500 square meters, which likely means somewhere between 450 and 550 square meters. So call it 5500 or even 5000 square feet, or just drop those legacy units altogether. Your readers should have an idea how large a square meter is.

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