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according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. The graves surprised archaeologists because instead of the human remains lying in sarcophagi, the deceased have been buried in clay coffins.

But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

The jars were made out of Egyptian clay, which came in two varieties. Most jars were fashioned from Nile silt clay that was gathered from the riverbank. The other type, Marl clay, was mined in the ...